Ipswich Buses

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Ipswich Buses 188 (R197DDX) working on route 2

Ipswich Buses Ltd is a bus company that operates in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK. It has been operating bus services in the town for over 100 years. Following the deregulation of bus services under the 1985 Transport Act, it became an "arm's length" limited company, with a board of directors responsible for managing and directing its affairs. However, Ipswich Buses is still wholly owned by Ipswich Borough Council and is one of 14 remaining municipal bus companies in the UK. Its depot is situated in Constantine Road, near Ipswich Town's football ground. The company does not compete directly with First Eastern Counties, which has its bus depot situated on Star Lane.

[edit] Routes

Rural services, such as the 116, are subsidised/supported by Suffolk County Council. The three Park and Ride services in the town are also supported by SCC. Buses 55-57/84-88/170-173 (and also 53/187) wear a purple livery for this role. Buses 70-75 have route branding for route 13.

1 - Rail Station - Town Centre - Gainsborough - Ravenswood - The Havens - Ransomes Europark

2 - Town Centre - Priory Heath - Gainsborough - Town Centre

3 - Rail Station - Town Centre - Gainsborough - Ravenswood - Warren Heath - Trinity Park (Murrils Road)

5 - Town Centre - Foxhall Rd - Heath Rd Hospital - Northgate - Town Centre

6 - Town Centre - Cliff Lane - Gainsborough - Warren Heath - Ipswich Hospital

7 - Town Centre - Dickens Rd - Robin Drive - Thorington Park - Maidenhall - Town Centre

8 - Town Centre - Bramford Rd - Ulster Avenue - Lovetofts Drive - Whitehouse ASDA

8B - Town Centre - Bramford Rd - Ulster Avenue - Waterford Rd - Whitehouse ASDA

9 - Town Centre - Norwich Rd - Whitton - Castle Hill - Norwich Rd - Town Centre

10 - Town Centre - Norwich Rd - Castle Hill - Whitton - Norwich Rd - Town Centre

11 - Town Centre - Northgate - Renfrew Road - Heath Rd Hospital - Foxhall Rd - Town Centre

12 - Town Centre - Rail Station - Cambridge Dr - Rail Station - Town Centre

13 - Town Centre - Rail Station - Chantry - Pinewood - Copdock (Tesco)

14/14A - Town Centre - Rail Station - Gippeswyk Park/Tern Road - Rail Station - Town Centre (service 14A operates during peak hours only)

15 - Town Centre - Maidenhall - Thorington Park - Robin Drive - Dickens Rd - Town Centre

16 - Town Centre - Rail Station - Halifax - Belstead Rd - Rail Station - Town Centre

18A - Sproughton - Bramford - Claydon High School

19 - Town Centre - Dale Hall - Castle Hill

22 - Town Centre - Brunswick Road - Chelsworth Avenue

30 - CitySightseeing Ipswich (only runs in the Summer months)

31 - Town Centre - Inverness Road - Heath Road Hospital

38 - Free Shuttle: Tower Ramparts - Russell Rd - Princes St - Old Cattle Market - Majors Corner - Tower Ramparts

40 - The Early Riser: Early morning circular service connecting the Town Centre with areas of Ipswich

73A - Ipswich - Sutton Hoo via Kesgrave & Woodbridge/Kesgrave High School - Ipswich

113 - Ipswich - Creetings - Wetheringsett

115 - Ipswich - Coddenham - Debenham - Wetheringsett

116 - Ipswich - Coddenham - Debenham

118 - Ipswich - Otley College

163 - Ipswich - Nacton - Levington - Felixstowe

171 - Ipswich - Kesgrave - Woodbridge - Sutton Heath - Bawdsey

172 - Felixstowe - Trimley - Kirton - Martlesham - Woodbridge

317 - Coddenham - Stonham - Pettaugh - Winston - Debenham High School

405 - Great Bricett - Battisford - Stowmarket High School

409 - Offton - Somersham - Little Blakenham - Claydon High School

464 - Great Bricett - Wattisham - Barking Tye - Needham Market - Stowmarket High School

465 - Willisham - Barking - Needham Market - Stowmarket High School

511 - Bucklesham - Kesgrave High School

603/605/606 - Shotley/Chelmondiston/Woolverstone/Freston - Holbrook High School

800 - Park & Ride Martlesham - London Road

801 - Park & Ride Bury Road

802 - Park & Ride London Road - Martlesham

914 - Coddenham - Crowfield - Pettaugh - Winston - Debenham High School

978 - Ipswich - Trimley - Felixstowe schools

983 - Sutton Hoo - Hollesley - Farlingaye High School

Map of Ipswich Buses routes

Various town services interwork with each other as follows:

Monday to Saturday:
Service 5 continues to Tower Ramparts as Service 7;
Service 7 continues to Tower Ramparts as Service 5;
Service 11 continues to Tower Ramparts as Service 15;
Service 15 continues to Tower Ramparts as Service 11;

Evenings and Sundays:
Service 5 continues to Tower Ramparts as Service 12;
Service 7 continues to Tower Ramparts as Service 8;
Service 8 continues to Tower Ramparts as Service 5;
Service 9/10 continues to Tower Ramparts as Service 11;
Service 11 continues to Tower Ramparts as Service 15;
Service 12 continues to Tower Ramparts as Service 9/10;
Service 15 continues to Tower Ramparts as Service 7;

Only a selected number of bus services operate in the evenings and on Sundays. These consist of services 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 15. Every service except services 1, 6, 9 & 10 operate every 30 minutes, whereas these services operate every 60 minutes.

[edit] Fleet

Number	Registration	Chassis	Bodywork	Seating	Name
9	MRT 9P	Leyland Atlantean AN68A/1R	Roe	O43/29D	Eastern Belle
35	D201 FYM	Leyland Olympian ONLXB/1RH	ECW	H42/26D
37	D150 FYM	Leyland Olympian ONLXB/1RH	ECW	H42/26D
38	H705 PTW	Leyland Olympian ON2R50C13Z4	Alexander RH	H47/33F	Western Sovereign
39	H775 PTW	Leyland Olympian ON2R50C13Z4	Alexander RH	H47/33F	Western Hussar
40	M640 EPV	Volvo Olympian YN2RV18V3	East Lancs	H49/31D	Beatrice Maud
41	M41 EPV	Volvo Olympian YN2RV18V3	East Lancs	H49/31D	May
42	M42 EPV	Volvo Olympian YN2RV18V3	East Lancs	H49/31D	Vigilant
43	B714 HVO	Leyland Olympian ONLXB/1RV	ECW	H45/30F	Alaric
44	C722 NNN	Leyland Olympian ONLXB/1RV	ECW	H45/30F	Orion
45	C100 CHM	Leyland Olympian ONLXB/1RH	ECW	H42/26D	Royal Oak
46	C101 CHM	Leyland Olympian ONLXB/1RH	ECW	H42/26D	Southern Belle
47	D138 FYM	Leyland Olympian ONLXB/1RH	ECW	H42/26D	Ironsides
48	C97 CHM	Leyland Olympian ONLXB/1RH	ECW	H42/26D	Challenger
50	P442 SWX	DAF DB250RS505	Optare Spectra	H43/26F	Delight
51	X151 LBJ	DAF DE02RSDB250LF	Optare Spectra	H47/25F	Atlantis
52	X152 LBJ	DAF DE02RSDB250LF	Optare Spectra	H47/25F	Veronica
53	X153 LBJ	DAF DE02RSDB250LF	Optare Spectra	H47/25F	Mi Amigo
54	PF04 WML	DAF DE02PSDB250LF	East Lancs Myllennium Lowlander	H43/29F	Sunbeam
55	PN52 XBO	DAF DE02PSDB250LF	East Lancs Myllennium Lowlander	H43/29F
56	PN52 XBK	DAF DE02PSDB250LF	East Lancs Myllennium Lowlander	H43/29F
57	PN52 XBJ	DAF DE02PSDB250LF	East Lancs Myllennium Lowlander	H43/29F
58	PJ53 OLA	DAF DE02PSDB250LF	East Lancs Myllennium Lowlander	H43/29F	Pride of Ipswich
59	PJ53 OLB	DAF DE02PSDB250LF	East Lancs Myllennium Lowlander	H43/29F	Frank Ayton
60	PJ54 YZT	Scania N94UD	East Lancs OmniDekka	H47/33F	Olaf Tryggvasson
61	PJ54 YZU	Scania N94UD	East Lancs OmniDekka	H47/33F	Robert Ransome
62	PJ54 YZV	Scania N94UD	East Lancs OmniDekka	H47/33F	Simon A Graham
70	YN56 NVB	Scania CN94UB OmniCity	Scania	B36F
71	YN56 NVC	Scania CN94UB OmniCity	Scania	B36F
72	YN56 NVD	Scania CN94UB OmniCity	Scania	B36F
73	YN56 NVE	Scania CN94UB OmniCity	Scania	B36F
74	YN56 NVF	Scania CN94UB OmniCity	Scania	B36F	Sir Bobby Robson
75	YN56 NVG	Scania CN94UB OmniCity	Scania	B36F
84	PJ53 OLC	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Myllennium Spryte	B41F
85	PJ53 OLE	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Myllennium Spryte	B41F
86	PJ53 OLG	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Myllennium Spryte	B41F
87	PJ53 OLH	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Myllennium Spryte	B41F
88	PJ53 OLK	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Myllennium Spryte	B41F
89	X89 LBJ	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B41F	Memory
90	X901 LBJ	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B41F	HN "Jimmy" James
91	X91 LBJ	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B41F	Centaur
92	X92 LBJ	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B41F	Ceres
93	X93 LBJ	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B41F	Dannebrog
94	X94 LBJ	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B41F	Dauntless
95	X195 LBJ	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B41F	Edith May
96	X96 LBJ	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B41F	Evening Star
97	X97 LBJ	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B41F	Gladys
98	X98 LBJ	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B41F	Glenway
99	X199 LBJ	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B41F	Kimberley
100	PN52 XBM	DAF DE02PSDB250LF	East Lancs Myllennium Lowlander	H43/29F	Centennial
130	P130 PPV	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B42F	HMS Grafton
131	P131 PPV	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B42F	Will Everard
132	P132 PPV	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B42F	Raybel
133	R133 FBJ	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B39F	Coronation
134	R134 FBJ	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B39F	Caroline 1964-2004
135	T135 KPV	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B36F	Team Ipswich
136	T136 KPV	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B36F	Ena
137	T137 KPV	Dennis Dart SLF	East Lancs Spryte	B36F	Sir Alf Ramsey
160	J160 LPV	Dennis Lance 11SDA3101	East Lancs EL2000	B53F	Barbara Jean
161 (w)	L161 ADX	Dennis Lance 11SDA3113	East Lancs EL2000	B53F
162	L162 ADX	Dennis Lance 11SDA3113	East Lancs EL2000	B53F	Doris
169 (*)	L169 ADX	Dennis Lance 11SDA3113	Optare Sigma	B44D
170	YG02 DGO	Optare Excel 2 L1180	Optare	B42F
171	YG02 DHF	Optare Excel 2 L1180	Optare	B42F
172	YG02 DGE	Optare Excel 2 L1180	Optare	B42F
173	YG02 DGF	Optare Excel 2 L1180	Optare	B42F
181 (*)	L181 ADX	DAF SB220LC550	Optare Delta	B44D
182 (*)	L182 ADX	DAF SB220LC550	Optare Delta	B44D	Leonard Squirell
183 (w)	L183 APV	DAF SB220LC550	Optare Delta	B44D
184 (*)	L184 APV	DAF SB220LC550	Optare Delta	B44D
186	R186 DDX	Optare Excel L1150	Optare	B37F	Reliance
187	R187 DDX	Optare Excel L1150	Optare	B37F	Excelsior
188	R197 DDX	Optare Excel L1150	Optare	B37F	Lady Helen
189	R189 DDX	Optare Excel L1150	Optare	B37F	Gentle Giant
190	P190 SGV	Optare Excel L1150	Optare	B38F	Chantry Infant School
191	P191 SGV	Optare Excel L1150	Optare	B38F	Gusford Primary School
192	P192 SGV	Optare Excel L1150	Optare	B38F	Handford Hall Primary School & Nursery
193	P443 SWX	Optare Excel L1150	Optare	B42F	Orwell Junior Traveller
194	P194 SGV	Optare Excel L1150	Optare	B38F	Saint Matthews School
195	P195 SGV	Optare Excel L1150	Optare	B38F	Sprites Primary
196	P196 SGV	Optare Excel L1150	Optare	B38F	St Marks RC School
197	T790 KNW	Optare Excel L1150	Optare	B42F	Melissa
231	X231 MBJ	Optare Solo M920	Optare	B33F	Christchurch Park
232	X232 MBJ	Optare Solo M920	Optare	B33F	Holywells Park
233	X233 MBJ	Optare Solo M920	Optare	B33F	Chantry Park
234	X234 MBJ	Optare Solo M920	Optare	B33F	Alexandra Park
235	X235 MBJ	Optare Solo M920	Optare	B33F	Gippeswyk Park
236	X236 MBJ	Optare Solo M920	Optare	B33F	Bourne Park
237	YG02 FVZ	Optare Solo M920	Optare	B33F	Jubilee
238	YN03 NDK	Optare Solo M920	Optare	B33F	Morning Light
239	YN03 NDU	Optare Solo M920	Optare	B33F	Minerva
240	YN03 NDL	Optare Solo M920	Optare	B33F	Leading Light
241	YN04 LWK	Optare Solo M920	Optare	B33F	Teutonic
242	YN04 XZA	Optare Solo M920	Optare	B33F	Conqueror
243	YN04 LWJ	Optare Solo M920	Optare	B33F	Spirit of Endeavour
244	YN53 ELW	Optare Solo M950	Optare	B33F	Britannia
245	YJ05 XNY	Optare Solo M920 (Diesel-Electric Hybrid)	Optare	B33F

(*) - On long term lease to Far East Travel
(w) - Withdrawn from service

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