Wednesday 4 September 2024 (0854) – Local schools resumed today after the summer holidays.

Coach Services Limited of Thetford YN08 MLX, an East Lancs bodied Scania N230UD new to Nottingham City Transport (959) in July 2008, was seen on Queensway in Mildenhall returning to the bus station after setting down students at Mildenhall College Academy (MCA)/The Hub. It had just worked the 0755 service 357 from Cavenham via Red Lodge.

Coach Services began operating the Suffolk County Council sponsored services 357 and 358 on Monday 2 September 2024 which had until the previous Saturday (31 August) been operated by Mulleys Motorways. (No services run on Sundays).

The outline of service remains very much the same as before although with some minor alterations to the schedule which is now:

0755 Cavenham-Tuddenham-Herringswell-Red Lodge-Barton Mills- Mildenhall-MCA/The Hub 0835 (Schooldays only) (357)

0900 Mildenhall-West Row-Mildenhall 0928 (358)
0930 Mildenhall-Worlington-Freckenham- Red Lodge-Herringswell-Tuddenham-Cavenham-Risby-Bury St. Edmunds 1021 (357)
1025 Bury St. Edmunds-Risby-Cavenham-Tuddenham-Herringswell-Red Lodge-Freckenham-Worlington-Mildenhall 1115 (357)
1117 Mildenhall-West Row-Mildenhall 1145 (358)
1230 Mildenhall-Worlington-Freckenham- Red Lodge-Herringswell-Tuddenham-Cavenham-Risby-Bury St. Edmunds 1321 (357)
1325 Bury St. Edmunds-Risby-Cavenham-Tuddenham-Herringswell-Red Lodge-Freckenham-Worlington-Mildenhall 1415 (357)
1417 Mildenhall-West Row-Mildenhall 1445 (358)

1540 MCA/The Hub-Mildenhall-Barton Mills-Red Lodge-Herringswell-Tuddenham-Cavenham-Risby-Bury St. Edmunds 1637 (Schooldays only) (357)

1735 Bury St. Edmunds-Risby-Cavenham-Tuddenham-Herringswell-Red Lodge (Monday to Friday) 357

In due course, whereas Mulleys used the same bus on the services all day, Coach Services now interwork services 357/358 with their Thetford-Brandon-Mildenhall services 200/201 resulting in the three West Row circular services being covered by three different buses Mondays to Fridays.

Whereas Mulleys used the same bus on the services all day, Coach Services interwork services 357/358 with their Thetford-Brandon-Mildenhall services 200/201 resulting in the three West Row circular services being covered by three different buses Mondays to Fridays.