Tuesday 17 June 2025 (0955) – The Guineas Bus Station in Newmarket is a compact affair comprising just two nose-in bays with the exit lane providing a third stop.

Mulleys Motorways GO07 DRM had worked the 0900 service 312 from Bury St. Edmunds (due here 0945) and was now returning to Bury St. Edmunds on the 0950 service. With the nose-in bays already occupied it had to take on passengers in the exit lane.

The nose-in bay alongside is occupied by Stephensons of Essex 462 (YX11 CTO), an Enviro200D new June 2011, working the 0958 service 112 to Ely. The second nose-in bay is empty but will soon be occupied by 801 (EU24 LWT), an Enviro400D new in July 2024, which was just arriving on service 12 from Cambridge. It would then work the 1000 to Bury St. Edmunds/West Suffolk Hospital.

The Mulleys bus is a Scania K230UB OmniLink that was new as a Scania demonstrator in July 2007 registered YN07 LHO. Following its demonstration period it first passed to Astons of Kempsey and then to DRM of Bromyard where it took on its present registration. After operation with DRM it passed to Shaws of Maxey before joining Mulleys during 2022.

I recall during one of my regular duties on service 312 many years ago that had a tight turnround at about 1700, always getting stuck here because a very busy Stagecoach service always blocked the exit road when taking on hoards of homeward bound passengers. I had to wait until that bus departed before I could get on my way. It was really most annoying.