Tuesday 17 March 2026 (approx. 1227) – Two MCV eVoRa bodied Volvo B8RLE buses of Dew’s Coaches Limited seen in Market Street, Ely.

BL24 GYP, new in June 2024, was between trips on Ely Zipper services. The Bus Times website showed it as working the following runs today:

1005 Huntingdon-Chatteris 1122 (303)
1127 Chatteris-Ely 1215 (Zipper 3)
1255 Ely-March 1357 (Zipper 2)
1408 March-Ely 1522 (Zipper 2)
1540 Ely-Chatteris 1635 (Zipper 3)
1635 Chatteris-Huntingdon 1755 (303)
1830 Huntingdon-Chatteris 1945 (303)

BU52 ELY, new in April 2023, was working the Zipper service 1. This bus has carried this registration from new, a registration previously carried by another bus employed on the Zipper service and is a play on ‘Bus to Ely’.

The Bus Times website showed it as working the following runs today:

0527 Chatteris to Ely 0617 (Zipper 2)
0625 Ely to Lancaster Way 0635 (Zipper 2)
0725 Ely-Witcham-Haddenham-Stretham-Ely 0820 (Zipper 1)
0825 Ely-Witcham-Haddenham-Stretham-Ely 0920 (Zipper 1)
0925 Ely-Witcham-Haddenham-Stretham-Ely 1020 (Zipper 1)
1025 Ely-Witcham-Haddenham-Stretham-Ely 1120 (Zipper 1)
1125 Ely-Witcham-Haddenham-Stretham-Ely 1220 (Zipper 1)
1225 Ely-Witcham-Haddenham-Stretham-Ely 1320 (Zipper 1)
1325 Ely-Stretham-Haddenham-Witcham-Ely 1420 (Zipper 1)
1425 Ely-Stretham-Haddenham-Witcham-Ely 1520 (Zipper 1)
1555 Ely-Stretham-Haddenham-Witcham-Ely 1650 (Zipper 1)
1655 Ely-Stretham-Haddenham-Witcham-Ely 1750 (Zipper 1)
1755 Ely-Stretham-Haddenham-Witcham-Ely 1850 (Zipper 1)
1855 Ely-Stretham-Haddenham 1918 (Zipper 1)

The three Zipper services are:

Zip 1: Ely-Lancaster Way-Witcham-Haddenham-(Aldreth on Thursdays)-Wilburton-Stretham-Ely (morning schedule, operates in the opposite direction in the afternoons)

Zip 2: Ely-Witchford-Sutton-Mepal-Chatteris-Doddington-Wimblington-March

Zip 3: Ely-Lancaster Way-Witchford-Sutton-Mepal-Chatteris-Ramsey Forty Foot-Ramsey