New SOS Bus to arrive in November

6:20pm Thursday 27th September 2012 in News

Tim Young, borough councillor responsible for community safety, with the current SOS Bus, which is being replaced in November. Tim Young, borough councillor responsible for community safety, with the current SOS Bus, which is being replaced in November.

COLCHESTER’S new SOS Bus is set to be rolled out in the town in November.

The new vehicle will hit the streets in the middle of the month, aiming to help more people then ever.

A former Essex Libraries bus, the new vehicle will bear little resemblance to the recognisable yellow base in High Street on Friday and Saturday nights.

Wayne Powell, chief executive of Open Road, which runs the service, said: “We are really excited about the new bus.

“It is going to be really different to the current bus.

“Being a former library bus, it is not something we have been used to converting and it has been a difficult process.

“It will be very different to what people have been used to seeing in the High Street.”

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Comments(5)

jammin says...
8:21am Fri 28 Sep 12

Not sure why do they need a new one bearing in mind how tight funding is? Anything to do with the poor driving at the Colchester free festival when both sides and the back got badly damaged?

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The REAL Norm says...
11:26am Fri 28 Sep 12

Why's Tinky Winky standing next to the bus?

http://www.bbc.co.uk
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Im_Like_HELLO says...
4:39pm Fri 28 Sep 12

Sorry but I think funding should be withdrawn. If the SOS Bus was operating in a 'closed system', i.e. people who get drunk are paying for their own stupidity, fine, but it impinges on the rest of society and I wish to have no part in such a sad economy.

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Boris says...
4:52pm Fri 28 Sep 12

The REAL Norm wrote:
Why's Tinky Winky standing next to the bus?

http://www.bbc.co.uk

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The REAL Tinky Winky is a lot prettier than the Beast of Mascot Square.

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HARRY438 says...
8:33am Sat 29 Sep 12

With the Colchester Town Centre's night-time rep I should think they would need a fleet of these & more."Good luck to all those that sail in her in the stormy nights ahead." Revellers;as in revolting?

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