Every route 99. 13 of 25

Sunday 5th July 2026 Welcome to Suffolk’s only bus route numbered 99. After last time’s exploration of the infrequent rural route 99 between Maldon and Chelmsford in Essex, I’ve moved north to Lowestoft to sample First Eastern Counties’ route 99 to Kessingland and Southwold together with its sister route 99A from Southwold to Halesworth. A nice colourful timetable and route map showing the route’s Coastal Clipper branding is available on the First Bus website and gives “BUS TIMES from 26th May 2024” which looks like it’s a pdf of a printed leaflet but sadly I was unable to find copies to pick up – I suspect the stock was snapped up by eager passengers long ago. There’s one of those “guaranteed connection” arrangements in Southwold between the 99 and 99A with the same bus operating both routes pretty much as if they are one although on the journey I took recently the 99 emptied out completely on arrival in Southwold before continuing on to Halesworth. A half hourly service is provided…