First Norfolk & Suffolk

First Norfolk & Suffolk

X1 branded Alexander Dennis Enviro400 in Great Yarmouth in April 2016
Parent	FirstGroup
Founded	July 1931
Headquarters	Norwich
Service area	Norfolk Suffolk Cambridgeshire
Service type	Bus services
Routes	68
Depots	5
Fleet	342
Website	www.firstgroup.com/suffolk_norfolk/

First Norfolk & Suffolk is a bus operator providing services in Norfolk and Suffolk in eastern England. It is a subsidiary of FirstGroup.

It has seven depots which are part of five operating areas spread out across East Anglia. The five operating areas are Norwich, Ipswich, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and King's Lynn.

In July 1931 the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company was formed. It was a combination of the four existing bus companies in East Anglia. Eastern Counties Road Car Company of Ipswich, Ortona Motor Company of Cambridge and Peterborough Electric Traction Company all owned by Tilling & British Automobile Traction and United Automobile Services' East Anglia services and commenced with 534 buses.

Upon completion the major shareholders were United Automobile Services (43%), Tilling & British Automobile Traction (28%), London & North Eastern Railway (24%) and London Midland & Scottish Railway (3%). Also included was the Eastern Coach Works in Lowestoft. By the end of the 1930s the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company purchased another 50 operators.

In September 1942 Tilling & British Automobile Traction was placed in administration and its Eastern Counties Omnibus Company shareholding transferred to Tilling Group. In November 1948 it was nationalised and placed under the control of the British Transport Commission and in January 1969 became part of the National Bus Company.