<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/norfolk-economy-bus-service.jpg"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/norfolk-economy-bus-service.jpg" alt="Norfolk bus service" width="472" height="374" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5845" /></a></center><br><br>

<strong>A bus service has been launched to connect isolated communities in parts of rural Norfolk for the first time, operators confirmed today.</strong>

The fleet of shining vehicles each carry two passengers in a secure cage, and are capable of whizzing them from village to village inside two hours.


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Up until now it has taken women living in remote areas like Downham Market, Swaffham and Fakenham all day to fetch water from regional wells or to forage berries from far-away hedges.

But the new fleet introduced by Luxor Traction Ltd means they now have more time to attend to their other daily duties - like sweeping out their hovels.

<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/norfolk-hovel-e1446716727289.png"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/norfolk-hovel-e1446716727289.png" alt="norfolk hovel edna spratt" width="500" height="350" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1241" /></a><i>Upwardly mobile: Edna Spratt can now travel great distances, such as to King's Lynn</center></i><br><br>

Edna Spratt, 37, who lives near Downham Market with her brother and their nine children, said: "The new bus service is excellent. I can catch the 7.37am from the end of my track and get to Salters Lode to collect water in under two hours.

"It's then just a five-hour wait for the 2pm service back towards Downham Market. I have heard that abroad in places like Suffolk they have something called locomotives on tracks which can carry more than two people, but that sounds like the devil's work."

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Luxor Traction Ltd launched its fleet of 15 buses to service most parts of rural Norfolk in recent weeks.

Company chief executive Mr John Deere said: "We are very proud to open up parts of rural Norfolk for the first time. Public transport will transform the lives of hard-working local people like Edna.

"It's taking a bit of time to catch on because these folk do not have televisions or read, so it is difficult to get the word out. But we are confident of turning a profit by 2023." 

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