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47611's first visit to Bromsgrove

And photographed through the fence on the Padmore Street patch yesterday afternoon, Tuesday 21 May 2024, with thanks to Bob Hemming who took the shot.

TimBrown wrote: ↑

06:41 Wednesday 22nd May 2024

And photographed through the fence on the Padmore Street patch yesterday afternoon, Tuesday 21 May 2024, with thanks to Bob Hemming who took the shot.

Errr , is that the finished article ?? Surely not ?

No there’s still some stuff to be applied to it yet.

To continue with the vehicle livery theme. On the eastnorfolkbus.blogspot.com site , there is a photo of a recently transferred from Leeds to Norwich Streetdeck in a livery very much like our Saltroad Volvo single decker's.

With the influx of "new" vehicles to Worcester depot it would make the fleet look more presentable if the company now embark on a repainting programme Other than the 3 streetlites that came from Manchester in yellow that were repainted and will shortly all be in South Wales the last bus to be repainted at Worcester was 69643 in January 2023

47610 has already departed for Swansea.

Of the latest double deck arrivals 33673 and 33737 have had quiet are varied life to date . Both were new in June 2012 and were initially used for games transport for the London Olympics before entering normal service with First Manchester at their Bolton depot. When this depot was sold to Rotala they were part of the 100 or so vehicles leased to Diamond Bus before their new Street Deck vehicles arrived. When the vehicles returned to First bus they went to the Somerset operation before ending up in Worcester.. 14 plate vehicles also started life in Games Transport this time for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games

33673 on the 144 on Friday 16th August at Bromsgrove on the late running 1445 to Catshill. Being half an hour late the journey did not go to Catshill to get back on time for the journey back to Worcester

Reddibus wrote: ↑

09:39 Saturday 17th August 2024

. Being half an hour late the journey did not go to Catshill to get back on time for the journey back to Worcester

Similar to Lichfield > Bromsgrove trains turning at Longbridge. Back to buses, I have a week away and the fleet has altered some what.