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Midland “Red” Motor Services (BMMO & MROC) BMMO S22 - Vehicle Livery

Midland “Red” Motor Services (BMMO & MROC)
BMMO S22 — Vehicle Livery

BMMO Bus Livery

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All 37 examples of the BMMO S22 entered service carrying the overall red BMMO bus livery. The traditional gold and black “Midland” fleetname had been replaced with smaller, underlined “Midland Red” fleetnames on their buses from the end of 1968, thus none of the type S22 carried the older style of BMMO livery.

NBC “Poppy Red” Livery

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In 1972, NBC started to introduce standardised liveries and vehicle markings across all their companies. Vehicles repainted after August 1972, therefore received NBC “Poppy Red” livery with the Midland Red fleet name shown in standard NBC typeface. Some examples of the type S22 were also fitted the NBC logo on the radiator grill, and a white waistband below the windows.

NBC “Poppy Red” Livery with MAP Area Branding

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Following the introduction of NBC’s Market Analysis Projects (MAP) from 1976, a handful of examples of the type S22 received MAP area branding which was shown in a white band above the windows.

Examples of the type S22 known to have carried MAP area branding area shown below:

WMPTE Livery

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On the 3rd December 1973, the WMPTE took control of 170 services from BMMO. To operate these services six BMMO depots and staff, plus 413 vehicles, were transferred to the WMPTE. Vehicles that were transfered to WMPTE were repainted into the standard WMPTE livery of dark blue and cream, carrying “West Midlands” fleetname.

BMMO repainted many vehicles into cream and blue livery at their Central Works, Carlyle Road, as part of a four year contract with WMPTE. Before being repainted, vehicles ran in their original BMMO livery but with WMPTE fleet names [ Photograph ].

Note: It is not intended for this website to chart the history of the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (WMPTE), however a small part of that companies history has been included on this page to illustrate how it affected the history of the Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Company (BMMO - Midland “Red”). For more information about the transfer of vehicles to the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (WMPTE) on the 3rd December 1973, see the “WMPTE: Acquisition of Services and Assets” page in the History section.