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Service 246: Service History

Service 246 (1928–1973)

Operated by Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited

From Saturday 11^th February 1928 until the company ceased operation of Black Country services at the end of business on Sunday 2^nd December 1973, Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited (BMMO—Midland “Red” Motor Services) allocated route number 246 to one of several short-working variations of Service 245.

The full Service 245 originally following the same route as the trams, but the last trams on this corridor were withdrawn on Saturday 1^st March 1930. BMMO first started running buses on the tram route in 1924 (first as Service 84B, then as Service 157, and finally as Service 245) and there had always been short-working journeys at certain times of the day, but it wasn't until the company renumbered their network on Saturday 11^th February 1928 that these journeys were allocated their own route number.

Service 245 Group of Routes

• Service 245: Stourbridge, Brierley Hill, Dudley, Tipton and Wednesbury (full route)
• Service 246: Stourbridge, Brierley Hill and Dudley only (introduced Saturday 11^th February 1928).
• Service 247: Dudley, Tipton and Wednesbury only (introduced Saturday 11^th February 1928).
• Service 248: Stourbridge, Brierley Hill, Dudley and Tipton only (introduced c. 1930).
• Service 269: Dudley and Brierley Hill only (introduced c. 1933).
• Service 284: Stourbridge and Brierley Hill only (introduced c. 1934).

Route numbers 269 and 284 ceased to be used as part of the Service 245 group of routes from the late 1960s[Exact Date Needed]

The Service 245 group of routes, along with all local Birmingham and Black Country routes, passed to West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (WMPTE) on Monday 3^rd December 1973.

Details about the origin and subsequent evolution of Service 245 Group of Routes can be found at Service 245: Service History.

More details about BMMO Transfer of Services and Assets to WMPTE can be found here… Midland “Red” History: Transfer of Services and Assets to WMPTE.