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Service 247: Service History

Service 247 (1926–1928)

Operated by Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited

The first iteration of Service 247 operated by Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited (BMMO—Midland “Red” Motor Services) was introduced in the mid/late 1920s[Exact Date Needed] as a local Bromsgrove service, running a circular route from Bromsgrove Town Centre to Sidemoor and returning to the Town Centre via Stourbridge Road.

The service ran two clockwise journeys on Tuesday and four on Saturday, plus two anti-clockwise journeys on Saturday evenings.

Local Bromsgrove Service 247 was renumbered to Service 332 as part of BMMO's network renumbering exercise on Saturday 11^th February 1928. The route and timetable for this service were unchanged when it was renumbered, but the service was withdrawn by September 1929.

More details about route numbering sequences can be found here… Midland “Red” History: Route Numbers.

Service 247 (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 247 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The full Service 245 originally following the same route as the trams, but the last trams on this corridor were withdrawn on Saturday 1^st March 1930.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.