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Kev's have 3 new [73 plate] Mercedes / Mellor minibuses in service.

bmmoboy wrote: ↑

22:01 Friday 13th October 2023

. Time to look for a new job.

Not volunteering to go to Scotland to collect them then I guess ?? LOL.
Looks like the York option is the correct one. Unless some of the recent arrivals move on like some of the d/d's did. The people who compile fleet lists must have plenty of resolve.

ANDREW wrote: ↑

16:47 Monday 23rd October 2023

. . . . , we are talking First Bus . . . . . . . .

So we promptly receive some more York Branded ones !!

Latest gossip is that the 'Scottish' Streetlites are heading to 'Bristol' and Bristol are sending some of theirs up to Worcester. Not sure what the logic would be with these transfers but hey , we are talking First Bus . . . . . . . .

47474 has been added to Bustimes. These fleet numbers take me back to my train number days.

I assume that the Citaro's will be replaced then. [Unless First have acquired a lot more work].

3 more if Bustimes is correct. 47475/76/80. Anyone able to confirm please ??

Another Pulham's this morning - PU18HAM and also working for GB Tours heading to Cornwall. There was nothing on the vehicle to identify Pulham's now being under the ownership of the Go Ahead Group.

I had a short trip on 32644 recently , she sounded and went well .

Sorry for deviating a bit. I read that the bush wash at Diamonds Kidderminster depot was 'playing up' earlier in the year so maybe that is the case again. Certainly a number of their buses look scruffy - even after being recently repainted. I remember watching coaches at Digbeth getting refuelled an...