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It's about time we started a thread for general fleet movements... This is what we know to be happening in time for the service changes in September. It has already been mentioned elsewhere on the forum that two of the three ex-London Tridents will be heading to Cornwall soon ( Topic Link ). Also in...

It depends on which rail company and how far they have to go. London Midland tend to be shorter journeys and they tend not to mind buses being used. They even requested double-decks for the recent Foregate Street to Droitwich Spa contract, for example. First Great Western ask for coaches irrespectiv...

A correction to my above post...

Service 38 will have frequency reduced from 15-minutes to 12-minutes, not 10 as in my original post.

The other reduction is double-deck requirement will be coming from reduced demand on the S23 service. It seems the new college on the old Leyland/Rover site in Longbridge as had a big impact on Worcester Sixth Form College, as a large number of Bromsgrove pupils are choosing to go there instead.

20201 is still in the same spot, but there are some developments. It looks like the decision that the vehicle was uneconomical to repair may have been reversed. No suitable replacement has been found but it would seem that someone has decided they would like to keep their share of the rail replaceme...

I think your photograph is older than that. 5941 went on loan to BaMMOT on 22nd July 1984, and that become it's new home. It remained in the ownership of Central Works for several years but I don't think it returned there before it passed to BaMMOT ownership. In 1986? I was 14-years old so still in ...

I would have loved to have a look around there. Is that a white Leyland National in the background?

33042 still parked indoors with most of the engine in bits. I suspect they are waiting parts. Meanwhile I can now confirm they will not be replaced at Worcester so the double-deck allocation will reduce by two. One likely "saving" will be the Service 363 that is run with a double-deck for ...

Thank you Tim, I have looked at that photo and I would agree it is the same chassis, just photographed from a different angle. I have also looked at a PSV Circle / Omnibus Society book from 1959 which has quite a bit of detail on the buses but basically says all four had various two-pedal setups whe...

OK, all the necessary paperwork has been filed in all the right places so I'm free to post a summary of the changes here. I don't have copies of the timetables yet. Service 32 Minor timetable changes to add extra journeys between Worcester City Centre and St. Peter's to replace that section of the S...