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Tim,

I had intended to make enquiries on your behalf regarding this, but I'm sorry to say it totally slipped my mind.

Driver is a grumpy bastard... Waved to him twice and let him out of Station Road yet I just got a dirty stare. Won't make that mistake again!

I remember the 22 route well as I used to drive it a lot. Under Midland Red West we ran every 30-minutes to Droitwich, work a few locals before a 22 back to Worcester. The route was always used but we rarely had a full bus, with around 10 passengers being about the norm (in a 20-seat bus) per journe...

Notices have started to appear in buses to announce a fares rise on 15th January 2017. Very few details are shown on the ones I have seen other than the date. They seem keen to highlight the fact that the £4.00 Worcester Day Pass price is frozen, and claim the Worcester Week Pass is still good value...

As I was walking to Crowngate yesterday afternoon, Diamond's 30935 (ex-First 67646) stopped and offered me a lift, the driver being one of the few ex-First staff still with Diamond at Kidderminster depot. We had a chat about the good old days while he loaded passengers for the return journey but whe...

With a big firm like First, the people deciding the future of these vehicles may never have even seen them. It will just be a line on a spreadsheet with a book value to them. They certainly wont have any emotional attachment (good or bad) to them like we do as drivers, mechanics or enthusiasts. On a...

67657 is now in the body shop and it looks like it is having a repaint prep.

Wash is fixed!!

It was built before the DDA laws came in so can not be used for service work from 1st Jan 2017. I would imagine many perfectly good buses are being scrapped for the same reason.

53042 arrived at Worcester today. It looks like it will not be going to Wales as it is now going to be an engine donor for 53044, and then it will be scrapped.