66304 & other buses in Worcester.

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TimBrown
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66304 & other buses in Worcester.

Post by TimBrown » 14:58 Friday 18th September 2020

Here are some pictures taken in the Worcester area in September 2020;
Worcester Crowngate bus station 17 September 2020;
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Also in Worcester Crowngate bus station on 9 September 2020;
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And a trio of Streetlite photographs working 37 service in Grange Avenue;
Date 11 September 2020;
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Date 12 September 2020;
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12 September 2020 Worcester 003.JPG

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marck
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Re: 66304 & other buses in Worcester.

Post by marck » 10:24 Sunday 20th September 2020

Great pics Tim! I'm also loving the new font on the destination displays looks a lot clearer

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Re: 66304 & other buses in Worcester.

Post by TimBrown » 05:19 Thursday 24th September 2020

A couple more taken in Grange Avenue on Wednesday afternoon 23 September 2020.
23 September 2020 Worcester 001.JPG
23 September 2020 Worcester 002.JPG

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Re: 66304 & other buses in Worcester.

Post by TimBrown » 15:15 Thursday 24th September 2020

Today, Thursday 24 September 2020 and photograph of 66698 working the first 37 of the day along Grange Avenue at 07-20;
24 September 2020 Worcester 001.JPG
Then this afternoon, a violent thunder storm and covering of hailstones in minutes by 14-50 with 47513 working through the mayhem on a 37;
24 September 2020 Worcester 003.JPG
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24 September 2020 Worcester 005.JPG

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Post by DD12 » 17:47 Thursday 24th September 2020

That's amazing Tim !

I was between Cheltenham and Ledbury, and didn't have anything like that !! :D

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Post by TimBrown » 18:18 Thursday 24th September 2020

An hour later 53802 is seen negotiating the flash floods on a 37 at 15-50 with 66691 working a 32S five minutes later at 15-55,
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53802 appeared again two hours later at 17-50 on a 37 driving through the gloom of darkening skies - that's my excuse for the grainy shot!
24 September 2020 Worcester 012.JPG

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Post by willr7 » 22:08 Thursday 17th December 2020

66316 has joined 66304 & 66311 at Worcester. She has already had her Leicester fleet-names replaced with Worcester ones!!! :shock:

I'm guessing more B7Ls will make the move to WR and act as a temporary solution & allowing our StreetLites to make the move to Leicester, before the remaining Mercedes Citaro's are released from Slough... :?

Here's a link to a post by Jamie Holmes on FB showing a picture of 66316 at WR earlier today - https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=102 ... 8675826556

Also - It appears 63360 has gone the other way, most likely to carry out 'Santa Bus' duties for Leicester ;)

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Post by ANDREW » 11:40 Friday 18th December 2020

willr7 wrote:
22:08 Thursday 17th December 2020
66316 has joined 66304 & 66311 at Worcester. She has already had her Leicester fleet-names replaced with Worcester ones!!! :shock:
Hmmmm , the age profile of the fleet gets older by the week. :( Is there something going on ???

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Re: 66304 & other buses in Worcester.

Post by DD12 » 11:59 Friday 18th December 2020

ANDREW wrote:
11:40 Friday 18th December 2020
willr7 wrote:
22:08 Thursday 17th December 2020
66316 has joined 66304 & 66311 at Worcester. She has already had her Leicester fleet-names replaced with Worcester ones!!! :shock:
Hmmmm , the age profile of the fleet gets older by the week. :( Is there something going on ???
That's what I'm worried about !! -- I believe First had decided to keep FirstBus, IE the UK bus operation, but that decision was made before the scale of the pandemic was known ( - I think).

The prospects for most bus companies are now much bleaker for the next year or two, so First could still be tempted to let some borderline operations go !!

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Re: 66304 & other buses in Worcester.

Post by TimBrown » 19:59 Friday 18th December 2020

ANDREW wrote:
11:40 Friday 18th December 2020
willr7 wrote:
22:08 Thursday 17th December 2020
66316 has joined 66304 & 66311 at Worcester. She has already had her Leicester fleet-names replaced with Worcester ones!!! :shock:
Hmmmm , the age profile of the fleet gets older by the week. :( Is there something going on ???
I have just done a quick rundown using 2020 as the base, less the year of entering service which gives a total of 807 years for 67 buses (excluding training vehicles) and an arithmetic mean of just over 12 years. Obviously this will be higher as we move into 2021, but the year and month into service would then be needed to find an accurate figure.

Is a fleet average age of 12 years a high figure for a major bus operator?

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