On Saturday 23rd November 1985, Midland Red (West) Limited replaced all Worcester City Local bus services (using “Wâ€-prefix route numbers, first introduced in 1928) with a new Worcester Citibus network of services operated with high-frequency Mercedes-Benz L608D minibuses. On the same date there are a number of significant service changes throughout the operating area.
On Saturday 19th April 1986, Midland Red (West) Limited replaced all local Redditch Town services (using “Râ€-prefix route numbers) with a new Redditch “ReddiLink†network of services operated with high-frequency Mercedes-Benz L608D minibuses.
From Sunday 28th April 1991, a large number of service changes are made to Midland Red West services in the Birmingham and Black Country areas due, in part, to Centro contract changes.