Friday, 21 February 2014
WDA942T: All Change at Wednesbury Bus Station
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3 comments:
Unless I'm much mistaken, that Metrobox is one of those bought for WMPTE's "Tracline" guided busway experiment in Birmingham (65 service, along Short Heath Road) - I'm pretty sure it was only those vehicles which had that particular style of electronic display.
Loved the BCT livery. I can remember the original Daimler Fleetline demonstrator, in BCT colors, visiting my home town of Great Yarmouth.
Very few current livery schemes do anything for me, a colored fleetname on pure white is so, well, so crass!
As for the infantile current West Midlands scheme (it would be an insult to call it a livery), it's just dreadful.
Mick C (a grumpy old ex-pat living in North Carolina - where bus liveries are not any better)
Thanks for your comments I do much appreciate them. The buses use on the 'guided bs' scheme were given special numbers 8101-8114, A114 WVP. As for the current West Midlands scheme it employs a colour similar to the old NBC poppy red which quickly fades and looks even more horrid. The former Widnes Corporation traditional red and cream colours in a brighter style introduced in the Sixties still being used by Halton today makes a refreshing reminder of how it should be and Lothian buses always look stunning. Sadly even most of the more classy Independents who took a pride in their fleet have gone too so we can no longer enjoy the likes of OK of Bishops Auckland.
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