Wolverhampton had a bus that circled the centre until quite recently . Very useful us with bad knees
AEC swift me thinksThought you may like this picture - turning into Bull Street, no idea of type, as usual with my images no year I am afraid.
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thanks AllanNo its not AEC, see post 10 above by Lloyd. It is similar to the eye however.
Only after operation passed from the Corporation to WMPTE did the 8 & 11 get "A" & "C" suffixes to denote Anticlockwise and Clockwise.Nothing new for Brum: the three circles routes - 8, 11 and 19 - had them but were they never described as that, maybe Brummies, at the time, knew where they were going.
I went on the 101 a couple of times , cant remember much about it apart from the fact it had a stop by the Shakespeare public house on Summer RowIn more recent times, the 'Centre Bus' moniker passed onto the 101 route, which I think was originally just a circle around the city, using Leyland Nationals. Latterly, the route ran into the city from Handsworth, and connected Snow Hill, New Street and the town hall, using MCW Metrobuses branded for it. There was latterly the 77 route ran by Pete's Travel using low floor Darts that served the same purpose, and then the free S1 'Station Link' bus ran by Central Connect. I can't remember when the service ended, but the job has mostly been taken up by the 16 route now, which still connects Snow Hill, New Street and the markets, in a one way loop.
I believe it was 'suspended' due to COVID measures, but I've not heard of any plans to bring it back, even with stuff opening back up now.
The 101 extended to Handsworth, replacing the 76 and eventually the circuit around the market was cut and taken over by the 16If you get the gist of this article, well done ! Didn't know there was a clockwise and anti-clockwise bus. Thought it was one continuous loop.
Viv.
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