TWM 3050, Cannock Road, Wolverhampton, 1998

            In 1996, Travel West Midlands painted a number their buses into the former municipal colours of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall and West Bromwich corporations. These buses were known as the 'Heritage fleet', and were allocated to their relevant towns. The Heritage fleet buses were popular with the travelling public and were often to be seen at local transport shows and events.

Metrobus 3050 was one of several buses to be painted into Birmingham City Transport colours, one of each bus being allocated to each of the company’s Birmingham bus garages. 

A number of the heritage buses attended the Park Lane bus garage open-day held on Sunday 23rd August 1998. Some of these vehicles were used on the ‘free’ 599 bus service that ran between Wolverhampton Bus Station and the bus garage to assist visitors. This may have been confusing for the travelling locals, as the normal bus route that operated from town to Park Lane was the 598 service! Anyway, despite the best-laid plans, it rained heavily throughout that Sunday, reducing considerably the numbers of people expected to attend the open day. Typically, the day before and the day after saw dryer weather.

3050 is pictured on the A460 Cannock Road heading towards Park Lane Garage.

3050 had been allocated to Washwood Heath bus garage, but may have been transferred to Lea Hall bus garage at the time of this picture? As with all of these buses, they were eventually repainted back into standard fleet livery, 3050 was withdrawn 11 years later in July 2009. A scrap yard fate awaited, the bus being disposed of to a scrap dealer in September 2009. 

Photo - Sunday 23rd August 1998.

Taken on: March 18, 2024

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