NXWM 4598, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, 2024

            Taken during a downpour, NXWM 4598 was pictured on Griffiths Drive at Ashmore Park, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton. 

Just 30 minutes before the shutter clicked on this scene, it had been quite a dry and sunny Saturday morning.

I've not ventured around this area for a good few years, but it struck me how empty the buses were compared with 40-years ago. I shouldn't really have been that surprised given how many people own cars these days, but this route had always been a very well patronised. ...Maybe, I just caught it on an off day?

4598 was originally new to Wolverhampton Garage and  carries the registration BX54DDA.  The letters 'DDA' were once a Wolverhampton issued registration mark. However, those old local authority registration systems have long gone, replaced by a centralised government issuing body, where 'regional codes' are issued rather than local town & city identifiers. So it is quite coincidental that this bus carries what would have been once a Wolverhampton registration mark.

In the 1960s, Wolverhampton Corporation operated ten Guy Arab V motorbuses carrying the registrations DDA147C to DDA156C. I like to think that 4598's registration is an unintended nod to those Guy motor buses that once plodded these routes long ago.

Taken on: March 23, 2024

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Ashmore

shopping parade

559

Transbus

Trident

AX400

Alexander

Griffith Drive

Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Corporation

rain

wet

damp

grey

cloudy

trees

BUS STOP

bus shelter

WEdnesfield

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Camera: Sony DSC-RX100, f/2.8, 1/640 sec, 13.6mm, ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSC-RX100
Lens:	Sony 28-100mm F1.8-4.9
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	13.6mm
ISO:	500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Pixelmator 3.5.1
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