WMPTE 6834, Broad Street, Wolverhampton, 1979

            6834 was Wolverhampton's first MCW 'Metrobus' and worked out of Cleveland Road bus garage from new in 1978. It was one of five pre-production Metrobuses purchased by WMPTE in 1977-78 for evaluation and development purposes. Numbered 6831 to 6835, these buses were allocated to different parts of the network for general use, whilst their performance, reliability and acceptance by staff and the travelling public was analysed. 

The prototypes were allocated as follows.
6831 - (SDA831S) Washwood Heath, Birmingham.
6832 - (SDA832S) Harnell Lane, Coventry
6833 - (SDA833S) Dudley
6834 - (SDA834S) Cleveland Road, Wolverhampton
6835 - (WDA835T) Miller Street, Birmingham

There were in addition to these five, two other Metrobuses 7006/7 (BOM6V/7V) that might be considered prototype vehicles, being fitted with Rolls Royce 'Eagle' engines from new. These two buses worked out of Acocks Green Garage in Birmingham and remained there. 

Once the overall design of the Metrobus had been settled upon and the initial teething problems sorted, the first production Metrobuses began entering service from late 1979, being numbered 2001 - onwards. However, the prototype Metrobuses retained their original fleet numbers.

In 1986, it was decided to group 6831 - 6835 at Dudley bus garage, as they were considered to be non-standard. All worked out of Dudley until their demise, with the exception of  6835 which was transferred to West Bromwich in 1993, where it remained until withdrawal in 1998.

The withdrawal dates and disposals were as follows:
6831 - November 1989 - Stevensons 1992 & scrapped 1993
6832 - February 1990 - Tees & District for ancillary use
6833 - July 1989 - Stevensons 1993 scrapped by 1994
6834 - October 1989 - Training aid 1990 and scrapped 1990
6835 - June 1998 - Direct to preservation 1998

When 6834 was finally withdrawn from use at Dudley in the late 1989, it was taken to the engineering apprentice training school at the former Moseley Road Bus Garage in Moseley, Birmingham. Here the body was removed and the vehicle cut down to a below-waist-height chassis for demonstration and training purposes.  After the training school closed in 1990, the remains of 6834 were stored at the former Selly Oak bus garage, until being sold for scrap in December 1990. 

Today, two of the prototypes survive, 6832 (privately owned) and 6835 (Transport Museum Wythall). Also 7007 survives in private ownership.

When based in Wolverhampton, 6834 was often to be seen working local services in and out of the town centre. The bus is pictured in Broad Street, Wolverhampton embarking for Penn in July 1979.

   

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