West Midlands Travel 2527, Bearwood Road, Sandwell, 1991
An all encompassing view of a busy Bearwood Road, Bearwood, West Midlands in May 1991. A scene still very recognisable today.
The bus (WMT 2527) working the 82 service into the City Centre - via Cape Hill, hadn't long departed its terminal point at Bearwood Bus Station.
The Metrobus wears the company's then mainly silver livery, making the vehicle look like one of its then newer sisters at first glance. The silver paint wasn't found to be very durable, and buses were eventually repainted into a modified version of the livery that used more blue.
At the time of the photo, 2527 was a Quinton Garage based bus, where it had been allocated since delivery in 1982. As part of an on-going company rationalisation, Quinton bus garage was closed in 1997; a Tesco supermarket now stands on the site. As a consequence of the closure, 2527 was transferred to West Bromwich, and later to Walsall to see its service days out.
Withdrawn from traffic in late 2004, 2527 saw further use with McColl's, an independent bus operator based in Balloch, Scotland. Indeed, McColl's bought a number of secondhand Metrobuses from West Midlands Travel.
West Midlands Travel 2527, Bearwood Road, Sandwell, 1991
An all encompassing view of a busy Bearwood Road, Bearwood, West Midlands in May 1991. A scene still very recognisable today.
The bus (WMT 2527) working the 82 service into the City Centre - via Cape Hill, hadn't long departed its terminal point at Bearwood Bus Station.
The Metrobus wears the company's then mainly silver livery, making the vehicle look like one of its then newer sisters at first glance. The silver paint wasn't found to be very durable, and buses were eventually repainted into a modified version of the livery that used more blue.
At the time of the photo, 2527 was a Quinton Garage based bus, where it had been allocated since delivery in 1982. As part of an on-going company rationalisation, Quinton bus garage was closed in 1997; a Tesco supermarket now stands on the site. As a consequence of the closure, 2527 was transferred to West Bromwich, and later to Walsall to see its service days out.
Withdrawn from traffic in late 2004, 2527 saw further use with McColl's, an independent bus operator based in Balloch, Scotland. Indeed, McColl's bought a number of secondhand Metrobuses from West Midlands Travel.