West Bromwich CT 167, Oldbury, 1967
One on the many Daimler CVG6 buses operated by West Bromwich Corporation, 167 pictured in the then Midland Red bus station at Oldbury off Tabernacle Street. The stylish Weymann bodied bus belonged to a batch of twenty identical buses delivered new to West Bromwich CT in early 1952, numbered 157-176 (GEA157-176).
After service with WBCT these were withdrawn as follows:
1969 - 157, 158, 169-171, 176.
Of these withdrawn buses, only 157, 170 & 171 passed to the newly created West Midlands PTE in October 1969, but were not operated.
The remaining serviceable buses from this batch passed to WMPTE and were renumbered with an 'H' suffix denoting that they were ex West Bromwich vehicles.
These were withdrawn under WMPTE ownership as follows:
1969 - 162H, 163H, 164H
1970 - 160H, 166H, 168H, 170H
1971 - 161H, 165H, 172H, 175H
1972 - 159H
1973 - 173H, 174H
Two buses were initially saved to preservation, 172H and 174H. Today, only 174 survives and is in a fully restored condition at the Black Country Museum, Dudley.
Returning to the picture - 167 is pictured working the 16 service, which was part of a group of routes, the 15, 16 & 17 that provided services between Oldbury and West Smethwick via West Bromwich.
Of these routes, the 16 was the full through working, while the 15 and 17 were short workings of the 16 route. These were:
15 - Dartmouth Square - Oldbury
16 - Spon croft - Dartmouth Square - Oldbury
17 - Dartmouth Square - Spon Croft
These services along with all ex West Bromwich CT routes were taken over by WMPTE in October 1969.
The bus station - The old concrete sheltered bus station pictured was lost under the redevelopment of the area and the creation of the Oldbury Saver-Centre in 1979/80, now solely a large Sainsbury store.
West Bromwich CT 167, Oldbury, 1967
One on the many Daimler CVG6 buses operated by West Bromwich Corporation, 167 pictured in the then Midland Red bus station at Oldbury off Tabernacle Street. The stylish Weymann bodied bus belonged to a batch of twenty identical buses delivered new to West Bromwich CT in early 1952, numbered 157-176 (GEA157-176).
After service with WBCT these were withdrawn as follows:
1969 - 157, 158, 169-171, 176.
Of these withdrawn buses, only 157, 170 & 171 passed to the newly created West Midlands PTE in October 1969, but were not operated.
The remaining serviceable buses from this batch passed to WMPTE and were renumbered with an 'H' suffix denoting that they were ex West Bromwich vehicles.
These were withdrawn under WMPTE ownership as follows:
1969 - 162H, 163H, 164H
1970 - 160H, 166H, 168H, 170H
1971 - 161H, 165H, 172H, 175H
1972 - 159H
1973 - 173H, 174H
Two buses were initially saved to preservation, 172H and 174H. Today, only 174 survives and is in a fully restored condition at the Black Country Museum, Dudley.
Returning to the picture - 167 is pictured working the 16 service, which was part of a group of routes, the 15, 16 & 17 that provided services between Oldbury and West Smethwick via West Bromwich.
Of these routes, the 16 was the full through working, while the 15 and 17 were short workings of the 16 route. These were:
15 - Dartmouth Square - Oldbury
16 - Spon croft - Dartmouth Square - Oldbury
17 - Dartmouth Square - Spon Croft
These services along with all ex West Bromwich CT routes were taken over by WMPTE in October 1969.
The bus station - The old concrete sheltered bus station pictured was lost under the redevelopment of the area and the creation of the Oldbury Saver-Centre in 1979/80, now solely a large Sainsbury store.