2015

SO8170 : Whittle bus no. 169 on Route 15, Discovery Road, Stourport-on-Severn

taken 9 years ago, near to Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, England

Whittle bus no. 169 on Route 15, Discovery Road, Stourport-on-Severn
Whittle bus no. 169 on Route 15, Discovery Road, Stourport-on-Severn
The local firm of Whittle Coach & Bus Ltd was established in 1929. In 2004 it became part of the Hull based EYMS Group, who run East Yorkshire Motor Services and others. As well as running a coach business, Whittle also run some bus services in the Wyre Forest and adjoining areas. Unfortunately they have been running at a loss for some years, not helped perhaps because they ran some services in competition with First and then with Diamond buses.

Here Whittles bus no. 169 (reg. W694 EOP) is seen on Route 15 in Discovery Road, on its way to Stourport's town centre. It is on the penultimate day of operation. The bus service is closing and the coaching side has been sold off. Fortunately route 15 and some others are being taken on by other operators.

The bus dates from 2000 and is a low floor Dennis Dart SLF with a 29 seat Plaxton Mini Pointer body. It is probably the longest bus which can be used on this route, which is very long and circuitous, and involves reversing the bus in residential streets in at least two places.

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright P L Chadwick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Suburb, Urban fringe Roads, Road transport other tags: Bus Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Discovery Road [28] Other Photos: · Whittle bus no. 158 on Route 580, near the Swan Centre, Kidderminster ·
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
+
+
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
Grid Square
SO8170, 254 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
P L Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 2 January, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 2 January, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 814 709 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:20.1521N 2:16.3848W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 814 709
View Direction
Southeast (about 135 degrees)
Clickable map
+
NW N NE
W Go E
SW S SE
Image classification(about): Geograph
This page has been viewed about 70 times
You are not logged in login | register