Monday 8 August 2011

Trip to The Britannia Stadium 08-08-2011






















Bus From To Service Operator

2408 Britannia Stadium Stanley Matthews Way, Blurton 500 Wardle Transport




Matthew had been good today and I decided to treat him with a trip out on the #500. It was the first running of this service since the north Staffordshire operations of D&G had been taken over by Arriva Midlands and joined up with Wardle Transport. We walked the best part of two miles to the stop outside the Britannia Stadium, by the time we got there it was proper dark! We had a 10 minute rest before the bus turned up. The bus was Wardle Transport 2408 which is required!


2408 outside the Brit... (Matt)

We Travelled the length of Stanley Matthews Way on the bus. Inside there are still remnants of this buses stint with First PMT, as there are still pink and purple sticker inside the bus. Matthew photographed the classic 'Cityrider' bus moquette.


Cityrider moquette inside 2408 (Matt)

We got off and crossed the road as always and waited for the bus to return to the first stop. We then got a couple of pictures.


At the start... 2408 ready to work the return service (Matt)

We then walked home in near total darkness. A small slither of sky was visible to the NW behind the bus as we walked home...Mark

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