33673/737/46-9/51
33637 and 33737 were new in June 2012 to the First Games Transport unit which provided transport services for the London Olympics. After the games the vehicles joined the First Manchester fleet at their Bolton depot. On Sunday 11 August 2018 Rotala completed the acquisition of First Manchester’s Bolton depot and most of its work on No buses have been purchased as part of the deal, but Rotala is leasing 125 vehicles from First at Bolton. 33673 and 33737 were two of these vehicles. They lasted less than a year with Diamond Bus before being returned to First bus who then transferred the vehicles to their Bath depot. The vehicles remained there until August 2024 when they moved to the Worcester depot. Over the Christmas period in 2024 five further vehicles from the same batch of vehicles arrived from First Manchester in the shape of 33746-9/51. These vehicles had been used on TfGM school services. These routes were included in the tranch 3 batch of franchises which First Manchester were not successful in winning. At the same time 33673 and 33737 returned south to First Bristol. Both these vehicles have exhaust traps fitted to make the engine emissions meet the Euro VI standard something required at their new depot of Bath that is not required in Worcester.
Registration Number |
Fleet Number |
Vehicle Type |
Body type |
Seating Capacity |
Date into Service |
Current Allocation |
Livery |
SN12AEU | 33673 | Alexander Dennis E400 |
ADL B450/18 |
H45/30F |
16th August 2024 |
Moved back to First Bristol 21/12/24 |
First Urban |
SN12ANR | 33737 | Alexander Dennis E400 |
ADL B452/22 |
H45/30F |
2nd September 2024 |
Moved back to First Bristol 24/12/24 |
First Urban |
SN12AOF | 33746 | Alexander Dennis E400 | ADL B452/31 | H45/30F | 6th January 2025 | Worcester | First Urban |
SN12AOG | 33747 | Alexander Dennis E400 | ADL B452/32 | H45/30F | 6th January 2025 | Worcester | First Supporting Pride livery |
SN12AOH | 33748 | Alexander Dennis E400 | ADL B452/33 | H45/30F | 6th January 2025 | Worcester | First Urban |
SN12AOJ | 33749 | Alexander Dennis E400 | ADL B452/34 | H45/30F | 9th January 2025 | Worcester | First Urban |
SN12AOL | 33751 | Alexander Dennis E400 | ADL B452/36 | H45/30F | 8th January 2025 | Worcester | First Urban |
33831/58-70
33863 and 33864 were part of an order for 60 vehicles from Alexander Dennis that took the fleet numbers 33831 to 33890 and as they were new in the summer of 2014, they joined the First Games Fleet for use on the contract for transport First had for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. After use on the Games contract the vehicles soon joined their intended operating unit of First South Yorkshire. The vehicles settled down normal service in South Yorkshire. With the introduction of new electric vehicles, the many of the existing fleet was surplus and has been cascaded to other first group companies. 33863 and 33864 arrived in the Worcester fleet over the weekend of the 20th and 21st March Both vehicles required very little preparation and entered service on Monday 22nd March. The most obvious change was the removal of the Sheffield fleet names. In the middle of July 2024 a further seven vehicles from the same batch moved from South Yorkshire to Worcester. During the first week of August 2024 sister vehicles 33859 and 33862 arrived at Worcester from Bath depot. With the arrival of 33861 on 13th August from Bath Worcester now has the whole batch from 33859 to 33870 made up of vehicles transferred from Sheffield and Bath depots. Ironically the movement of the ADL 400s to Worcester was part of a plan to make the Worcester depot totally ADL vehicle operated. In moving the E400s from First West Yorkshire this meant that that this was the first time for 64 years that there had not been a Dennis or Alexander vehicle in that fleet.
Registration Number |
Fleet Number |
Vehicle Type |
Body type |
Seating Capacity |
Date into Service |
Current Allocation |
Livery |
SK14 CTV | 33831 | Alexander Dennis E400 |
ADL D446/1 |
H45/30F |
4th September 2024 | Worcester |
First Urban |
SM14DFD | 33858 | Alexander Dennis E400 |
ADL D447/1 |
H45/30F |
31st August 2024 | Worcester |
First Urban |
SM14DFE | 33859 | Alexander Dennis E400 |
ADL D447/2 |
H45/30F |
16th August 2024 | Worcester |
First Urban |
SM14DFF | 33860 | Alexander Dennis E400 |
ADL D447/3 |
H45/30F |
17th July 2024 | Worcester |
First Urban |
SM14DFK | 33861 | Alexander Dennis E400 |
ADL D447/4 |
H45/30F |
13th August 2024 | Worcester |
First Urban |
SM14DFK | 33862 | Alexander Dennis E400 |
ADL D447/5 |
H45/30F |
14th August 2024 | Worcester |
First Urban |
SM14LMF | 33863 | Alexander Dennis E400 |
ADL D447/6 |
H45/30F |
22nd April 2024 | Worcester |
First Urban |
SM14LMJ | 33864 | Alexander Dennis E400 |
ADL D447/7
|
H45/30F |
22nd April 2024 | Worcester |
First Urban |
SM14LMK | 33865 | Alexander Dennis E400 |
ADL D447/8
|
H45/30F |
9th August 2024 | Worcester |
First Urban |
SM14LMM | 38666 | Alexander Dennis E400 |
ADL D447/9
|
H45/30F |
2nd August 2024 | Worcester |
First Urban |
SM14LMO | 33867 | Alexander Dennis E400 |
ADL D447/10
|
H45/30F |
17th July 2024 | Worcester |
First Urban |
SM14LMU | 33868 | Alexander Dennis E400 |
ADL D447/11
|
H45/30F |
27th July 2024 | Worcester |
First Urban |
SM14LMV | 33869 | Alexander Dennis E400 |
ADL D447/12
|
H45/30F |
23rd July 2024 | Worcester |
First Urban |
SM14LMY | 38670 | Alexander Dennis E400 |
ADL D447/13
|
H45/30F |
23rd July 2025 | Worcester |
First Urban |