vehicle repaint Dates

The Following is a chronology of vehicle repaints for First Midland Red and Midland Red West vehicles - Vehicles are listed by fleet number with a code notating the livery the bus was repainted into (These are B1 - low floor Barbie Livery, B2 - non low floor Barbie Livery, B3  - is the revised corporate Firstgroup livery for all vehicles which is a modified version of the original Barbie livery, G - Grey unbranded spare bus livery, GBS - Green School Bus livery, NB - Is the latest First Corporate livery know as First Urban, NBG - Green version of the new bus livery for the bus service 144, NBP - Is the latest First Corporate livery know as First Olympia with a pink front (officially known as Fuchsia) , NBR - Is the latest First Corporate livery know as First Olympia with a red front, P - All over purple livery for route 35, PR - Purple base livery for the Riversider service, QJ - Special livery for Queen's 70th Jubilee, RC - Red and Cream, Red - All over Red Midland Red livery,  SHG - South Hereford Garages advertising livery, HGT - Herefordshire Group Training advertising livery, O Red  - 1930's heritage Midland Red livery, R - allover Red WE - Worcester Express Livery & Y - allover Yellow)  

Date Repainted Vehicle by Fleet Number
January 2024 47440 (NBP) Not a repaint but removal of Green branding to leave a standard Olympia livery
January 2023 69463 (NBP)        
October 2022 44943 (NBP) 44944 (NBP) 69460 (NBP) 69459 (NBP)  
August 2002 69456 (NBP)        
July 2022 69445 (NBP)        
June 2022 69454 (NBP)        
May 2022 47518 (QJ)        
March 2020 53062 (PR)        
October 2019 53065 (PR)
November 2018 64012 (NBP) 64013 (NBP) 64014 (NBP) 64015 (NBP) 64016 (NBP)
64018 (NBP) 64021 (P)
October 2018 53207 (NBP) 64033 (G) 64035 (G) 64042 (P) 64043 (P)
64044 (P) 64045 (P)
September 2018 20612 (G) 66695 (NBP) 66699 (NBP)
August 2018 66691 (NBP) 66696 (NBP) 66697 (NBP) 66698 (NBP)
June 2018 20611 (G)      
March 2018 69459 (NBG) 69460 (NBG)
February 2018 69454 (NBG) 69455 (NBG) 69456 (NBG)
January 2018 69452 (NBG) 69453 (NBG)
December 2017 69450 (NBG) 69451 (NBG)
November 2017 69449 (NBG)
October 2017 53802 (NBP) 69435 (NBG) 69436 (NBG)
June 2017 42893 (NBP)
May 2017 67652 (NBP)
January 2017 67657 (NBP)
December 2016 67659 (NBP)
November 2016 67651 (NBP)
October 2016 67650 (NBP)
September 2016 67663 (NBP)
August 2016 67647 (NBP)
July 2016 53049 (NBP)
June 2016 53051 (NBP)
November 2015 53044 (NBP) 66692 (NBR) 66692 (NBP)
September 2015 66694 (NBP)
October 2014 33405 (O Red)
September 2014 67664 (Red)
June 2014 53058 (NB)
May 2014 53043 (NB)
April 2013 44515 (NB)
February 2013 53046 (NB)
July 2012 44511 (NB) 44514 (NB)
June 2010 66976 (B3) 66980 (B3) 66981 (B3) 66984 (B3)
September 2009 47001 (B3) 67253 (B3)
August 2009 67248 (B3)
July 2009 67235 (B3) 67664 (B3)
June 2009 67642 (B3) 67661 (B3) 67662 (B3) 67663 (B3)
April 2009 67659 (B3) 67660 (B3)
March 2009 67657 (B3) 67658 (B3)
February 2009 67640 (B3)  67654 (B3) 67655 (B3) 67656 (B3) 
January 2009 67639 (B3)
December 2008 67208 (B3)  67637 (B3) 67641 (B3) 67648 (B3) 
November 2008 67202 (B3)  67231 (B3) 67634 (B3) 67635 (B3)  67636 (B3) 
October 2008 47006 (B3)  53501 (B3) 53504 (B3) 67647 (B3) 
September 2008 67241 (B3)  53061 (B3) 53062 (B3) 
August 2008 33405 (B3)  42889 (B3) 42890 (B3) 53059 (B3) 53060 (B3) 
July 2008 33401 (B3)  42892 (B3) 42893 (B3) 67632 (B3) 67633 (B3) 
67645 (B3)  67646 (B3) 
June 2008 67209 (B3)  67219 (B3) 67600 (B3) 
May 2008 42351(B3)  67246 (B3) 67247 (B3) 67251 (B3) 
April 2008 42354 (B3)  42356 (B3) 61016 (B3) 67240 (B3) 
March 2008 42352 (B3)  42353 (B3) 46932 (B3) 67249 (B3) 67653 (B3) 
February 2008 46931(B3)  67652 (B3) 67243 (B3) 67256 (B3) 
January 2008 46930 (B3)
December 2007 46929 (B3)  67250 (B3) 67319 (B3) 67321 (B3) 67601 (B3) 
67602 (B3)
November 2007 40837(B3)  40838(B3) 67604 (B3) 
October 2007 40805 (B3)  40833 (B3) 47013 (B3) 67603 (B3) 
October 2007 40805 (B3)  40833 (B3) 47013 (B3) 67603 (B3) 
September 2007 42220 (B3)  47008 (B3) 67301 (B3) 
August 2007 67631 (B3)
July 2007 42217 (B3) 42219 (B3) 47004 (B3) 67314 (B3) 67315 (B3) 
June 2007 53063 (B3)
May 2007 53041 (B3) 67312 (B3) 
April 2007 50296 (B3) 53040 (B3) 
March 2007 53048 (B3) 53051 (B3) 
February 2007 53049 (B3) 53050 (B3) 53058 (B3) 
January 2007 53042 (B3) 53043 (B3) 53044 (B3) 67323 (B3) 
December 2006 53045 (B3) 53046 (B3) 53047 (B3) 67242(B3) 67311 (B3)
67311 (B3) 67313 (B3)
November 2006 67237(B3)
October 2006 67245(B3)
September 2006 67215(B3)
August 2006 67213(B3) 67214(B3) 67232(B3)
July 2006 61013 (B3) 67201(B3) 67205(B3)
April 2006 38123 (GBS) 38124 (GBS) 67241 (GBS)
March 2006 67203 (B3) 67235 (B3)
February 2006 67212 (B3)
January 2006 67233 (B3) 67239 (B3) 67244 (B3)
December 2005 47007 (B3) 47011 (B3) 67204 (B3) 67210 (B3) 67238 (B3)
67248 (B3)
November 2005 47003 (B3) 47005 (B3) 67207 (B3) 67211 (B3)
October 2005 47002 (B3) 67217 (B3)
September 2005 34808 (B3) 47001 (B3) 67208 (B3) 67653 (WE) 
August 2005 1720 (WE) 67253 (B3) 67255 (B3) 67652 (WE) 
July 2005 40092 (B3)
June 2005 40072 (B3) 67252 (B3) 67254 (B3)
May 2005 40086 (B3) 67236 (B3)
December 2004 47006 (B3) 67202 (B3) 62736 (B3) 62738 (B3) 67117 (B3)
November 2004 90270 (Red) 62735 (B3) 62749 (B3) 67112 (B3)
October 2004 62713 (B3) 67114 (B3) 67231 (B3)
September 2004 46929 (B2) 62742 (B3)
August 2004 46931 (B2) 46932 (B2) 62723 (B2) 67111 (B2) 67120 (B2)
July 2004 40093 (B2) 67118 (B2) 67115 (B2)
June 2004 40068 (B2) 62714 (B2)
May 2004 67116 (B2)
December 2003 114 (B2)
September 2003 314 (B2)
August 2003 551 (B2)
July 2003 554 (B2) 555 (B2)
June 2003 209 (B2) 550 (B2) 553 (B2) 556 (B2)
April 2003 243 (B2) 249 (B2)
March 2003 250 (B2) 564 (B2) 1146 (B2)
February 2003 1124 (B2)
January 2003 341(B1) 517(B2) 519 (B2) 520 (B2) 1116 (B2)
1283 (B2) 1289 (R)* * - only part repaint 1290 (B2)
December 2002 261 (B2) 1125 (B2)
November 2002 1133 (B2) 1144 (B2) 1150 (B2) 1162 (B2) 1163 (B2)
October 2002 1161 (B2)
September 2002 542 (B2)
August 2002 256 (B2) 501 (B2) 502 (B2) 536(B2) 539(B2)
July 2002 504 (B2) 533 (B2)
June 2002 240 (B2) 313 (B2) 529(B2) 1120(B2) 1128(B2)
1830 (B2)
May 2002 220 (B2) 521(B2) 524(B2) 527(B2) 1141(B2)
April 2002 518(B2)
March 2002 219 (B2) 512(B2) 515(B2)
February 2002 503 (B2) 506 (B2)
December 2001 218 (B2) 304(B2) 1822 (B2) 1824 (B2) 1864 (B2)
November 2001 251(B2) 308(B2) 1107(B2) 1873(B2)
October 2001 246(B2) 247(B2) 1131(B2) 1812(B2) 1813(B2)
1815(B2) 1818(B2)
September 2001 1805(B2) 1810(B2) 1811(B2) 1814(B2) 1816(B2)
1817(B2) 1819(B2) 1821(B2) 1840(B2) 1889(B2)
1890(B2)
July 2001 1608(B2) 1654(B2)
June 2001 1648(B2) 1661(B2)
May 2001 216(B2) 1621(B2) 1656(B2) 1660(B2) 1667(B2)
1671(B2)
April 2001 1607(B2) 1615(B2)
March 2001 1624(HTG)
December 2000 1662(RC) 1663(RC)
November 2000 1651(SHG) 908 (RC)
October 2000 1435 (RC) 1606 (RC) 1614 (RC) 1617 (RC) 1618 (RC)
1659 (RC)
September 2000 1612 (RC) 1619 (RC) 1620 (RC) 1666 (RC) 1668 (RC)
1669 (RC)
August 2000 1162 (RC) 1264 (RC) 1265 (RC) 1266 (RC) 1267 (RC)
1268 (RC) 1269 (RC) 1270 (RC) 1275 (RC) 1276 (RC)
July 2000 249 (RC) 1161 (RC) 1163 (RC)
February 2000 1005 (RC)
November 1999 905 (RC)
October 1999 908 (RC)
June 1999 1003 (RC) (This had been stolen and was recovered in a green and silver livery from Southern Ireland)
July 1998 867 (RC)
June 1998 1493 (RC)
May 1998 1494 (RC)
February 1998 1473(RC) 1478(RC) 1480 (RC)
(All three were only partial repaints - done at Kidderminster garage )
April 1997 807 (RC) Remainder of the vehicle painted red and cream
March 1997 807 (RC) Only the front repainted red and cream
November 1996 257 (RC) Only the front repainted red and cream
October 1996 1133 Repainted into blue/orange advertising livery for the Kingfisher Shopping Centre
2062 (Y)
July 1996 1443 (all over advert for Worcester Evening News)
April 1996 1344 (all over advert for Hylton Toyota)
January 1996 1806 (RC)
December 1995 1301 (R)
November 1995 1343 all over advert for Hylton Toyota) 1807 (RC)
October 1995 1435 Repainted into blue based advertising livery for Walkers Timber of Kidderminster 1804 (RC)
May 1995 1801 Repainted plain white before sale to Wessex who added National Express vinyls for use on the Bristol Airport shuttle service
March 1995 1366 Repainted into White/blue/Green advertising livery for Hereford Times