Wrights streetlite

47446/66-71  

Back in 2013 First Group ordered 179 new StreetLites (mostly the 11.5m Max variant with some 10.8m models ordered) to work alongside the four prototype vehicles already at the company. These were delivered between summer and winter 2013. In January 2014 saw First order a further 301 StreetLites, with 274 of them featuring 'Micro Hybrid' technology. Starting October 2022 six Wrights Streetlites with the fleet numbers 47466 to 47471 were moved to Worcester depot from the Sheffield Olive Grove depot. The vehicles were new in April 2014 and were part of a batch of 16 vehicles with the fleet numbers 47466 to 47481  that were new to the First Manchester fleet.44766 to 47471 had moved to Sheffield in 2019 together with sister vehicles 47472/3 to Shefield.  As Sheffield moves to introduce a clean air zone for the City Centre and a requirement in terms of vehicle emissions for Euro VI these Euro V standard vehicles needed to move to other depots.

Registration Number Fleet Number Body type Seating Capacity Date into Service Current Allocation Livery
SK63KNV 47446 Wrights Streetlite B37F 6th March 2023 Worcester  First Urban
SN14DZM 47466 Wrights Streetlite B37F 24th October 2022 Worcester  First Urban
SN14DZO 47467 Wrights Streetlite B37F 4th November 2022  Worcester  First Urban
SN14DZP 47468 Wrights Streetlite B37F 18th November 2022  Worcester  First Urban
SN14EAA 47469 Wrights Streetlite B37F 26th October 2022  Worcester  First Urban
SN14EAC 47470 Wrights Streetlite B37F  8th December 2022  Worcester  First Urban
SN14EAE 47471 Wrights Streetlite B37F 19th October 2022 Worcester First Urban

47513-20  

Eight of the ones without the micro hybrid technology were delivered during September 2014 to Worcester Garage. There allowed a number of Worcester based vehicles to be cascaded to Hereford Garage to allow older vehicles based there to be withdrawn. The delivery of 47520 was delayed because it was to be exhibited at the Bus and Coach show at the NEC in early November 2014. However the vehicle that was to be 47520 was diverted to First Potteries and a prototype vehicle has taken its place. Wrights had developed a light weight version of the Streetlite and First were keen to evaluate it alongside standard vehicles so it was delivered to Worcester on 29th October 2014. The vehicle finally entered service on 3rd November 2014.  With the introduction of new vehicles to Worcester 47519 and 47520 were withdrawn and transferred to First Potteries during March 2019. In May 2022 47518 was repainted into a special version of the corporate livery to mark the Queen's 70th anniversary jubilee.  

Registration Number Fleet Number Body type Seating Capacity Date into Service Current Allocation Livery
SN64CFM 47513 Wrights Streetlite B37F  23rd Oct 14 Worcester  First Urban
SN64CFO 47514 Wrights Streetlite B37F 23rd Oct 14 Worcester  First Urban
SN64CFP 47515 Wrights Streetlite B37F  23rd Oct 14 Worcester  First Urban
SN64CFU 47516 Wrights Streetlite B37F 23rd Oct 14 Worcester  First Urban
SN64CFV 47517 Wrights Streetlite B37F  23rd Oct 14 Worcester  First Urban
SN64CFX 47518 Wrights Streetlite B37F 23rd Oct 14 Worcester  QJ (5/22)
SN64CFY 47519 Wrights Streetlite B37F 23rd Oct 14 Withdrawn 3/19 Sold to First Potteries  First Urban
SN64CFZ 47520 Wrights Streetlite B37F 3rd Nov 14 Withdrawn 3/19 Sold to First Potteries First  Urban

Code QJ - Special livery for Queens Jubilee

63346-8,56-66  

On Friday 29th May 2015, FirstGroup announced their 2015/6 group vehicle order for 385 new buses at a cost of £77.7m. This order included 183 Wrightbus StreetLite single-deck buses, all to be built with Euro VI engines. The Midlands business unit were allocated 22 of the vehicles 13 for Worcester and 9 for Leicester. Before the vehicles were delivered it was decided to exchange four of the Worcester single deck vehicles with four of the new double deck vehicles allocated to Leicester so Worcester would vehicles 63345–63353, and First Leicester being have 63354–63366. However during the construction there was some confusion over which vehicles were for Worcester and which were for Leicester. This meant as vehicles started to arrive from 5th December Wrights were registering the for vehicles for the following companies First Midland Red to have 63356–63362 and First Leicester to have 63345–63355 and 63363–63366. Following a review locally First decided to allocate the vehicles as follows 63345–63357 with First Leicester and 63358–63366 with First Midland Red. However as vehicles had started arriving at both Worcester and Leicester it was decided to put some vehicles into service in Worcester that would eventually be Leicester vehicles. The pressing issue being that the Enviro 300’s 67601-4 and 67631-41 needed to be transferred to First Potteries Limited in Stoke on Trent to allow non DDA compliant vehicles to be withdrawn before 1st January 2016. The first vehicle, fleet number 63356 (SM65LNO) was delivered to Worcester depot on Saturday 5th December 2015, in the new “Urban 2” livery, By Friday 11th December 2015 Worcester Depot had nine vehicles These were fleet numbers 63346–63348 which were registered First Leicester, and 63356–63361 which were registered to First Midland Red Buses Limited. On Friday 11th December 2015 63358-63360 were branded up as Worcester vehicle. Meanwhile, fleet numbers 63356 and 63357 entered service on Malvern routes without fleet names or markings. Later on that day fleet numbers 63360 and 63361 also entered service, followed by 63348, 63358 and 63359 on the next day.

Registration Number Fleet Number Body type Seating Capacity Date into Service Current Allocation Livery
SM65WMP 63346 Wrights Streetlite B41F  16th Dec 15 Withdrawn  1/16 transferred to Leicester First Urban with pink front
SM65WMT 63347 Wrights Streetlite B41F 16th Dec 15 Withdrawn  1/16 transferred to Leicester First Urban with pink front
SM65WMU 63348 Wrights Streetlite B41F  12th Dec 15 Withdrawn  1/16 transferred to Leicester First Urban with pink front
SM65LNO 63356 Wrights Streetlite B41F 11th Dec 15 Withdrawn  1/16 transferred to Leicester First Urban with pink front
SM65LNP 63357 Wrights Streetlite B41F  11th Dec 15 Withdrawn  1/16 transferred to Leicester First Urban with pink front
SM65LNR 63358 Wrights Streetlite B41F 12th Dec 15  Withdrawn 1/16 moved to  Leicester  First Urban with pink front
SM65WMC 63359 Wrights Streetlite B41F 12th Dec 15  Withdrawn 12/20 moved to  Leicester First Urban with pink front
SM65WMD 63360 Wrights Streetlite B41F 11th Dec 15 Withdrawn 12/20 moved to  Leicester First Urban with pink front
SM65WME 63361 Wrights Streetlite B41F 11th Dec 15 Withdrawn 12/20 moved to  Leicester First Urban with pink front
SM65WMF 63362 Wrights Streetlite B41F 7th January 2016 Withdrawn 12/20 moved to  back Leicester First Urban with pink front
SM65WMG 63363 Wrights Streetlite B41F 7th January 2016 Withdrawn 12/20 moved to  back Leicester First Urban with pink front
SM65WMJ 63364 Wrights Streetlite B41F 14th January 2016 Worcester with initially run the Leicester Transferred back to Leicester 3/20 First Urban with pink front
SM65WMK 63365 Wrights Streetlite B41F 8th January 2016 Worcester with initially run the Leicester  Withdrawn 12/19 moved to  Leicester First Urban with pink front
SM65WML 63366 Wrights Streetlite B41F 6th January 2016  Worcester with initially run the Leicester  Transferred back to Leicester 3/20 First Urban with pink front