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allow older vehicles based there to be withdrawn.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 6334563353, and First
Leicester being have 6335463366. 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
6335663362 and First Leicester to have 6334563355 and
6336363366. Following a review locally First decided to
allocate the vehicles as follows 6334563357 with First
Leicester and 6335863366 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 300s 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 6334663348 which were
registered First Leicester, and 6335663361 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 |