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class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">First Worcester</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FirstBus_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/FirstBus_2024.svg/150px-FirstBus_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/FirstBus_2024.svg/225px-FirstBus_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/FirstBus_2024.svg/300px-FirstBus_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="182" data-file-height="38" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SN65OKK_First_Midland_Red_Wrightbus_StreetDeck_(37115527123).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/SN65OKK_First_Midland_Red_Wrightbus_StreetDeck_%2837115527123%29.jpg/250px-SN65OKK_First_Midland_Red_Wrightbus_StreetDeck_%2837115527123%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/SN65OKK_First_Midland_Red_Wrightbus_StreetDeck_%2837115527123%29.jpg/375px-SN65OKK_First_Midland_Red_Wrightbus_StreetDeck_%2837115527123%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/SN65OKK_First_Midland_Red_Wrightbus_StreetDeck_%2837115527123%29.jpg/500px-SN65OKK_First_Midland_Red_Wrightbus_StreetDeck_%2837115527123%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A First Worcester <a href="/wiki/Wright_StreetDeck" title="Wright StreetDeck">Wright StreetDeck</a> at Showbus 2017</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/FirstGroup" title="FirstGroup">FirstGroup</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">6 September 1981</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">Abbey Lane, <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service area</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Herefordshire" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service type</th><td class="infobox-data">Bus services</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Depots</th><td class="infobox-data">Padmore Street, Worcester</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.firstbus.co.uk/worcestershire">firstbus.co.uk/worcestershire</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>First Midland Red Buses</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-company1556327_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-company1556327-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Trading_as" class="mw-redirect" title="Trading as">trading as</a> <b>First Worcester</b>, is a bus company operating services in <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a> in the <a href="/wiki/English_Midlands" class="mw-redirect" title="English Midlands">English Midlands</a>. It is a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/FirstGroup" title="FirstGroup">FirstGroup</a>, and is managed as part of the <a href="/wiki/First_West_of_England" title="First West of England">First West of England</a> business unit. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Worcester&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Midland_Red_West_buses_756_(AFJ_756T)_%26_754_(AFJ_754T),_11_April_1990.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Midland_Red_West_buses_756_%28AFJ_756T%29_%26_754_%28AFJ_754T%29%2C_11_April_1990.jpg/220px-Midland_Red_West_buses_756_%28AFJ_756T%29_%26_754_%28AFJ_754T%29%2C_11_April_1990.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Midland_Red_West_buses_756_%28AFJ_756T%29_%26_754_%28AFJ_754T%29%2C_11_April_1990.jpg/330px-Midland_Red_West_buses_756_%28AFJ_756T%29_%26_754_%28AFJ_754T%29%2C_11_April_1990.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Midland_Red_West_buses_756_%28AFJ_756T%29_%26_754_%28AFJ_754T%29%2C_11_April_1990.jpg/440px-Midland_Red_West_buses_756_%28AFJ_756T%29_%26_754_%28AFJ_754T%29%2C_11_April_1990.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1744" data-file-height="1144" /></a><figcaption>Midland Red West <a href="/wiki/Leyland_National" title="Leyland National">Leyland Nationals</a> in April 1990</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Midland_Red_West_bus_1307_(C307_PNP),_26_August_1987.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Midland_Red_West_bus_1307_%28C307_PNP%29%2C_26_August_1987.jpg/220px-Midland_Red_West_bus_1307_%28C307_PNP%29%2C_26_August_1987.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Midland_Red_West_bus_1307_%28C307_PNP%29%2C_26_August_1987.jpg/330px-Midland_Red_West_bus_1307_%28C307_PNP%29%2C_26_August_1987.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Midland_Red_West_bus_1307_%28C307_PNP%29%2C_26_August_1987.jpg/440px-Midland_Red_West_bus_1307_%28C307_PNP%29%2C_26_August_1987.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1696" data-file-height="1144" /></a><figcaption>Citibus branded <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_buses" title="Mercedes-Benz buses">Mercedes-Benz</a> L608D in August 1987</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Midland_Red_West_bus_1405_(A669_XDA),_6_July_1989.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Midland_Red_West_bus_1405_%28A669_XDA%29%2C_6_July_1989.jpg/220px-Midland_Red_West_bus_1405_%28A669_XDA%29%2C_6_July_1989.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Midland_Red_West_bus_1405_%28A669_XDA%29%2C_6_July_1989.jpg/330px-Midland_Red_West_bus_1405_%28A669_XDA%29%2C_6_July_1989.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Midland_Red_West_bus_1405_%28A669_XDA%29%2C_6_July_1989.jpg/440px-Midland_Red_West_bus_1405_%28A669_XDA%29%2C_6_July_1989.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1759" data-file-height="1140" /></a><figcaption>ReddiLink branded <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_buses" title="Mercedes-Benz buses">Mercedes-Benz</a> L608D in July 1989</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_Midland_Red_1121.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/First_Midland_Red_1121.JPG/220px-First_Midland_Red_1121.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/First_Midland_Red_1121.JPG/330px-First_Midland_Red_1121.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/First_Midland_Red_1121.JPG/440px-First_Midland_Red_1121.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Leyland_Lynx" title="Leyland Lynx">Leyland Lynx</a> at Kidderminster depot in February 2004</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bus,_Kidderminster_-_DSCF0923.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Bus%2C_Kidderminster_-_DSCF0923.JPG/220px-Bus%2C_Kidderminster_-_DSCF0923.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Bus%2C_Kidderminster_-_DSCF0923.JPG/330px-Bus%2C_Kidderminster_-_DSCF0923.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Bus%2C_Kidderminster_-_DSCF0923.JPG/440px-Bus%2C_Kidderminster_-_DSCF0923.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Plaxton_Verde" title="Plaxton Verde">Plaxton Verde</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Lance" title="Dennis Lance">Dennis Lance</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster" title="Kidderminster">Kidderminster</a> in June 2011</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For 1905–1981 history, see <a href="/wiki/Midland_Red" title="Midland Red">Midland Red</a>.</div> <p>In September 1981 Midland Red West<sup id="cite_ref-company1556327_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-company1556327-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was formed with 183 buses operating from six depots in <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hereford" title="Hereford">Hereford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Powys" title="Powys">Powys</a> as part of the breakup of the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Red" title="Midland Red">Midland Red</a> bus company. In September 1983 the 20 vehicle <a href="/wiki/Bromsgrove" title="Bromsgrove">Bromsgrove</a> depot was closed.<sup id="cite_ref-MidlandRed.net_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MidlandRed.net-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Based in <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_England" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a>, Midland Red West's main areas of operation were Worcestershire, Herefordshire, parts of <a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a> and parts of the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_conurbation" title="West Midlands conurbation">West Midlands conurbation</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>. Birmingham was also served by the other companies formed from the break-up of Midland Red.<sup id="cite_ref-Yearbook_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yearbook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minibus_operations">Minibus operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Worcester&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Minibus operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 1985 Midland Red West introduced a fleet of 60 minibuses to operate its urban network in Worcester as part of a new high-frequency service within the city, operating under the Citibus trading name. The distinctive yellow, orange and blue liveried <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_buses" title="Mercedes-Benz buses">Mercedes-Benz</a> L608Ds displaced larger buses such as <a href="/wiki/Leyland_National" title="Leyland National">Leyland Nationals</a> onto interurban routes. At its launch the service was the UK's largest urban bus service operated by minibuses.<sup id="cite_ref-MidlandRed.net_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MidlandRed.net-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Privatisation">Privatisation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Worcester&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Privatisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 1986 Midland Red West along with the 40 vehicle Midland Red Coaches<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was sold to Midland West Holdings<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a <a href="/wiki/Management_buyout" title="Management buyout">management buyout</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MidlandRed.net_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MidlandRed.net-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Yearbook_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yearbook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The livery of many of its vehicles changed from the <a href="/wiki/National_Bus_Company_(UK)" title="National Bus Company (UK)">National Bus Company</a>'s poppy red to a deeper red and cream livery. The company also sported a new logo of a <a href="/wiki/Wyvern" title="Wyvern">Wyvern</a>. Apart from being the name of an imaginary creature, the name Wyvern was also a <a href="/wiki/Portmanteau" class="mw-redirect" title="Portmanteau">portmanteau</a> of the 2 major rivers which run through Herefordshire and Worcestershire; the <a href="/wiki/River_Wye" title="River Wye">Wye</a> and <a href="/wiki/River_Severn" title="River Severn">Severn</a>. </p><p>In 1987 Midland Red West Holdings purchased the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Omnibus_Company" title="Bristol Omnibus Company">Bristol Omnibus Company</a> from the National Bus Company. It operated urban services around the <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a> area under the City Line trading name, which was kept. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Badgerline_Group">Badgerline Group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Worcester&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Badgerline Group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 1988 Midland Red West Holdings was purchased by fellow Bristol operator <a href="/wiki/Badgerline" title="Badgerline">Badgerline</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trading names of Midland Red West and Badgerline remained unchanged as did vehicle livery, though many of Midland Red West's <a href="/wiki/Leyland_Lynx" title="Leyland Lynx">Leyland Lynxs</a> sported a badger motif on the rear sides of the vehicle. The merger reunited the two constituent parts of the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Omnibus_Company" title="Bristol Omnibus Company">Bristol Omnibus Company</a>, City Line and the Bristol country services which had been separated in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995 <a href="/wiki/Badgerline" title="Badgerline">Badgerline</a> merged with <a href="/wiki/GRT_Group" title="GRT Group">GRT Group</a> to form <a href="/wiki/FirstGroup" title="FirstGroup">FirstBus</a>. In 1999 Midland Red West was rebranded as First Midland Red. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fleet">Fleet</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Worcester&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Fleet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1990 Midland Red West began to expand and modernise its fleet of full-size single deck buses purchasing 50 <a href="/wiki/Leyland_Lynx" title="Leyland Lynx">Leyland Lynxs</a>, which were put into service at <a href="/wiki/Digbeth" title="Digbeth">Digbeth</a> depot, displacing all that depot's <a href="/wiki/Leyland_National" title="Leyland National">Leyland Nationals</a>. Eight of these Lynxs shortly found their way to <a href="/wiki/Redditch" title="Redditch">Redditch</a> depot and two years later five of these eight Redditch Lynxes ended up at <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster" title="Kidderminster">Kidderminster</a> depot, while Redditch acquired four more from Digbeth.<sup id="cite_ref-Yearbook_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yearbook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1994 37 new <a href="/wiki/Plaxton_Verde" title="Plaxton Verde">Plaxton Verde</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Lance" title="Dennis Lance">Dennis Lances</a>, which were now the Badgerline Group's standard full-size single deck bus, arrived at Digbeth, displacing the existing Leyland Lynxes to Kidderminster and Redditch depots.<sup id="cite_ref-Yearbook_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yearbook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The modern day fleet mainly consists of ADLs including <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dennis_Enviro200" title="Alexander Dennis Enviro200">Enviro200</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dennis_Enviro300" title="Alexander Dennis Enviro300">Enviro300</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dennis_Enviro400" title="Alexander Dennis Enviro400">Enviro400</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Wright_Eclipse_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Wright Eclipse 2">Wright Eclipse 2s</a> branded for <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_bus_route_144" title="Worcestershire bus route 144">The Salt Road</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Services">Services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Worcester&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most services depart from Crowngate Bus Station in Worcester towards <a href="/wiki/Great_Malvern" title="Great Malvern">Great Malvern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bromsgrove" title="Bromsgrove">Bromsgrove</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Catshill" title="Catshill">Catshill</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Evesham" title="Evesham">Evesham</a> as well as the city suburbs. There are occasional rural services to Baynhall on route 332 (otherwise run by Astons Coaches to <a href="/wiki/Upton-on-Severn" class="mw-redirect" title="Upton-on-Severn">Upton-on-Severn</a>), Upton on route 333, <a href="/wiki/Ryall,_Worcestershire" title="Ryall, Worcestershire">Ryall</a> on route 636, <a href="/wiki/Ledbury" title="Ledbury">Ledbury</a> on route 417, once a day to <a href="/wiki/Bromyard" title="Bromyard">Bromyard</a> on route 420, otherwise run solely by DRM Bus ever since Hereford closed (who used to run the 420). Service 363 used to run hourly to Tewkesbury but had been cut back to Ryall by 2020. There are also a few occasional services operating outside Worcestershire such as the Wednesdays only 405 (Ledbury - Hereford via Bromyard) and Fridays only 482 (Ledbury - Leominster via Bromyard). </p><p>Before and after First formation, services 371, 372 and 373 used to run to <a href="/wiki/Gloucester" title="Gloucester">Gloucester</a>. These have since been withdrawn. </p><p>Between 2018 and 2020, First won the contract to run Mondays only route 481 (Ledbury - Cheltenham Spa via Malvern Link, Upton-on-Severn and Tewkesbury) </p><p><a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_bus_route_144" title="Worcestershire bus route 144">Service 144</a>, branded as "The Salt Road", operates between Worcester and Catshill, and until May 2022, operated hourly services into <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>. The Birmingham section of the route was curtailed due to low passenger numbers, bringing an end to the Worcester-Birmingham service after 108 years.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operations">Operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Worcester&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company has one depot located on Padmore Street in <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_England" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_operations">Former operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Worcester&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Former operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2013, the Kidderminster and Redditch depots were sold to <a href="/wiki/Rotala" title="Rotala">Rotala</a> with 36 buses who integrated it with its <a href="/wiki/Diamond_West_Midlands" title="Diamond West Midlands">Diamond Bus</a> subsidiary.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2015, First Midland Red ceased operating services in Hereford with the depot closed. At the time it operated 19 buses. The Hereford routes were taken over by Yeomans while DRM took over the service to Worcester.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company still runs one bus a week on Wednesdays into Hereford from Ledbury. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Worcester&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-company1556327-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-company1556327_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-company1556327_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/01556327">Companies House extract company no 1556327</a> First Midland Red Buses Limited formerly Midland Red West Limited</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MidlandRed.net-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MidlandRed.net_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MidlandRed.net_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MidlandRed.net_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.midlandred.net/depots/sa.shtml">Midland Red Depots</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131103190940/http://www.midlandred.net/depots/sa.shtml">Archived</a> 3 November 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> MidlandRed.net</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Yearbook-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Yearbook_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Yearbook_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Yearbook_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Yearbook_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCole2008" class="citation book cs1">Cole, David (2008). "From Poppy to Barbie: The vehicles of Midland Red West". In Stewart J. Brown (ed.). <i>Buses Yearbook 2009</i>. <a href="/wiki/Ian_Allan_Publishing" title="Ian Allan Publishing">Ian Allan Publishing</a>. pp. <span class="nowrap">66–</span>77. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7110-3295-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7110-3295-8"><bdi>978-0-7110-3295-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=From+Poppy+to+Barbie%3A+The+vehicles+of+Midland+Red+West&rft.btitle=Buses+Yearbook+2009&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E66-%3C%2Fspan%3E77&rft.pub=Ian+Allan+Publishing&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-7110-3295-8&rft.aulast=Cole&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFirst+Worcester" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/01556325">Companies House extract company no 1556325</a> Bristol Bus Station Limited formerly Midland Red Coaches Limited</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/02059633">Companies House extract company no 2059633</a> FirstBus Group Limited formerly FirstGroup Holdings Limited formerly Midland Red West Holdings Limited</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/02029363">Companies House extract company no 2029363</a> FirstGroup Holdings Limited formerly FirstBus Group Limited formerly Badgerline Holdings Limited</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120119143717/http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1989/240badgerline.htm">Badgerline Holdings Ltd and Midland Red West Holdings Ltd</a><sup><a href="/wiki/Template:Usurped/doc" title="Template:Usurped/doc">[usurped]</a></sup> Competition Commission 1989</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Curtis, C and Walker, M (2007) <i>Bristol Omnibus Services: The Green Years</i> Millstream Books <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-948975-80-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-948975-80-6">978-0-948975-80-6</a>, p.222</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thebuspeople.co.uk/?p=1782">Rotala snaps up FirstGroup's bus operations in Worcestershire for £1.5 million</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130927134403/http://thebuspeople.co.uk/?p=1782">Archived</a> 27 September 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>The Bus People</i> 24 January 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/10186852.First_sells_Worcestershire_bus_services/">First sells Worcester bus services</a> <i>Worcester News</i> 25 January 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-33312434">First Midland plans to end Hereford bus services</a> <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a></i> 29 June 2015</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Yeoman's and DRM step in" <i>Bus & Coach Buyer</i> 31 July 2015 issue 1338 page 11</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"First exits Hereford" <i>Bus & Coach Buyer</i> 11 September 2015 issue 1344 page 8</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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