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 |