Arriva Midlands North 2142 (MX12 CEY) in Bridgnorth - 18 Apr 2023 (P1150196)

Tuesday 18 April 2023 (1746) – Arriva Midlands North 2142 (MX12 CEY) seen passing through The North Gate in Bridgnorth when working the 1705 service 113 from Telford. It is an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro200D new in April 2012 allocated to Telford garage.

Services 113-116 run between Bridgnorth and Telford via varying routes on varying days. Generally, there six trips Monday to Friday and 4 on Saturday.

The North Gate is now the only remaining of the five town gates of Bridgnorth. The original structure dates from the 1740s although the outer facing dates from circa 1910.

There is a rather delightful photograph on the Omnibus Society website taken in the 1950s of a Whittle’s Leyland Royal Tiger bus taken close to the same spot as this photo:
theomnibussociety.zenfolio.com/p998617896