Central Coachways (West Midlands Travel) E906 TOJ in London – 9 March 1991 (137-9)

Saturday 9 March 1991 – Central Coachways (West Midlands Travel) E906 TOJ standing at Wilton Road Coach Station adjacent to London General’s Victoria garage just before its 1830 departure time on the ‘London Liner’ service to Birmingham where it was due to arrive at 2100. It is an MCW Metroliner DR140, the later style Metroliner, which was new in April 1988.

The Birmingham-London ‘London Liner’ coach service was originally operated jointly by Central Coachways (the coaching division of West Midlands Travel which was the successor to the West Midlands PTE) and London Coaches (the coaching subsidiary of London Buses).
The chosen vehicles for the service were MCW Metroliner DR130 (the earlier style) double deckers which were painted either blue (Central Coachways) or red (London Coaches) with similar style gold lettering and lining out.

In due course London Coaches withdrew from the partnership and Central Coachways took over their commitments along with three of their four Metroliner DR130s. (ML1/2/4 registered C101/2/4 DYE).