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I wonder what the refurb will entail.
Got the bus for the first time in 2+ years today and noticed that the 4s have USB chargers in-between seats.
What more could be provided?

https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2019/09/08/relaunch-for-telfords-route-4-cross-town-bus-service/

Could this be possibly Telford's first Sapphire route as it reads that way?
Route currently operated by 4 year old Streetlites (14 plates).

Good to see investment continue in Telford.

https://bustimes.org/data

As found in the footer

Visited the new bus station last month. Was the budget too little?
Badly laminated timetables of various fonts make the place look cheap.
You'd think that they'd have electronic destination boards and fixed signage?

The "Free WiFi" and "USB Charging" makes the destination board look cluttered.
Icons should have been used instead.

Another repaint, this time from Wales.
Seems that leather seating is being fitted as part of the rebrand on buses that don't already have it
https://www.flickr.com/photos/135097870@N02/32997107540/in/pool-arrivabus/

Route 5 that goes between Telford and Stafford would be a good candidate. It's a long route and would have the most benefit of phone chargers and WiFi. Additionally, the vehicles normally running on this route would appear 'halfway' there as it already has the e-leather seating.
The only other candidate in Telford would be the 4 as it's the most profitable.

It's going down hill here.
We used to have cream of the crop in terms of cleanliness, reliability and new buses. Seems we've gone full circle and now have awful cadets and centros.

2997 on the 7 in Telford

Can confirm that it works once you get past the non mobile friendly survey. Uses Three for data connection capped at about 2Mb.

Also the 1/2 branded 3324 was serving the 5A today.
The 5 branded Pulsar is still on the 3 as mentioned by Will.

I presume a lot are in for repairs at the moment hence the weird allocation?

Driving past and noticed a route branded 11 on an Enviro 200
Seems to be sporting the same red as the 4s

No route branding for 6/7/8 services?

Here's the planned routes it seems:

From: Telford Bus Station
To: Telford Bus Station
Via: Dawley, Woodside, Madeley, Sutton Hill, Brookside
Name or No: 1/2/3

From: Leegomery
To: Madeley
Via: Wellington, Oakengates, Telford
Name or No: 4

From: Telford Bus Station
To: Telford Bus Station
Via: Oakengates, Donnington, Newport, Gnosall
Name or No: 5/5A

From: Telford Bus Station
To: Wellington, Lawley, Overdale
Via: Muxton, Donnington
Name or No: 6/7/7A

From: Telford
To: Wolverhampton
Via: Shifnal, Cosford, Albrighton
Name or No: 8

From: Telford
To: Bridgnorth
Via: Dawley, Ironbridge, Broseley, Nordley
Name or No: 9

From: Telford Bus Station
To: Oakengates
Via: Priorslee, Ketley Bank
Name or No: 14

From: Telford Bus Station
To: Wellington/Arleston
Via: Oakengates, Wombridge, Hadley, Princess Royal
Name or No: 15

From: Telford Bus Station
To: Roddington/Roden
Via: Overdale, Hadley, Prinxcess Royal, Shawbirch
Name or No: 16

From: Telford Bus Station
To: Much Wenlock
Via: Madeley, Ironbridge, Broseley
Name or No: 18

From: Telford Bus Station
To: Lightmoor
Via: Dawley Bank, Lawley
Name or No: 19

Yeah the 481 renumber may be the most confusing and would probably be confused with 55 if the renumbering closely resembles their double digit counterparts