Midland Rider

[the trainbasher]

Going through one of my external hard drives, I found a large number of photos I thought I had lost when Fotopic met its end. Some of them had really poor quality as they were taken during the first year or so of me taking bus photos (plus having had a camera which had issues. A few of these were of Midland Rider's fleet

JDZ2349 is seen parked up in the depot - https://www.ukbuspics.co.uk/jdz2349/
J636KCU is seen parked up in the depot - https://www.ukbuspics.co.uk/j636kcu/
KDZ5805 is seen in Stourbridge on a 194 service - https://www.ukbuspics.co.uk/kdz5805/
N450DWJ is seen at AMRTM - https://www.ukbuspics.co.uk/N450DWJ/

[Tony]

I have put a full Midland Rider fleetlist on the main site with links to any photos I have so far found in my collection

Fleet list is up to March 2010 when they were taken over by Liyell / Midland

Midland Rider fleetlist (wmbusphotos.com)

[jc]

I have put a full Midland Rider fleetlist on the main site with links to any photos I have so far found in my collection

Fleet list is up to March 2010 when they were taken over by Liyell / Midland

Midland Classic fleetlist (wmbusphotos.com)

N451 DWJ was numbered 1028

[Tony]

N451 DWJ was numbered 1028

I have it as not running until the take over and gaining 9451. Do you know if it ever carried 1028?

1020 is another mystery 

[the trainbasher]

I have it as not running until the take over and gaining 9451. Do you know if it ever carried 1028?

1020 is another mystery

1028 had seen service with Midland Rider - I've photographed it on the 194 and on a Wythall day 758 car park shuttle as well as at the old Aston Manor

https://www.trainbasher.com/N451DWJ/

[jc]

1028 had seen service with Midland Rider - I've photographed it on the 194 and on a Wythall day 758 car park shuttle as well as at the old Aston Manor

https://www.trainbasher.com/N451DWJ/

as Mr Trainbasher says, it did run as 1028, a number of photos on Flickr back this up too

Unsure on 1020

[Rachvince53]

I have put a full Midland Rider fleetlist on the main site with links to any photos I have so far found in my collection

Fleet list is up to March 2010 when they were taken over by Liyell / Midland

Midland Classic fleetlist (wmbusphotos.com)

Why does it say "Midland CLASSIC" on the link instead of "Midland RIDER"?

[Wumpty]

Why does it say "Midland CLASSIC" on the link instead of "Midland RIDER"?

Wasn't Midland Rider the pre-cursor to what became Midland Classic after the merger with Liyell/Midland?

I'm sure the RM operated as Rider and then Classic as a start.

[Stu]

Why does it say "Midland CLASSIC" on the link instead of "Midland RIDER"?

Mistake, I think. Now corrected.

Wasn't Midland Rider the pre-cursor to what became Midland Classic after the merger with Liyell/Midland?

I'm sure the RM operated as Rider and then Classic as a start.

Different company. Midland were eventually acquired by Arriva. Don't think they had anything to do with Midland Classic.