Worcestershire bus route 144
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Worcestershire bus route 144 is a bus service connecting the Worcestershire areas of Catshill, Bromsgrove. Droitwich and Worcester, operated by First Worcestershire. The service dates back to 1914 and was one of the longest-running double-deck bus operated routes,[1] though it is now more common for single decked buses to be used.
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Operator | First Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessors | Diamond West Midlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Start | Worcester, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Via | Droitwich and Bromsgrove | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End | Catshill | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The original routing of the 144 was from Birmingham to Malvern via Bromsgrove and Worcester,[2] though the Worcester to Malvern section now forms part of the 44 route, the Bromsgrove to Longbridge section replaced by the 144A service by National Express West Midlands[3] and the Longbridge to Birmingham section being withdrawn in 2022.[4] Service 144A was replaced by service 20 in the autumn of 2023 providing a hourly link between Bromsgrove and the University Hospital in Birmingham.