Corgi 1/76 OM46018A Wright Eclipse First Potteries 25 Stoke Hartshill via Keele University dual destination
From Monday the 26th September 2011, customers using First Potteries Service 25 (City Centre to Keele via Stoke and Newcastle) and Services 26/26A (City Centre to Newcastle via Bentilee, Meir, Longton and Stoke) noticed some significant differences to the service they received. ‘Gold Service’ was launched and as well as having dedicated drivers and extra bus cleans throughout the day, one bus on each route returned to heritage red and yellow livery, which was first introduced in 1986 when the former PMT company was subject to a management buyout upon deregulation and privatisation.
The company also implemented a ‘Gold Service Customer Charter’ that outlined their commitment to run reliable, punctual and clean services with friendly, customer focused, drivers. Fleet number 66843 was chosen to be the Gold Service representative at Newcastle-under Lyme Depot, operating Service 25.