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The GWR began a bus service between [[Bridgnorth]] and [[Wolverhampton]] on 7 November 7th 1904 using three Clarkson steam omnibuses<ref>[http://www.nrm.org.uk/ourcollection/photo?group=Sellick%20collection&objid=1997-7219_RJS_OWW_27 NRM archive]</ref>.
The journey took 1½ hours, with the buses travelling at around 8mph. The steam buses gave considerable trouble from the beginning of operation, in particular on Hermitage Hill out of Bridgnorth, which involved climbing 260 feet (80m) in little over half a mile in order to leave the river valley. At the end of March 1905, after less than 5 months service, they were transferred to Somerset for use between Cheddar and Burnham. On 1 April 1905 they were replaced by Milnes-Daimler petrol buses. These saw service until January 1920, at which time they were in turn replaced by AEC buses<ref Name = "Marshall">[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p118-119</ref>.
