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Started by Ash, March 20, 2012, 11:36:06 PM

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PM

Steve is that each diamond bus on the 50/16 takes about £75 in takings? If so, that seems quite poor.

Jay

Quote from: thetruth on October 29, 2012, 02:43:45 PM
Quote from: thetruth on October 29, 2012, 01:29:37 PM
What stand was the 226W going from btw? I assume stand V?

It's stand A, same as the 289.

it same as the 226 stand H

Quote from: Tomjusttom on October 29, 2012, 08:20:01 PM
The 16 and 50 are at blue diamond now apparently.

One of the Swift Darts has adverts on the displays for a £2 Day Return

They hate to do something about that as it £2.50
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Jay

has any heard that Diamond are up for sale?
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winston

Quote from: jondoakley on October 31, 2012, 04:08:37 PM
has any heard that Diamond are up for sale?

Not that old chestnut again.....

PM

Quote from: jondoakley on October 31, 2012, 04:08:37 PM
has any heard that Diamond are up for sale?

Where did you hear this? This seems to come up every two months or so and every time it isnt true.

Tomjusttom

Quote from: jondoakley on October 31, 2012, 04:05:09 PM
Quote from: thetruth on October 29, 2012, 02:43:45 PM
Quote from: thetruth on October 29, 2012, 01:29:37 PM
What stand was the 226W going from btw? I assume stand V?

It's stand A, same as the 289.

it same as the 226 stand H

Quote from: Tomjusttom on October 29, 2012, 08:20:01 PM
The 16 and 50 are at blue diamond now apparently.

One of the Swift Darts has adverts on the displays for a £2 Day Return

They hate to do something about that as it £2.50

Wonder what trading standards would say about this

http://tomonthebuses.smugmug.com/Rotala/Rotala-Wright-Eclipse-Urban/22568398_dSCCtf#!i=2143495785&k=Cq9nC8r&lb=1&s=A

Seen 28.10.2012 on 226w

Jay

Quote from: Tomjusttom on October 31, 2012, 04:52:44 PM
Quote from: jondoakley on October 31, 2012, 04:05:09 PM
Quote from: thetruth on October 29, 2012, 02:43:45 PM
Quote from: thetruth on October 29, 2012, 01:29:37 PM
What stand was the 226W going from btw? I assume stand V?

It's stand A, same as the 289.

it same as the 226 stand H

Quote from: Tomjusttom on October 29, 2012, 08:20:01 PM
The 16 and 50 are at blue diamond now apparently.

One of the Swift Darts has adverts on the displays for a £2 Day Return

They hate to do something about that as it £2.50

Wonder what trading standards would say about this

http://tomonthebuses.smugmug.com/Rotala/Rotala-Wright-Eclipse-Urban/22568398_dSCCtf#!i=2143495785&k=Cq9nC8r&lb=1&s=A

Seen 28.10.2012 on 226w

i hope a field day
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Ash

Is this a rumour that diamond are up for sale or actually a fact and are the cadets still up for sale.

Ash

So at the moment is the 16 and 50 services using blue diamond vehicles or blue diamond drivers or still at black diamond.

Tomjusttom

The 16 and the 50 is apparently being run out of Aston.

PM

Love how diamond just give all their rubbish routes to blue diamond to run badly-seriously diamond have really started to struggle lately. Services less busy, cuts cuts cuts and tonnes of unsold darts-they should raise money and sell lots for scrap or something. Id like to see a core network of good performers run by cadets, centros, versas with solos for other work and a few of the better darts. And where are/were the cadets up for sale-never found them anywhere-hopefully someone knowledgeable can tell me as Id like to know!

Ash

A versa appeared on the 4 today but apart from that it has been ran by cadets but mostly older black diamond, red diamond and the red and white darts. With their being some steep hills on the 4H and 4M services i thought these older dart might struggle but they have proved me wrong and seem quite powerful tackling the hills, so overall yes the buses are getting on a bit and could do with some newer investment but at the moment seem to be doing the job. The only thing i would like to see is the older darts that are to be retained being painted into black diamond livery because at the moment most diamond services see a mix of different livery's.

adam 21

who is running the 16 now i shore a hybird come in to hamstead villege to day saying blue diamond bus then when out saying 16 to birmingham

John

Quote from: adam 21 on November 03, 2012, 11:18:33 PM
who is running the 16 now i shore a hybird come in to hamstead villege to day saying blue diamond bus then when out saying 16 to birmingham

It looks like blue diamond because yesterday, only the Versa's were on there and the display looks a different font and layout than the one diamond uses. One of them also had no Tividale or Aston address on the side, . Another one still had the Tividale address on the side.

Steveminor

The 16 & 50 are both being operated by Blue Diamond @ Aston. The Versas @ Nifty Fifty centros have been transferred to Aston (well most of them at least)
As I have said before my contact @ Aston has said the 50s are taking an average of just £75 a day with the 16s taking less than that.
It does appear that Rotala are giving their unprofitable routs to Aston, maybe their operational costs are lower than Tividale

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