Diamond Bus - Discussion

[Jack]

There not very reliable either by the amount of times they aren't on the 125

Poor things, gone are the days of CB when they were always mechanically healthy.

[fleetline6477]

There not very reliable either by the amount of times they aren't on the 125

This maybe nothing to do with reliability. When CB operated them from Kidderminster they only had 1 or 2 routes to put them on. Diamond have considerably more routes to spread them across and buses to put on the 125.

[StourportSam]

There not very reliable either by the amount of times they aren't on the 125

They always seem to be reliably in use, just not always on the 125. Fairly often they are used on the 3.

[winston]

They always seem to be reliably in use, just not always on the 125. Fairly often they are used on the 3.

I assume that's because the Scania Omnilinks intended for the 3 and very often elsewhere i.e. 42/43 & 202.

Incidentally, the 202 has two Metrocities on today, in lieu of usual Omnilinks

[Solo1]

I thought  centro ' s was used on 202

[Trident 4194]

I thought  centro ' s was used on 202

Centros and omnilinks usually.

[2206]

According to this weeks NWM service changes sheet there are changes to tendered routes in March:
Diamond 30 (Solihull to Acocks Green): Withdrawn by Diamond. Replaced by Igo A12, with a reduced hourly frequency and minor reroute.

And from 24/03:
Igo 96 (Hall Green to Sheldon Wheatsheaf): Withdrawn.

[winston]

PD0001374/493 Registered
DIAMOND BUS LTD
Route: Wednesbury Bus Station to Wednesbury Bus Station via Tipton
Service number: 22 ()
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 28 Apr 2019

[Sandy Lane]

I hope I have done this right - copied from the DeCourcey forum.
Does this mean the X30/31 tender ending/starting April 2019? Any news yet on what will happen?

For at least a week now the X30 has seen right olde bruisers 30501/4 paired on the service. Bit of an impression change compared to when the route first started and new leather seated hybrids were introduced a few years back. Is this because the tender ends soon or just random?

[MW]

For at least a week now the X30 has seen right olde bruisers 30501/4 paired on the service. Bit of an impression change compared to when the route first started and new leather seated hybrids were introduced a few years back. Is this because the tender ends soon or just random?

It's since the Signature brand was withdrawn.

Most of the 65 plate Streetlites can now be found on the 57/58. The 16 plates are on the 146, and supposed to be on the Coventry 1, but two of those Streetlites are having problems at the moment hence why they're not in Coventry. And then the 68 plate Streetlites are on the 50. 30165/67/68 are usually in Stratford or used on peak 50's.

[Sandy Lane]

It's since the Signature brand was withdrawn.

Most of the 65 plate Streetlites can now be found on the 57/58. The 16 plates are on the 146, and supposed to be on the Coventry 1, but two of those Streetlites are having problems at the moment hence why they're not in Coventry. And then the 68 plate Streetlites are on the 50. 30165/67/68 are usually in Stratford or used on peak 50's.

Thanks for the info MW.

[Solo1]

Where dose the Streetlite 30165/7/8 go after the peak service

[DMCL]

It's since the Signature brand was withdrawn.

Most of the 65 plate Streetlites can now be found on the 57/58. The 16 plates are on the 146, and supposed to be on the Coventry 1, but two of those Streetlites are having problems at the moment hence why they're not in Coventry. And then the 68 plate Streetlites are on the 50. 30165/67/68 are usually in Stratford or used on peak 50's.

Thank you - that's very interesting. Do you know what's happened to StreetLites 30162 (BV63 OFN) and 30163 (BV63 OFO)?

[winston]

Thank you - that's very interesting. Do you know what's happened to StreetLites 30162 (BV63 OFN) and 30163 (BV63 OFO)?

30160-4 were all returned off lease a while back

[DMCL]

30160-4 were all returned off lease a while back

Thanks Winston
David