Diamond West Midlands - Redditch

[Sandy Lane]

In April (not sure of exact date) is the Coventry X30/X31 contract up for renewal and is it to stay with Diamond?

[Dennis]

In April (not sure of exact date) is the Coventry X30/X31 contract up for renewal and is it to stay with Diamond?

It will no longer be operated by Diamond

[Solo1]

It will no longer be operated by Diamond

who has the X30/1 from April

[JPC]

who has the X30/1 from April

Service was reviewed in April, so assume amendments are due to take place on 2nd June - the tenth anniversary of the service, the 10 year lump sum funding from the defunct 'Advantage West Midlands' has ran out.   Could there be an amendment to some other existing service to cover Ansty Park?

[Sandy Lane]

Have a look at NX Coventry thread.

[DMCL]

A bit of nostalgia in Redditch this morning as I travelled on 30856 (WX58 FSD) on route 70. This was one of the Volvo B7LRE/ Wright Eclipse Urban vehicles allocated to Redditch from new but transferred to Tividale in 2017.

Interestingly the ticket machine and the tracker showed it as 30857 which it certainly wasn't - that's the silver one with Monopoly adverts still allocated to Redditch.

[MW]

A bit of nostalgia in Redditch this morning as I travelled on 30856 (WX58 FSD) on route 70. This was one of the Volvo B7LRE/ Wright Eclipse Urban vehicles allocated to Redditch from new but transferred to Tividale in 2017.

Interestingly the ticket machine and the tracker showed it as 30857 which it certainly wasn't - that's the silver one with Monopoly adverts still allocated to Redditch.

When you log in on Ticketer machines, you select the vehicle (fleet number) yourself. The driver would have selected the depot first, and then you're shown all the allocated vehicles to that depot. 30856 will not have been listed as a Redditch vehicle, so the driver must have selected the closest number on the list which is obviously 30857.

[DMCL]

When you log in on Ticketer machines, you select the vehicle (fleet number) yourself. The driver would have selected the depot first, and then you're shown all the allocated vehicles to that depot. 30856 will not have been listed as a Redditch vehicle, so the driver must have selected the closest number on the list which is obviously 30857.

How interesting - thank you MW.

[DMCL]

This afternoon I followed 30897 (AE06 ZBR) (Dennis Dart SLF ex Central Buses) which was at the front of a queue of traffic on Coldfield Drive in Redditch. It couldn't manage more than 15mph although Coldfield Drive isn't particularly steep.

[Sandy Lane]

Service was reviewed in April, so assume amendments are due to take place on 2nd June - the tenth anniversary of the service, the 10 year lump sum funding from the defunct 'Advantage West Midlands' has ran out.   Could there be an amendment to some other existing service to cover Ansty Park?

Announced on Twitter today.

X30 & X31 Services.
Please note these services will no longer be operated by Diamond Bus after Friday 31st May 2019.

For timetable and passes information regarding these services going forward please contact National Express Coventry.

[Dennis]

Announced on Twitter today.

X30 & X31 Services.
Please note these services will no longer be operated by Diamond Bus after Friday 31st May 2019.

For timetable and passes information regarding these services going forward please contact National Express Coventry.

Told you so

[Trident 4194]

Is there a reason why the 34 is really unreliable?

[Matt.N0056]

Is there a reason why the 34 is really unreliable?

Traffic!!

[Sandy Lane]

Announced on Twitter today.

X30 & X31 Services.
Please note these services will no longer be operated by Diamond Bus after Friday 31st May 2019.

For timetable and passes information regarding these services going forward please contact National Express Coventry.

last day for Diamond is Friday. If anyone is going on the last services beware as they may not run due to road closure by the station from 6pm. Reason is a weekend of motor fest. 🤔

[fleetline6477]

Is there a reason why the 34 is really unreliable?

Only 2 minute layover time at both ends meaning no recovery time in heavy traffic.