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Diamond site said they take over today as well.
https://www.diamondbuses.com/west-midlands/bus-services/x50-birmingham/

Presumably they put the wrong date down as it won't actually start running till Thursday (Bank Holiday).

friday is also sunday services

Well done to Diamond who are currently dropping editions of a current Kidderminster Bus Guide through postboxes.
 in the town. It's highly informative with a clear map, all timetables and local fare details.

A great initiative which will hopefully result in increased patronage and attract plenty of new users. V vastly different from many operators these days who say it's all on the Internet which is no good for getting new passengers on board.

Still waiting for postman to bring mine

Simon   recently transferred 20987 and 20988 seeing there only 14 seaters what services are they going to be used on Please the only routes in the area i can think of for such small vehicles are 2 diamond do not run at are the moment 7a and 12 they are run by WFDAR are you taking those routes over or are  you starting a on demand service like you have at Bromsgrove

Can any please tell me what the permeant whittles fleet is now . as i have seen vehicles in whittles colours with fleet number that do not show on tonys  and nor on my own  not been able to catch the regs nos

Would not supprise me if the volos will stop with whittles as there fleet is all volos
 i have seen a ford  painted  in whittles livery   is that ex johnsons

Personaly  i would not be supprised if  first dissposed of worcester , with the next nearest  first depots  at
bristol stoke on trent and leicester  

Have any johnsons vechicles   been transfered  to whittles  just seen   at least one  with no lettering  on the nearside and a school childrens symbol  in bottom conerer  of screen by the door .  (another stighting  one with lettering on offside}
as i am inside   and   when they went passed my place i saw going different ways  so can not say  if it was same vehiclr

Thanks for the info, gentlemen.

whittles  have picture of additions fleet 8,16.30 and 35 seat vehicle pictures on whittles facebook  page. 

1 i can id  from picture  is BA 68 YSP  ford transit  looks like there is fleet no 4 under mirror 

Anyone know why the 192  is coming through  offmore instead of usual route

Kidderminster depot of whittles was mill street for repairs  and the office  the actual  depot was in clensmore part of kiddeminster and highley where whittles depots
mouse lane  and  cleobury mortimer  where m&m  coaches  which whittles  ran as a subsidiary  company  for years  and  later  the m&m name was dropped
ludlow  depot   was corvedale motors   which whittles ran in the same way as m&m   do not  know to much of the history of that depot.
alverley   was not a depot as such just a couple of vehicles  parked at back of petrol station midland red parked  some there also. it was owned by narburgh coaches who stopped trading do not think it became part of whittles  there seams   to be more and more Johnsons vehicles around    kidderminster  hardley seen any whittles vehicles around

Whittles have only had one  depot in kidderminster for years  on the stourport

there current fleet numbers 11

seen several johnsons vehicles  around my home this last couple of weeks,  there is a school around  the corner so they may have been some school trips. I see in  the  n&p dated 12/11/21  whittles  have had there vehicle  allocatio  put to 17.