Diamond West Midlands - Kidderminster

[winston]

Sure tividale have got those ex First streetlites in the yard.

The initial 14 ex First Streetlites currently being repainted / stored at Tividale are for Eccles for 24th September Franchise start date.

Not sure if any of the second batch of 10 ex First Streetlies have arrived yet, last time I looked, a number were still in service with FSY.

[2206]

The Kidderminster 3 service was on diversion today using Worcester Road and Silverwoods Way in both directions.
Kidderminster 8 diverting Sutton Park Road and Spring Grove Road towards the Rifle Range only.

Also saw 30414 on the 125 to Stourbridge come down Sutton Park Road and Spring Grove Road and then come back the way it came. Presumably the driver went the wrong way for some reason.

[2206]

21105 on the 8 service today had a non working front destination display. Paper number 8 on the windscreen.

[D10]

Surprisingly, it doesn't seem to have received any promotion on Social Media etc. But, the 292 benefits from am improved frequency of every 75 minutes from today, up from every 120 minutes. Although this means perhaps not an easy to remember timetable, there are far more journeys to travel on.

https://www.diamondbuses.com/media/5080/292-a4-timetable-011023.pdf

[Trident 4194]

32291 running with 142 displays on a 142A. Needs rectifying 

[winston]

The 142A seems to have been running all day with only one bus instead of 2, there was also a broken down ex First Streetlite in Stourbridge with a Rotala van in attendance circa 4pm.

[2206]

The scheduled 292S service to Cleobury Mortimer skipped the first 3 stops this afternoon on the scheduled timetable. Those being Kidderminster Bus Station, Town Hall and Oxford Street.
How do you expect any passengers to rely on these services when they seem to just skip stops on a whim @Simon Dunn. There seems to be no obvious explanation for this.

Surely the main bus station in Kidderminster is also a key stop on this service?

[ellspurs]

How did the 292 fare yesterday?

By the time I managed to get out of the area, the a4113 between Clee Hill and Ludlow was shut, the Bridgnorth to Ludlow roads were closed (was stuck in Diddlebury for about 20 minutes waiting for cars to move away from the water flowing over the bridge so I could get through), the a49 Ludlow bypass was more akin to an inland sea, and the bridge just past Tenbury at the junction of the a456/a443 was closed (again water pouring over the bridge). I managed to get through Tenbury to Bromyard then Worcester before that route was closed off. 

All the above didn't help that I think the a4113 was still closed the other side of Cleobury Mortimer so it was still on the mad diversion anyway. 

[Simon Dunn]

The scheduled 292S service to Cleobury Mortimer skipped the first 3 stops this afternoon on the scheduled timetable. Those being Kidderminster Bus Station, Town Hall and Oxford Street.
How do you expect any passengers to rely on these services when they seem to just skip stops on a whim @Simon Dunn. There seems to be no obvious explanation for this.

Surely the main bus station in Kidderminster is also a key stop on this service?

We agree - the driver missed the bus station stop, and this stop only.  This is a key stop and there is no reason why.  The driver involved will be put through our disciplinary process.

[Rachvince53]

30050 is only showing the first letter of Stourbridge/ Norton on the 88.

[Ash]

30508 at Redditch on the track this afternoon

[MX05WHR-Enjoyer]

So is 31416

[D10]

20058 running around Kidderminster today with no destination blinds or paper notice to help identify to passengers what service it may be on 

[hlliwmai]

20058 running around Kidderminster today with no destination blinds or paper notice to help identify to passengers what service it may be on 

@Simon Dunn 

[2206]

Once again dreadful service from Diamond Kidderminster. The 13:15 8 arrival in Kidderminster arrived 10 or so minutes late into the bus station and the driver kicked all the passengers off at the Bus Station telling them to wait 20 minutes for the next one despite the front saying 8 Rifle Range.
Heard comments from other passengers about how this is a regular occurrence with sometimes several buses in a row missing on the 8 and also route 3.

If they aren't able to deliver the timetable thats advertised then change it to what they can deliver @Simon Dunn. Run an hourly bus that turns up on time maybe. No surprise if the 8 is suffering from poor/declining use as you have previously stated if you don't deliver a reliable service.

Maybe running the Rifle Range off the Bewdley service simply just doesn't work?


Also while I was waiting 21105 on the 9A/9C was involved in a RTC at the bus station with a car with a elderly driver. Car seemed to come out of it worse than the bus.