Diamond Bus - Discussion

[Westy]

27.10.2014 diamond to start on 302 lower farm.

That will please my mate on Lower Farm.

Any timetable yet?

[winston]

27.10.2014 diamond to start on 302 lower farm.

That's a first for a long, long time!l

I assume the new 302 commercial services will give the buses made surplus following the loss of daytime Centro tendered routes 303 & 326 something to do

[winston]

Something is obviously going on between WCC & Rotala in Droitwich, they have been operated for 3 days max:

PD0001374/319 - DIAMOND BUS COMPANY LTD, HALLBRIDGE WAY, TIPTON ROAD, TIVIDALE, WARLEY, B69 3HW
    Cancellation Accepted by SN: Operating between Droitwich, Omberley Street East and Reddich Bus Station given service number 354 effective from 04-Sep-2014.

PD0001374/320 - DIAMOND BUS COMPANY LTD, HALLBRIDGE WAY, TIPTON ROAD, TIVIDALE, WARLEY, B69 3HW
    Cancellation Accepted by SN: Operating between Droitwich Ombersley Street East and Droitwich, Ombersley Street East given service number 17 effective from 04-Sep-2014.

PD0001374/322 - DIAMOND BUS COMPANY LTD, HALLBRIDGE WAY, TIPTON ROAD, TIVIDALE, WARLEY, B69 3HW
    Cancellation Accepted by SN: Operating between Droittwich, Ombersley Street East and Droitwich, Ombersley Street East given service number 20 effective from 04-Sep-2014.

PD0001374/323 - DIAMOND BUS COMPANY LTD, HALLBRIDGE WAY, TIPTON ROAD, TIVIDALE, WARLEY, B69 3HW
    Cancellation Accepted by SN: Operating between Droitwich, Ombersley Street, East and Droitwich, Ombersley Street East given service number 19A/19C effective from 04-Sep-2014.

PD0001374/326 - DIAMOND BUS COMPANY LTD, HALLBRIDGE WAY, TIPTON ROAD, TIVIDALE, WARLEY, B69 3HW
    Cancellation Accepted by SN: Operating between Droitwich, Ombersley Street East and Droitwich, Ombersley Street East given service number 18 effective from 04-Sep-2014.

PD0001374/331 - DIAMOND BUS COMPANY LTD, HALLBRIDGE WAY, TIPTON ROAD, TIVIDALE, WARLEY, B69 3HW
    Cancellation Accepted by SN: Operating between Droitwich and Kidderminster Bus Station given service number 133 effective from 04-Sep-2014.

[111 Roughley]

Something is obviously going on between WCC & Rotala in Droitwich, they have been operated for 3 days max:

PD0001374/319 - DIAMOND BUS COMPANY LTD, HALLBRIDGE WAY, TIPTON ROAD, TIVIDALE, WARLEY, B69 3HW
    Cancellation Accepted by SN: Operating between Droitwich, Omberley Street East and Reddich Bus Station given service number 354 effective from 04-Sep-2014.

PD0001374/320 - DIAMOND BUS COMPANY LTD, HALLBRIDGE WAY, TIPTON ROAD, TIVIDALE, WARLEY, B69 3HW
    Cancellation Accepted by SN: Operating between Droitwich Ombersley Street East and Droitwich, Ombersley Street East given service number 17 effective from 04-Sep-2014.

PD0001374/322 - DIAMOND BUS COMPANY LTD, HALLBRIDGE WAY, TIPTON ROAD, TIVIDALE, WARLEY, B69 3HW
    Cancellation Accepted by SN: Operating between Droittwich, Ombersley Street East and Droitwich, Ombersley Street East given service number 20 effective from 04-Sep-2014.

PD0001374/323 - DIAMOND BUS COMPANY LTD, HALLBRIDGE WAY, TIPTON ROAD, TIVIDALE, WARLEY, B69 3HW
    Cancellation Accepted by SN: Operating between Droitwich, Ombersley Street, East and Droitwich, Ombersley Street East given service number 19A/19C effective from 04-Sep-2014.

PD0001374/326 - DIAMOND BUS COMPANY LTD, HALLBRIDGE WAY, TIPTON ROAD, TIVIDALE, WARLEY, B69 3HW
    Cancellation Accepted by SN: Operating between Droitwich, Ombersley Street East and Droitwich, Ombersley Street East given service number 18 effective from 04-Sep-2014.

PD0001374/331 - DIAMOND BUS COMPANY LTD, HALLBRIDGE WAY, TIPTON ROAD, TIVIDALE, WARLEY, B69 3HW
    Cancellation Accepted by SN: Operating between Droitwich and Kidderminster Bus Station given service number 133 effective from 04-Sep-2014.

I don't know whether it's some procedural technicality or something very serious. According to the VOSA site, no-one is now running these services! Can someone say whether Diamond is still operating them? Surely if Diamond had really ceased on the 4th, someone on this site would have said so? For these services I would have expected that the successful tenderer would have been obliged to take on the Woosh drivers. Anyone know if that was the case? I still find Diamond's 'refusal' to accept the outcome of the 141/145 tender as extraordinary. It could be that the man who deals with these registration matters went home to his tea halfway through and tomorrow morning new registrations appear and things become clearer.

[j789]

There was a Diamond bus operating the 20 route today so they are still on there. There was also an all white Optare Solo parked up without fleetnames (possibly wmsnt) next to Morrisons.

[winston]

There's an allover blue MPD W57-JVV on the 226 since at least 6pm, I've seen it twice and can't remember if it's KR's W572JVV or whether is could have been RH's W573JVV repainted.

Either way neither should be at Tividale

[bwsau cymru]

27.10.2014 diamond to start on 302 lower farm.

That's a first for a long, long time!l

I assume the new 302 commercial services will give the buses made surplus following the loss of daytime Centro tendered routes 303 & 326 something to do

any idea whos won 326, this is a fairly busy route, maybe diamond could of offered to take it commercially to keep a competitor off??

[winston]

27.10.2014 diamond to start on 302 lower farm.

That's a first for a long, long time!l

I assume the new 302 commercial services will give the buses made surplus following the loss of daytime Centro tendered routes 303 & 326 something to do

any idea whos won 326, this is a fairly busy route, maybe diamond could of offered to take it commercially to keep a competitor off??

Arriva have won the 326.

That's what First Bristol seem to be doing to Rotala owned Wessex.

[the trainbasher]

There's an allover blue MPD W57-JVV on the 226 since at least 6pm, I've seen it twice and can't remember if it's KR's W572JVV or whether is could have been RH's W573JVV repainted.

Either way neither should be at Tividale

It was 20573. In other news, the solos have been banned according to a couple of drivers off the 226...I wonder why :-)

[winston]

There's an allover blue MPD W57-JVV on the 226 since at least 6pm, I've seen it twice and can't remember if it's KR's W572JVV or whether is could have been RH's W573JVV repainted.

Either way neither should be at Tividale

It was 20573. In other news, the solos have been banned according to a couple of drivers off the 226...I wonder why :-)

I thought it was more likely W573JVV, but couldn't be certain. Is the 226 back to old MPD's again then?

[the trainbasher]

There's an allover blue MPD W57-JVV on the 226 since at least 6pm, I've seen it twice and can't remember if it's KR's W572JVV or whether is could have been RH's W573JVV repainted.

Either way neither should be at Tividale

It was 20573. In other news, the solos have been banned according to a couple of drivers off the 226...I wonder why :-)

I thought it was more likely W573JVV, but couldn't be certain. Is the 226 back to old MPD's again then?

that's what I've heard...although the person who told me was the driver who had it this evening.

[the trainbasher]

20535, 20536, 30214 all on the 226 today...

(spot the odd one out!)

[bwsau cymru]

27.10.2014 diamond to start on 302 lower farm.

That's a first for a long, long time!l

I assume the new 302 commercial services will give the buses made surplus following the loss of daytime Centro tendered routes 303 & 326 something to do

any idea whos won 326, this is a fairly busy route, maybe diamond could of offered to take it commercially to keep a competitor off??

Arriva have won the 326.

That's what First Bristol seem to be doing to Rotala owned Wessex.

If it wasn't arriva I would of been shocked!

[winston]

20535, 20536, 30214 all on the 226 today...

(spot the odd one out!)

One of the 09 plate Solo's was back out on the 226 today with the female driver.

[the trainbasher]

20535, 20536, 30214 all on the 226 today...

(spot the odd one out!)

One of the 09 plate Solo's was back out on the 226 today with the female driver.

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