Diamond Bus - Discussion

[Liverpool Street]

806 was being driven by a rotala inspector

1) Rotala have inspectors?
2) 806? Not NXWM? Haha

Liverpool Street,

Yes they certainly do they have got one in Redditch and one in Kidderminster the latter one (Kidder) he's bit of a "[blank]" (word I'm not even saying on here - I do believe there are Rotala management staff on this forum hence why I am saying nout!)

Bit of a.... Plank? Haha, always liked a game of Blankety Blank.

Thanks for the info, didn't realise they had inspectors.

[iamwilljh92]

806 was being driven by a rotala inspector

1) Rotala have inspectors?
2) 806? Not NXWM? Haha

Liverpool Street,

Yes they certainly do they have got one in Redditch and one in Kidderminster the latter one (Kidder) he's bit of a "[blank]" (word I'm not even saying on here - I do believe there are Rotala management staff on this forum hence why I am saying nout!)

Bit of a.... Plank? Haha, always liked a game of Blankety Blank.

Thanks for the info, didn't realise they had inspectors.

Well not quite the word I was going to use but as there's Diamond mangement "geestapo" watching this forum I have bite my tongue

[Liverpool Street]

806 was being driven by a rotala inspector

1) Rotala have inspectors?
2) 806? Not NXWM? Haha

Liverpool Street,

Yes they certainly do they have got one in Redditch and one in Kidderminster the latter one (Kidder) he's bit of a "[blank]" (word I'm not even saying on here - I do believe there are Rotala management staff on this forum hence why I am saying nout!)

Bit of a.... Plank? Haha, always liked a game of Blankety Blank.

Thanks for the info, didn't realise they had inspectors.

Well not quite the word I was going to use but as there's Diamond mangement "geestapo" watching this forum I have bite my tongue

I get what you're driving at. Best to keep it on the quiet.

[don]

806 was being driven by a rotala inspector

1) Rotala have inspectors?
2) 806? Not NXWM? Haha

Liverpool Street,

Yes they certainly do they have got one in Redditch and one in Kidderminster the latter one (Kidder) he's well I'm not even saying on here as I do believe there are Rotala management staff on this forum unfortunately hence why I am saying nothing..

Diamond have buses in Kidderminster???!!! When did this happen - I was there for four hours on Friday and didn't see any buses at all. Let alone inspectors!! Perhaps I didn't travel on the roads they serve!!

[winston]

806 was being driven by a rotala inspector

1) Rotala have inspectors?
2) 806? Not NXWM? Haha

Liverpool Street,

Yes they certainly do they have got one in Redditch and one in Kidderminster the latter one (Kidder) he's well I'm not even saying on here as I do believe there are Rotala management staff on this forum unfortunately hence why I am saying nothing..

Diamond have buses in Kidderminster???!!! When did this happen - I was there for four hours on Friday and didn't see any buses at all. Let alone inspectors!! Perhaps I didn't travel on the roads they serve!!

2 years ago come March 2015, they bought First Wyvern's Redditch & Kidderminster operations off First, have a garage & the largest fleet in the town??? Where were you standing?

[Solo1]

if u stand on the corner over the road from Tesco u will c buses going to the bus station & others will turn up the road by the library I saw loads when I was there a while back   https://www.flickr.com/photos/stanjack/14024366014/in/set-72157629374012447   bus station is behind me road to the left is where they use in Kidderminster hope that helps

[Trident 4194]

806 was being driven by a rotala inspector

1) Rotala have inspectors?
2) 806? Not NXWM? Haha

Liverpool Street,

Yes they certainly do they have got one in Redditch and one in Kidderminster the latter one (Kidder) he's bit of a "[blank]" (word I'm not even saying on here - I do believe there are Rotala management staff on this forum hence why I am saying nout!)

Bit of a.... Plank? Haha, always liked a game of Blankety Blank.

Thanks for the info, didn't realise they had inspectors.

Well not quite the word I was going to use but as there's Diamond mangement "geestapo" watching this forum I have bite my tongue

Rotala inspector driving 142, what a rude person he is lol

[iamwilljh92]

806 was being driven by a rotala inspector

1) Rotala have inspectors?
2) 806? Not NXWM? Haha

Liverpool Street,

Yes they certainly do they have got one in Redditch and one in Kidderminster the latter one (Kidder) he's bit of a "[blank]" (word I'm not even saying on here - I do believe there are Rotala management staff on this forum hence why I am saying nout!)

Bit of a.... Plank? Haha, always liked a game of Blankety Blank.

Thanks for the info, didn't realise they had inspectors.

Well not quite the word I was going to use but as there's Diamond mangement "geestapo" watching this forum I have bite my tongue

Rotala inspector driving 142, what a rude person he is lol

Fat bloke? Wears his ID card on his tie? Yeah that's Neil I can't stand him

[don]

806 was being driven by a rotala inspector

1) Rotala have inspectors?
2) 806? Not NXWM? Haha

Liverpool Street,

Yes they certainly do they have got one in Redditch and one in Kidderminster the latter one (Kidder) he's well I'm not even saying on here as I do believe there are Rotala management staff on this forum unfortunately hence why I am saying nothing..

Diamond have buses in Kidderminster???!!! When did this happen - I was there for four hours on Friday and didn't see any buses at all. Let alone inspectors!! Perhaps I didn't travel on the roads they serve!!

2 years ago come March 2015, they bought First Wyvern's Redditch & Kidderminster operations off First, have a garage & the largest fleet in the town??? Where were you standing?

I wasn't able to do any standing around bus gazing as I had no free time - I ended up driving there so travelled in from the east, went part round the ring road, out towards Bewdley and into a housing estate - arrived at lunchtime and left in the evening peak - never saw a single bus - a concerted effort to get a public transport route yielded great connections by rail but I was surprised Diamond didn't figure in the Traveline route (which incidentally had a ten minute walk either end as well - seriously ten mins from the rail station!!) - I decided I'd need to go by taxi if I used public transport to be sure of timings. 

The only non NXWM bus I saw in my whole drive through North Worcestershire/ South Birmingham was a double decker 144 near Bromsgrove.

Now that would have been impossible even on a Sunday in Midland Red days!!

[PM]

Only Kidderminster routes on a Sunday are 3/X3.

[winston]

806 was being driven by a rotala inspector

1) Rotala have inspectors?
2) 806? Not NXWM? Haha

Liverpool Street,

Yes they certainly do they have got one in Redditch and one in Kidderminster the latter one (Kidder) he's well I'm not even saying on here as I do believe there are Rotala management staff on this forum unfortunately hence why I am saying nothing..

Diamond have buses in Kidderminster???!!! When did this happen - I was there for four hours on Friday and didn't see any buses at all. Let alone inspectors!! Perhaps I didn't travel on the roads they serve!!

2 years ago come March 2015, they bought First Wyvern's Redditch & Kidderminster operations off First, have a garage & the largest fleet in the town??? Where were you standing?

I wasn't able to do any standing around bus gazing as I had no free time - I ended up driving there so travelled in from the east, went part round the ring road, out towards Bewdley and into a housing estate - arrived at lunchtime and left in the evening peak - never saw a single bus - a concerted effort to get a public transport route yielded great connections by rail but I was surprised Diamond didn't figure in the Traveline route (which incidentally had a ten minute walk either end as well - seriously ten mins from the rail station!!) - I decided I'd need to go by taxi if I used public transport to be sure of timings. 

The only non NXWM bus I saw in my whole drive through North Worcestershire/ South Birmingham was a double decker 144 near Bromsgrove.

Now that would have been impossible even on a Sunday in Midland Red days!!

Had you gone the opposite away around the ring ring & headed towards Stourport, you would have see the Diamond (ex First) Kidderminster garage location in the centre of a traffic island.

[Ash]

Daf 30210 now in diamond (blue livery).

[PM]

Daf 30210 now in diamond (blue livery).

Thanks for the info on that Ash! :)

IIRC that one had sustained minor front accident damage?

[111 Roughley]

806 was being driven by a rotala inspector

1) Rotala have inspectors?
2) 806? Not NXWM? Haha

Liverpool Street,

Yes they certainly do they have got one in Redditch and one in Kidderminster the latter one (Kidder) he's well I'm not even saying on here as I do believe there are Rotala management staff on this forum unfortunately hence why I am saying nothing..

Diamond have buses in Kidderminster???!!! When did this happen - I was there for four hours on Friday and didn't see any buses at all. Let alone inspectors!! Perhaps I didn't travel on the roads they serve!!

2 years ago come March 2015, they bought First Wyvern's Redditch & Kidderminster operations off First, have a garage & the largest fleet in the town??? Where were you standing?

I wasn't able to do any standing around bus gazing as I had no free time - I ended up driving there so travelled in from the east, went part round the ring road, out towards Bewdley and into a housing estate - arrived at lunchtime and left in the evening peak - never saw a single bus - a concerted effort to get a public transport route yielded great connections by rail but I was surprised Diamond didn't figure in the Traveline route (which incidentally had a ten minute walk either end as well - seriously ten mins from the rail station!!) - I decided I'd need to go by taxi if I used public transport to be sure of timings. 

The only non NXWM bus I saw in my whole drive through North Worcestershire/ South Birmingham was a double decker 144 near Bromsgrove.

Now that would have been impossible even on a Sunday in Midland Red days!!

Going back into Midland Red days, in 1952 the 144 was every 20 minutes Monday to Fridays and Sundays, every 15 mins on Saturdays. Apart from Sundays, today's offering is not so bad. The 318 Bromsgrove to Stourbridge was every 30 minutes every day including Sundays and evenings (every 20 minutes Saturday evening). How this route has declined! Now a subsidised two-hourly affair.
OK, that's in the past, but I do think that bus companies particularly in Worcestershire have been a bit slow to try commercial services on Sundays. The day has completely changed from my youth when nothing happened and all the shops were shut. In the West Midlands County, there is a much better situation. There are towns in Worcestershire, it's not all rural space.

[PM]

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