Diamond Bus - Discussion

[Tony]

Banga Drivers are too slow for me
NXWM drivers stop far too much due

Blue Diamond is just right for me but every1s diffrent

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I rode on a Blue Diamond Bus today branded for the 37 which made its way on to the 97A today and I thought the bus was gonna fall apart halfway through ::) ???

NXWM drivers stop too much? - There are such things as passengers to get on & off you know!

[Nathan4775]

S605 MKH broke down today in chelsmley wood today :-\. Passed it while i was on the 97A  ;D

[Lukeee]

Seen one of the Centro's on the 56 this morning, must say i do miss these been on the 56.

[Ash]

There was a new hybrid on the 410 today and all i saw on the 417 was the crusader (02 reg) instead of the centro's with a few (51 reg) crusaders being on the 404E instead of the 301

[Mike360]

Today on the 417 I saw there was 3 Wright Crusaders and 2 Royale Centro's 30822 and 30824 compared with yesterday when it was run entirely on centro's. I wonder if the 417 will get converted back to crusaders because they are suited for it and if the centro's return to the 56.

[Ash]

If the crusaders are returned to the 417 from the 404E which there appearing on at the moment, i wonder what vehicles the 404E would get hopefully not solo's or the shorter darts which were on the route today

[Lukeee]

Centros could well be back on the 56 as 30822 was on it this evening.

[Ash]

The centro's suit the 56 better as the route can get quite busy and the extra capacity is needed, It will be interesting to see where the hybrid's will go.

[Lukeee]

Personally i'd place Centro's on the 56 with Hybrids operating the 404E

[KayP]

What ever happened to the MANs that Diamond had?

[Ash]

All the MAN's (MCV) got transferred to New Zealand and i believe all of Rotala's MCV's are following suit as I know the ones off the x30 have gone from the route.

[Ash]

From the pic of 30135 on the front page of the site it seems the other 3 versa's are now arriving just wondered if people have spotted them regualary on other routes aswell as the 56 which they are supposed to be for as there are 4 spare when all delivered.

[Nathan4775]

Banga Drivers are too slow for me
NXWM drivers stop far too much due

Blue Diamond is just right for me but every1s diffrent

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I rode on a Blue Diamond Bus today branded for the 37 which made its way on to the 97A today and I thought the bus was gonna fall apart halfway through ::) ???

NXWM drivers stop too much? - There are such things as passengers to get on & off you know!

Yes I know that Im talking when they run in 3/4 example 1. the 97 the drivers stop behind the bus thats picking up passangers even though they can overtake at times

[Lukeee]

Most likely reason is its not always safe for a large vehicle to overtake.

[Ash]

Also they may be trying to keep to their timetables over taking may cause the vehicle to run early especailly if overtaking a vehicle thats suppose to be at a destination before themselves.