Diamond Bus - Unusual Workings

[nitromatt1]

30822 on the 002 - unusual to see a non 002-branded vehicle on there

[Ash]

Not that unusual in terms of vehicle type but there were quite a few cadets on the 4/4H/4M today not sure the 301 would have been full cadet operation as at least 30202/4-6/11/12/14/18 were all out on the 4 and 30209 on the 4 or 40.

[Ash]

20841 which is for Kidderminster was on the X30 today making use of the bus before it gets sent across.

[jc]

20026? or whatever it is, MX58KZG in Redditch depot tonight

[Discodave]

Not that unusual in terms of vehicle type but there were quite a few cadets on the 4/4H/4M today not sure the 301 would have been full cadet operation as at least 30202/4-6/11/12/14/18 were all out on the 4 and 30209 on the 4 or 40.

no leather seated volvo and solo plus the old 529 branded one (branding taken off had to look twice) vile crap things usless for any of diamonds decent routes 4,301,56 etc leave on tendered thats all they are good for.

[Ash]

Not that unusual in terms of vehicle type but there were quite a few cadets on the 4/4H/4M today not sure the 301 would have been full cadet operation as at least 30202/4-6/11/12/14/18 were all out on the 4 and 30209 on the 4 or 40.

no leather seated volvo and solo plus the old 529 branded one (branding taken off had to look twice) vile crap things usless for any of diamonds decent routes 4,301,56 etc leave on tendered thats all they are good for.

The leather seated centro was on the 4 today the old 529 branded darts (T443EBD/T447EBD) are quite good buses pretty quick for their age, solo's should be kept to centro subsided services only as they can't cope with demand especially on the 301.

[JackC]

Not that unusual in terms of vehicle type but there were quite a few cadets on the 4/4H/4M today not sure the 301 would have been full cadet operation as at least 30202/4-6/11/12/14/18 were all out on the 4 and 30209 on the 4 or 40.

no leather seated volvo and solo plus the old 529 branded one (branding taken off had to look twice) vile crap things usless for any of diamonds decent routes 4,301,56 etc leave on tendered thats all they are good for.

The leather seated centro was on the 4 today the old 529 branded darts (T443EBD/T447EBD) are quite good buses pretty quick for their age, solo's should be kept to centro subsided services only as they can't cope with demand especially on the 301.

There was a Royale Centro on the 40 aswell - there's been one on the 40 regularly for the past fortnight at least.

[Ash]

I haven't saw the enviro 200 all week although there is an diamond blue livery enviro 200 at Long Acre but I think that's the other one they have brought I think it was mentioned on here not so long back they had acquired or going to acquire another one.

[JackC]

I haven't saw the enviro 200 all week although there is an diamond blue livery enviro 200 at Long Acre but I think that's the other one they have brought I think it was mentioned on here not so long back they had acquired or going to acquire another one.

I spotted it the other day, can't remember where. I do think they have two, one at Tividale and one at Long Acre.

[Ash]

The shorter midi darts that start with LG02??? from yourbus haven't entered service yet along with the other 2 KU52??? darts from your bus only 20849/20851 seem to have entered service they might make an appearance after this weekend. Also w906jnf 30516 has been put down at being at Redditch but is still working from Tividale earlier this week but haven't saw it since Wednesday so might have gone over.

[Discodave]

30516 is a good bus used to drive it a lot at petes and was quite a nippy one but in the red livery its looks smart and has a good internal seating shame it cannot be black or blue whatever colour Tividale is this week. 

[Ash]

30516 is a good bus used to drive it a lot at petes and was quite a nippy one but in the red livery its looks smart and has a good internal seating shame it cannot be black or blue whatever colour Tividale is this week. 

It's not a bad bus and thats why I don't get why W902/3 JNF are both withdrawn at Long Acre I'm sure they could be reinstated to replace worse darts than those two.  Also there is a black diamond pointer dart at Long Acre been parked up about a week now I think it might be V377SVV as the bus has the bench style seats in the red cloth material. 

[Discodave]

Another good one is V391SVV still in use was on 326

[Ash]

Another good one is V391SVV still in use was on 326

V391SVV was on the 4 late this afternoon and is a very powerful dart although was not sounded too good today. 30212 broke down on the 4 this evening this bus has been sounding bad for weeks it sounds as if a fan is going mad at the rear every time it accelerates which doesn't sound normal.

[jc]

Not really unusual however ... first 'First' Diamond M-F 57 0500 trip was 30861
and the 05:55 is 30860, first time i have used a b7rle on here in about 2 years