Diamond West Midlands - Kidderminster

[winston]

With thanks to @Reece for the following:
* 20136 (Y36YVV) has been moved over to the new yard at Tividale.

20136 was moved to the new Tividale yard weeks ago, that & 30210 are used to block access to the new office block & additional parking area that came with the yard they previously occupied.

[StourportSam]

I'm currently one of about 20 passengers waiting for a bus to Stourport. 20851 is sat here with passengers and engine on waiting for a driver on the X3, was due to depart at 1720. Another driver is here waiting for a bus to drive for the 1740 number 3 service.

[Reece]

30803 is now finally in service after spending a long period of time under repair at Redditch. It was on the 7 on Saturday evening.

[Cedric]

feel sorry for the drivers in Kidderminster struggling  to keep to  the timetables. three  more sets of roadworks have   started in town with diversion leading in to diversion of other roadworks. it was taking people up to 30mins  atleast to get off Tesco car park Saturday which blocks up the bus station,.
one example the 11.30  10 as jus t got to offmore   should  have  arrived on offmore 11.45 . 

[StourportSam]

30803 is now finally in service after spending a long period of time under repair at Redditch. It was on the 7 on Saturday evening.

Yes, have seen it on various services this week.

[Will]

I know I have posted this before but I believe it's now up-to-date!!

Kidderminster Fleet (correct as of 13/03);

20032 (MV54EEO)
20104 (KP02PUV)
20574 (KP51SXW)
20606 (KV51KZH)
20607 (KP51UFJ)
20610 (KP54BYW)
20716 (ME52BLU) [not yet entered service]
20717 (MG53BLU)
20718 (MH53BLU)
20848 (KU52RXW) [VOR, since December 2015]
20851 (KU52RYN)
20853 (LG02FFD)
20854 (LG02FFE)
30120 (B14WTS)
30121 (B15WTS)
30302 (SN09FUW)
30303 (SN09FUY)
30500 (MW52PZR)
30535 (PF09LCO)
30704 (KX57OVS) [VOR'd, since mid-2015 I'm assuming this has possibly been withdrawn?]
30801 (WX58FRU)
30802 (KX08HMZ)
30803 (BU08DBO)
30804 (KX57OVV)
30805 (KX08HMY)
30806 (WX58FRV)
30831 (MX08PZH)
30930 (VX54MUC)
30931 (VX54MUO)
30932 (VX54MUP)
30944 (MX55NWL)
30946 (FJ08VPZ)
30947 (FJ08VRY)

[Will]

20252 must of been allocated to school use only now just seen it on the 833

[Cedric]

20252 must of been allocated to school use only now just seen it on the 833

it was park up in the bus station this morning drivers seamed to be using it as a restroom

[StourportSam]

30303 SN09 FUY really struggling to move up gears at this moment. Feel sorry for the driver.

[StourportSam]

30303 SN09 FUY really struggling to move up gears at this moment. Feel sorry for the driver.

We are now in the bus depot - mechanic trying to tell driver nothing is wrong - the thing won't go up from second gear!!

[StourportSam]

We are now in the bus depot - mechanic trying to tell driver nothing is wrong - the thing won't go up from second gear!!

And after 10 minutes sat in the Diamond depot and the driver going to speak to the apparent manager/supervisor they came and told us we would be transferred to PF09 LCO which was on the next 3 and had come in to pick us up.

Well done to Diamond for sorting it out so quickly, but 30303 ideally would not have broken in the first place (sounded dodgy the other day) and there would have been a spare bus available (not a single spare available at KR depot).

[Will]

And after 10 minutes sat in the Diamond depot and the driver going to speak to the apparent manager/supervisor they came and told us we would be transferred to PF09 LCO which was on the next 3 and had come in to pick us up.

Well done to Diamond for sorting it out so quickly, but 30303 ideally would not have broken in the first place (sounded dodgy the other day) and there would have been a spare bus available (not a single spare available at KR depot).

That's a bag of shit in all honesty it could do with going to PVS!!! I was on it fortnight ago on the x3 & the whole saloon was filled with exhaust fumes not at all safe according to Simon Dunn it was a dodgy water pump causing the issue but I'm not 100% sure a water pump causes the bus to fill with exhaust fumes

[StourportSam]

That's a bag of shit in all honesty it could do with going to PVS!!! I was on it fortnight ago on the x3 & the whole saloon was filled with exhaust fumes not at all safe according to Simon Dunn it was a dodgy water pump causing the issue but I'm not 100% sure a water pump causes the bus to fill with exhaust fumes

Well today it had forgotten how to climb up its gears...

Took us 10 minutes to get from Oxford Street along the ring road to the Diamond Depot. What must have been about 5mph around two busy roundabouts is just dangerous and must have been concerning for the driver!

[D10]

Details of service 42 the replacement for the X3 now available:

http://journeyplanner.networkwestmidlands.com/Timetables/twm_09042_%20_H_y11/1/Outbound/0


Journeys seem to start and finish in Kidderminster so assume this will continue to be operated from Kiddie garage, except Sundays of course.

[Will]

Very happy to report that over the last week or so I've been observing the Diamond fleet in Kiddy and so far as of today (25/03) not one non-DDA compliant bus has been in service at all!! So it makes me wonder if when VOSA were in the yard as was reported by @StourportSam a few weeks back I wonder if they got a "flea in there ear" so to speak hmm....