Diamond West Midlands - Kidderminster

[Reece]

I have been informed the 202 route is going to be transferred back to Kidderminster at some point in September I think.

[the trainbasher]

202, 002, 142 are all moving back apparently...if they sort the driver shortage out

[Trident 4194]

202, 002, 142 are all moving back apparently...if they sort the driver shortage out

Brilliant news darts back on the 202 I assume?

[winston]

202, 002, 142 are all moving back apparently...if they sort the driver shortage out

KR only provided one bus on the 002 for a short time, is the whole 002 going to KR or as previous 1 bus working?

[Reece]

202, 002, 142 are all moving back apparently...if they sort the driver shortage out

The only route moving back to Kidderminster is the 202 at some point in September hopefully! The 142 is stay at Tividale because last time Kiddy ran it, it was to unreliable. The 002 is also not moving back to Kiddy for the the same reason as the 142. I am aware of how many drivers each depot is short of but I am not disclosing this information on here.

[Reece]

30802 has been moved across from Redditch last week bring the number of MAN Centros at Kidderminster to 9. This could possibly have something to do with 30902 being withdrawn or Kiddy getting the 202 back soon.

[winston]

30802 has been moved across from Redditch last week bring the number of MAN Centros at Kidderminster to 9. This could possibly have something to do with 30902 being withdrawn or Kiddy getting the 202 back soon.

How does the withdrawal of RH based 30902 have any bearing on KR?

[Reece]

How does the withdrawal of RH based 30902 have any bearing on KR?

@Winston Because 30902 was moved to Kiddy after 30438 set its self on fire few months ago. 30902 kept over heating when I was on it on the 294 on a Saturday in early August so this could be why it was withdrawn.

[winston]

@Winston Because 30902 was moved to Kiddy after 30438 set its self on fire few months ago. 30902 kept over heating when I was on it on the 294 on a Saturday in early August.

Wasn't aware of that, 30902 hadn't officially been allocated to KR had it though prior to its withdrawal?

[StourportSam]

Wasn't aware of that, 30902 hadn't officially been allocated to KR had it though prior to its withdrawal?

There are quite a few unofficial transfers I've noticed between Redditch and Kidderminster. They are often short term for a few days. For example, last year MW52 PZP appeared at KR for a very short time, but was never transferred.

[Reece]

Wasn't aware of that, 30902 hadn't officially been allocated to KR had it though prior to its withdrawal?

I don't know if 30902 went back to Redditch before being withdrawn and taken to Long Acre.

[Reece]

There are quite a few unofficial transfers I've noticed between Redditch and Kidderminster. They are often short term for a few days. For example, last year MW52 PZP appeared at KR for a very short time, but was never transferred.

@StourportSam I think they are emergency transfers because 30902 was transferred because 30438's Fire.

[Cedric]

30802 has been moved across from Redditch last week bring the number of MAN Centros at Kidderminster to 9. This could possibly have something to do with 30902 being withdrawn or Kiddy getting the 202 back soon.

reece
if you  see my post just  a few posts down   I already said  about 30802. where you on the last 2L out of Kidderminster yesterday

[Reece]

reece
if you  see my post just  a few posts down   I already said  about 30802. where you on the last 2L out of Kidderminster yesterday

@Cedric Yes I was on the last 2L.

[StourportSam]

From what I have seen 30704 is not at Kidderminster, I could be wrong though.

Both 30802 and 30805 are running from Kidderminster garage at the moment, only 30805 is allocated there. Has taken me a week or two to realise as the registrations are so similar.