Diamond West Midlands - Kidderminster

[winston]

that seams to be about the same as I thought, wonder if any long acre bus will end up down here

The MAN's that were allocated to Long Acre have already moved to Tividale a month or so back. Tividale will have 4 extra B7RLE's to allocate following the withdrawal of their 56 from tomorrow, so that might free something up to update something at Kidderminster. Plus Long Acre will have 4 buses redundant following the loss of the 53 Centro contract as well.

30516 was repainted from Red Diamond to current allover blue Diamond approx 12 - 18 months ago

[Cedric]

that seams to be about the same as I thought, wonder if any long acre bus will end up down here

Have seen and been on B20WTS  last week it has been on the 10 a couple of times

[winston]

Have seen and been on B20WTS  last week it has been on the 10 a couple of times

That was one of the ones that moved from Long Acre to Tividale, it could either be a loan (as KR were also loaning RH buses) or possibly a transfer

[Will]

That was one of the ones that moved from Long Acre to Tividale, it could either be a loan (as KR were also loaning RH buses) or possibly a transfer

Can't say that I have seen B20WTS myself so I am not disputing otherwise although when I was in Redditch 2 weeks ago I noted B14WTS in service on the 143 so it looks as if Redditch have been lending KD vehicles and KD have been lending RD stuff although I was told by a mate of mine who was working at Redditch apparently they had/have currently 10 buses off the road so keeping that in mind I'm not surprised I saw B14WTS in Redditch

[winston]

Can't say that I have seen B20WTS myself so I am not disputing otherwise although when I was in Redditch 2 weeks ago I noted B14WTS in service on the 143 so it looks as if Redditch have been lending KD vehicles and KD have been lending RD stuff although I was told by a mate of mine who was working at Redditch apparently they had/have currently 10 buses off the road so keeping that in mind I'm not surprised I saw B14WTS in Redditch

10 off the road? That's nearly a third of the allocation.

KR could also be helping out RH with maintenance work since RH's allocation expanded with all the Signature fleet, frequent swaps between RH & KR used to occur back in First days.

[StourportSam]

10 off the road? That's nearly a third of the allocation.

KR could also be helping out RH with maintenance work since RH's allocation expanded with all the Signature fleet, frequent swaps between RH & KR used to occur back in First days.

There looked to be about 5/6 VOR at Kidderminster the other day.

[winston]

There looked to be about 5/6 VOR at Kidderminster the other day.

That's still a high proportion for an allocation of 30-35 (getting near 20% of the fleet)

[Will]

Went past Kidderminster garage tonight in a car and it appears we have 2 'new' additions to the dead pile from what I vould see a Red Diamond branded Mini Pointer Dart has appeared I know it isn't 20503 (T71JBA) as that departed over 3 weeks ago and the other bus thats there unless it's V652HEC there is also a standard Diamond liveried Pointer Dart present aswell @StourportSam would you be able to identify them?

[Will]

Was told by @Reece yesterday that 30437 (V377 SVV) has made an appearance at Kidderminster (he saw it come in on the back of the Rotala tow truck!!) we're not 100% sure why it has come to Kiddy but we don't believe it will be entering service at Kidderminster but as has happened before Diamond have proved us wrong so we'll wait & see...

[RS]

Was told by @Reece yesterday that 30437 (V377 SVV) has made an appearance at Kidderminster (he saw it come in on the back of the Rotala tow truck!!) we're not 100% sure why it has come to Kiddy but we don't believe it will be entering service at Kidderminster but as has happened before Diamond have proved us wrong so we'll wait & see...

That's Tividales isn't it ?

[Will]

That's Tividales isn't it ?

It was a Tividale vehicle Rhys yes

[Reece]

Plaxton Centro's Currently in Kidderminster

30120: B14WTS (BX57CDN)
30121: B15WTS (BU08ANV) [VOR]
30302: SN09FUW
30704: KX57OVS [VOR]
30801: WX58FRU
30805: KX08HMY
30806: WX58FRV
30831: MX08PZH [VOR]

[StourportSam]

Plaxton Centro's Currently in Kidderminster

30120: B14WTS (BX57CDN)
30121: B15WTS (BU08ANV) [VOR]
30302: SN09FUW
30704: KX57OVS [VOR]
30801: WX58FRU
30805: KX08HMY
30806: WX58FRV
30831: MX08PZH [VOR]

Not forgetting KX08 HMY

[Reece]

In the VOR line at Kidderminster yesterday...

30512: S377TMB - In Withdrawn Condition
20254: Y254KNB - In Withdrawn Condition
30437: V377SVV - It does look like it could possibly be used again? (This bus arrived yesterday on the back of a tow truck from Tividale.)
20501: S758RNE - In Withdrawn Condition
20652: V652HEC - In Withdrawn Condition
20469: T469HNH - In Withdrawn Condition

General VOR's Yesterday...

30121: B15WTS (In the Workshop)
30500: MW52PZR (Out Side the Workshop)
30704: KX57OVS (Hiding at the very back of the Workshop)
30831: MX08PZH (Out Side the Workshop)
30932: VX54MUP (Out Side the Workshop waiting for its new engine to be fitted.)

[RS]

What ticket will i need to buy for travel on kidderminster rotes please