Diamond West Midlands - Kidderminster

[Cedric]

a Kidderminster day ticket is good one for the 1/3/7/10   not sure about 125 .  link for vaious tickets

https://www.diamondbuses.com/tickets/mobile-tickets/kidderminster/

[StourportSam]

A Mellor has just gone past my house on the 3. Not seen that before!

[Solo1]

A Mellor has just gone past my house on the 3. Not seen that before!

Kidderminster have a mellor for the 298/9 service in Stourbridge so could be running the evening service with the mellor on the 3

[Cedric]

sam  saw 21205  in the bus  on Thursday on the 3s

[Trident 4194]

Just seen a very tacky looking omnilink heading out of West Brom.

[broma1k]

Went to Kiddy last week & missed seeing 30115 was this the one at West Bromwich

[the trainbasher]

Anyone know why a bus seems to park up on Birmingham Street Stourbridge for a couple of hours before running private to do a 831

[fleetline6477]

Anyone know why a bus seems to park up on Birmingham Street Stourbridge for a couple of hours before running private to do a 831

Driver providing relief for Stourbridge services?

[Midland_Buses]

30116 has left Kidderminster yesterday and is now in Tividale awaiting respray.

[winston]

30116 has left Kidderminster yesterday and is now in Tividale awaiting respray.

They're heading to Preston Bus

[willr7]

They're heading to Preston Bus

The plans must have changed as originally they were to stay at Kidderminster and be re-painted into the new Diamond livery!

I presume that Diamond have excess vehicles at Tividale at the moment (since the introduction of the new Mellor's and StreetLite's) meaning vehicles can be sent to Kidderminster to cover the loss of 30115-8 to Preston Bus?

[winston]

The plans must have changed as originally they were to stay at Kidderminster and be re-painted into the new Diamond livery!

I presume that Diamond have excess vehicles at Tividale at the moment (since the introduction of the new Mellor's and StreetLite's) meaning vehicles can be sent to Kidderminster to cover the loss of 30115-8 to Preston Bus?

Not anymore! 30115 is already at Preston:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mjrprestonbus/48248429472

They are going to Preston to release Euro 6 Streetlites 32301-6 to DBNW @ Bolton

[willr7]

Not anymore! 30115 is already at Preston:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mjrprestonbus/48248429472

They are going to Preston to release Euro 6 Streetlites 32301-6 to DBNW @ Bolton

I see, Thanks for sharing that picture. It makes sense sending the Scania's to Preston as they have other various scania vehicles. I guess we will also be seeing lots of swaps in preparation for the Bolton take-over!

[BK63 YWP]

The numbers quoted *shouldn't* change too much, but are not cast in stone. 40625 will be a bit of an odd ball, with 40626 remaining at Hallmark Connections.

Also, bare in mind DBNW Atherton depot is now been closed from the end of the August, with it's routes & allocation being split between Bolton & Eccles.

I understand a new bus order for Rotala Group may not now be too far off from being finalised / announced. As a side note, Preston Bus had a Wrightbus Streetdeck Micro hybrid demonstrator for a good few weeks which was used in service during March/April, so may well be correct.

More streetlites for West Midlands?!

They are quite nippy movers 

[winston]

More streetlites for West Midlands?!

They are quite nippy movers

The Central B'ham Diamond routes are all Euro 6 compliant bar the 16/16w. So something will need to be sorted with those.