Diamond West Midlands - Kidderminster

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Kidderminster update (28/05/14),

Stood at the bus stop this morning and saw Y3 JPT (not Y2 as originally thought) driving down Exchange Street I can only assume it was being driven by a mechanic & I also noted 2 other fellas on it, it was displaying "Diamond Buses" on the hanover display front & side and it has also been completely de-branded and looks quite odd without any decals/stickers on it whether or not it will enter service remains to be seen

Of course it will!! Presumably awaiting DIAMOND logos.

[iamwilljh92]

Kidderminster update (28/05/14),

Stood at the bus stop this morning and saw Y3 JPT (not Y2 as originally thought) driving down Exchange Street I can only assume it was being driven by a mechanic & I also noted 2 other fellas on it, it was displaying "Diamond Buses" on the hanover display front & side and it has also been completely de-branded and looks quite odd without any decals/stickers on it whether or not it will enter service remains to be seen

Of course it will!! Presumably awaiting DIAMOND logos.

They could of just left it the way it was!

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Kidderminster update (28/05/14),

Stood at the bus stop this morning and saw Y3 JPT (not Y2 as originally thought) driving down Exchange Street I can only assume it was being driven by a mechanic & I also noted 2 other fellas on it, it was displaying "Diamond Buses" on the hanover display front & side and it has also been completely de-branded and looks quite odd without any decals/stickers on it whether or not it will enter service remains to be seen

Of course it will!! Presumably awaiting DIAMOND logos.

They could of just left it the way it was!

But for the fact that it carries Blue Diamond logos and At the heart of Birmingham strapline which needs replacing and they are in the process of doing.

[iamwilljh92]

Kidderminster update (01/06/14)

Tividale vehicles have arrived in Kiddy my mate went past the garage today and had a look and he confirmed that the vehicles that are here include:

W567 JVV
KU52 RYH
LG02 FFH
V391 SVV

So there we go Black Diamond vehicles have returned to KR!! :)

[winston]

Kidderminster update (01/06/14)

Tividale vehicles have arrived in Kiddy my mate went past the garage today and had a look and he confirmed that the vehicles that are here include:

W567 JVV
KU52 RYH
LG02 FFH
V391 SVV

So there we go Black Diamond vehicles have returned to KR!! :)

Looks like its Darts for the 202 then. On the plus side, Tividale will now have two extra B7RLE to allocate elsewhere

I assume the Darts will be repainted blue in the not too distant future

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Kidderminster update (01/06/14)

Tividale vehicles have arrived in Kiddy my mate went past the garage today and had a look and he confirmed that the vehicles that are here include:

W567 JVV
KU52 RYH
LG02 FFH
V391 SVV

So there we go Black Diamond vehicles have returned to KR!! :)

Presumably to operate the 142/202/1. Thanks for the update-20849 and 30439 are absolutely fantastic buses!

It looks as if newer darts/those in better condition have been moved across, as opposed to 30454/5 as it may actually be worth repainting 30439!!

[iamwilljh92]

Kidderminster update (01/06/14)

Tividale vehicles have arrived in Kiddy my mate went past the garage today and had a look and he confirmed that the vehicles that are here include:

W567 JVV
KU52 RYH
LG02 FFH
V391 SVV

So there we go Black Diamond vehicles have returned to KR!! :)

Looks like its Darts for the 202 then. On the plus side, Tividale will now have two extra B7RLE to allocate elsewhere

I assume the Darts will be repainted blue in the not too distant future

They won't just be exclusive to those routes Winston as I overheard a driver say last week that MUO/MUP will be used on those routes as well

[the trainbasher]

@Winston pity they didn't send my favourite KW02 pointers :-)

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Kidderminster update (01/06/14)

Tividale vehicles have arrived in Kiddy my mate went past the garage today and had a look and he confirmed that the vehicles that are here include:

W567 JVV
KU52 RYH
LG02 FFH
V391 SVV

So there we go Black Diamond vehicles have returned to KR!! :)

Looks like its Darts for the 202 then. On the plus side, Tividale will now have two extra B7RLE to allocate elsewhere

I assume the Darts will be repainted blue in the not too distant future

They won't just be exclusive to those routes Winston as I overheard a driver say last week that MUO/MUP will be used on those routes as well

Well presumably any bus will appear on any route at some point as allocations seem pretty flexible at the moment!! Long darts  min are needed on the 202 though...

[winston]

Kidderminster update (01/06/14)

Tividale vehicles have arrived in Kiddy my mate went past the garage today and had a look and he confirmed that the vehicles that are here include:

W567 JVV
KU52 RYH
LG02 FFH
V391 SVV

So there we go Black Diamond vehicles have returned to KR!! :)

Looks like its Darts for the 202 then. On the plus side, Tividale will now have two extra B7RLE to allocate elsewhere

I assume the Darts will be repainted blue in the not too distant future

They won't just be exclusive to those routes Winston as I overheard a driver say last week that MUO/MUP will be used on those routes as well

You could find they may be only used on the 142/202 being allover black at least until they are repainted blue, as per the rest of the KR fleet.

Either way, the 202 needs long Darts & will be a bit of a come down from the leather seated 'Royale' B7RLE that the 202 passengers have become accustomed too....

[nitromatt1]

Kidderminster update (01/06/14)

Tividale vehicles have arrived in Kiddy my mate went past the garage today and had a look and he confirmed that the vehicles that are here include:

W567 JVV
KU52 RYH
LG02 FFH
V391 SVV

So there we go Black Diamond vehicles have returned to KR!! :)

Looks like its Darts for the 202 then. On the plus side, Tividale will now have two extra B7RLE to allocate elsewhere

I assume the Darts will be repainted blue in the not too distant future

They won't just be exclusive to those routes Winston as I overheard a driver say last week that MUO/MUP will be used on those routes as well

Well presumably any bus will appear on any route at some point as allocations seem pretty flexible at the moment!! Long darts  min are needed on the 202 though...

I'd use the ex First Darts on the 202 where possible. They seem the least poor vehicles Kidderminster have to play with

[winston]

@Winston pity they didn't send my favourite KW02 pointers :-)

@the trainbasher

They obviously didn't want to upset you.... as they know you have a soft spot for them.

[winston]

Kidderminster update (01/06/14)

Tividale vehicles have arrived in Kiddy my mate went past the garage today and had a look and he confirmed that the vehicles that are here include:

W567 JVV
KU52 RYH
LG02 FFH
V391 SVV

So there we go Black Diamond vehicles have returned to KR!! :)

Looks like its Darts for the 202 then. On the plus side, Tividale will now have two extra B7RLE to allocate elsewhere

I assume the Darts will be repainted blue in the not too distant future

They won't just be exclusive to those routes Winston as I overheard a driver say last week that MUO/MUP will be used on those routes as well

Well presumably any bus will appear on any route at some point as allocations seem pretty flexible at the moment!! Long darts  min are needed on the 202 though...

I'd use the ex First Darts on the 202 where possible. They seem the least poor vehicles Kidderminster have to play with

But they are/were supposed to be for the X3

[iamwilljh92]

Kidderminster update (01/06/14)

Tividale vehicles have arrived in Kiddy my mate went past the garage today and had a look and he confirmed that the vehicles that are here include:

W567 JVV
KU52 RYH
LG02 FFH
V391 SVV

So there we go Black Diamond vehicles have returned to KR!! :)

Looks like its Darts for the 202 then. On the plus side, Tividale will now have two extra B7RLE to allocate elsewhere

I assume the Darts will be repainted blue in the not too distant future

They won't just be exclusive to those routes Winston as I overheard a driver say last week that MUO/MUP will be used on those routes as well

Well presumably any bus will appear on any route at some point as allocations seem pretty flexible at the moment!! Long darts  min are needed on the 202 though...

I'd use the ex First Darts on the 202 where possible. They seem the least poor vehicles Kidderminster have to play with

I agree @Matt the ex-First Darts are actually the better vehicles of the KR fleet

[nitromatt1]

Kidderminster update (01/06/14)

Tividale vehicles have arrived in Kiddy my mate went past the garage today and had a look and he confirmed that the vehicles that are here include:

W567 JVV
KU52 RYH
LG02 FFH
V391 SVV

So there we go Black Diamond vehicles have returned to KR!! :)

Looks like its Darts for the 202 then. On the plus side, Tividale will now have two extra B7RLE to allocate elsewhere

I assume the Darts will be repainted blue in the not too distant future

They won't just be exclusive to those routes Winston as I overheard a driver say last week that MUO/MUP will be used on those routes as well

Well presumably any bus will appear on any route at some point as allocations seem pretty flexible at the moment!! Long darts  min are needed on the 202 though...

I'd use the ex First Darts on the 202 where possible. They seem the least poor vehicles Kidderminster have to play with

But they are/were supposed to be for the X3

There's a big difference between intentions and reality, I've seen them all over the place. I really think Kidderminster should be having Tividale's royales and not more poxy Darts as Kidderminster's services are far more suitable for them