Diamond West Midlands - Redditch

[Jack]

Are all redditch routes quite boring?

247 is a nice run - plus you get the two beastly E300's on it - 30933 and 30945. (247 is Redditch to Evesham). The 82 isn't bad either, the Citaro's were great when they were the allocation, now it's given boring Streetlites.

[Adam 404]

Johnson's appear to be taking over the 64 from Diamond from 2nd Jan:

PD0000226/148 Registered (Short notice)
JOHNSONS (HENLEY) LTD
Route: Redditch Bus Station to Woodrow North, Astley Close via Smallwood, Lodge Park
Service number: 64
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 02 Jan 2018

http://www.johnsonscoaches.co.uk/contentfiles/files/64%20Redditch%20to%20Woodrow%20North.pdf

In return, Diamond have won Service 53 & 65 from Dial a Ride.

PD0001374/460 Registered (Short notice)
DIAMOND BUS LTD
Route: Redditch Bus Station to Redditch Bus Station via Arthur Jobson House
Service number: 65
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Jan 2018

PD0001374/459 Registered (Short notice)
DIAMOND BUS LTD
Route: Redditch Bus Station to Redditch Bus Station via Brockhill Drive
Service number: 53
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Jan 2018

PD0001374/394 Registered (Short notice)
DIAMOND BUS LTD
Route: Redditch Bus Station to Redditch Bus Station via Matchborough, Alexandra Hospital, Walkwood
Service number: 47 (48)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 01 Jan 2018

[Kevin2017]

Reddicth has two depots? Church Road and Plymouth Road?

[MW]

Reddicth has two depots? Church Road and Plymouth Road?

Yup

Both very small

[the trainbasher]

Reddicth has two depots? Church Road and Plymouth Road?

Church Road is the ex Diamond one and Plymouth Road is the ex First one when it was the two operators in Redditch

[Cedric]

Church Road is the ex Diamond one and Plymouth Road is the ex First one when it was the two operators in Redditch

Church Road Was the old midland red garage

[busfan2847]

Church Road is the ex Diamond one and Plymouth Road is the ex First one when it was the two operators in Redditch

The Church Rd garage was opened by Midland Red in July 1931. An overflow parking lot opened at Plymouth Rd in June 1978. Both passed to Midland Red West in Sep 1981 and First Midland Red in March 1999.
In January 2004 First Midland Red closed the Church Road depot and moved all RH operations to Plymouth Rd with maintenance taking place at Worcester or Kiddereminster. From 2005 maintenance was also carried out at Plymouth Rd.
Meanwhile First Midland Red sold the Church Rd garage to a property developer who leased it later in 2004 to Pete's Travel, trading as People's Express. People's Express closed the depot in June 2005.
Church Rd reopened again in February 2007 by Diamond Bus (during the Go-Ahead era). Depot passed from Go-Ahead to Rotala in March 2008 along with the rest of Diamond Bus.
In March 2013 Diamond bus tookover First Midland Red services in Redditch and Kidderminster along with the Plymouth Rd site and now operates from both sites.

[DMCL]

20027 (YJ10 MFZ) Optare Solo in Signature livery was broken down and blocking 50% of the road at the junction of Headless Cross Drive and Coldfield Drive in Redditch this lunch time.

[Solo1]

20027 (YJ10 MFZ) Optare Solo in Signature livery was broken down and blocking 50% of the road at the junction of Headless Cross Drive and Coldfield Drive in Redditch this lunch time.

I thought the solo's SR'S were on the solihul services & not on  Redditch services

[DMCL]

I thought the solo's SR'S were on the solihul services & not on  Redditch services

I have seen the Signature Solos on Redditch town services occasionally, perhaps a little more often than before during the last few weeks.

[Kevin]

I thought the solo's SR'S were on the solihul services & not on  Redditch services

Happens with every garage at every company, it's nice to keep the high spec buses on high spec routes but sometimes it's just gotta be any vehicle on any route

[winston]

I have seen the Signature Solos on Redditch town services occasionally, perhaps a little more often than before during the last few weeks.

http://forum.midlandred.net/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=1392

Looking at these pictures from today, there seems to be a distinct lack of the 65 plate Streetites on the 57/58 these days, with a WF Streetlite / Signature Solo & B7L appearing

Also, 30945 still has it's duct taped front bumper after over a month:

http://forum.midlandred.net/download/file.php?id=1197&mode=view

30945 11th Dec:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/99180483@N03/27541615069

[Straightlines]

http://forum.midlandred.net/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=1392

Looking at these pictures from today, there seems to be a distinct lack of the 65 plate Streetites on the 57/58 these days, with a WF Streetlite / Signature Solo & B7L appearing

Normally over Solihull and Coventry because the rest of the fleet generally can't make it that far!

[Cheese]

Just seen Versa YJ61CHK being towed away from Redditch, for repair or not coming back?

[DMCL]

20884 (YJ62 FKT) White Solo SR on route 47 in Redditch this morning.