Diamond Bus North West

[WWH44L]

Cheers Winston. Great chance to standardise and remove some of the oddbods at Bolton. 👍

[winston]

Cheers Winston. Great chance to standardise and remove some of the oddbods at Bolton. 👍

I understand Rotala are working towards standardization now they're a much bigger entity / can place bigger new bus orders etc.

[don]

I understand Rotala are working towards standardization now they're a much bigger entity / can place bigger new bus orders etc.

But at the cost of having a large proportion of vehicles of the same age in one place, and the potential issues that might bring. However I guess they have little choice. I'm curious how such a large order has been possible - I was wondering if it's some sort of leasing set up?

[winston]

But at the cost of having a large proportion of vehicles of the same age in one place, and the potential issues that might bring. However I guess they have little choice. I'm curious how such a large order has been possible - I was wondering if it's some sort of leasing set up?

The Bolton Streetdeck order was effectively the 2019 & 2020 orders combined due to Wrightbus woes.

Rotala have their sights on getting bigger, therefore, there may be opportunities to split the concentration of a large batch of similar aged buses up in the future.

[mikestone]

And a good price because customers are thin on the ground?

[BD12TCJ]

Does anyone know if any of the former Wigan Coachways stuff is still in the fleet with Rotala and where?

[Tony]

Does anyone know if any of the former Wigan Coachways stuff is still in the fleet with Rotala and where?

Full Rotala fleet list is available on the main site

[BD12TCJ]

Full Rotala fleet list is available on the main site

Ta

[the trainbasher]

Looks like 40705 is going to be off the road for a bit now

https://mobile.twitter.com/CarlEHaslam/status/1255515725453840390/photo/2

[BD12TCJ]

What will the open top(s?) be used for at Bolton?

[winston]

New Rotala Spec Streetdecks are beginning to enter service at Bolton:

DBNW promotional video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiaTQFmi02Q&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2JkldMHAt33F_Z3osJz3eEerN2fPqbAONIsuW5Y3R67QOHIV_qVnIOnA0

[Jack6101]

Looks like the 19 plate street decks have had there displays changed to oranges LED displays like the new 20 plate ones

[the trainbasher]

Looks like the 19 plate street decks have had there displays changed to oranges LED displays like the new 20 plate ones

Changed to Mobitec units I believe

[Tony]

New Rotala Spec Streetdecks are beginning to enter service at Bolton:

DBNW promotional video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiaTQFmi02Q&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2JkldMHAt33F_Z3osJz3eEerN2fPqbAONIsuW5Y3R67QOHIV_qVnIOnA0

40745 was the highest numbered one I saw on Thursday
http://wmbusphotos.com/diamondpages/40745.html

[LancashireLad]

Diamond has sadly lost a number of Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) contracts from 11 April, which were operated by Eccles depot.