Diamond South East (formerly Hallmark Connections / Hotel Hoppa)

[Michael Bevan]

Just seen on Flickr that 32321 is now down at Hallmark for a bit and according to bustimes.org is out in service on the 458... https://flic.kr/p/2kBAA7M

Also 32311 has now been repainted back into the Brighter Diamond base livery after spending a few months at Hallmark in a white livery... https://flic.kr/p/2kBE8F1 (old livery at Hallmark https://flic.kr/p/2kimGhB)

At the moment it would appear 20176, 20182 and 20183 have been transferred down to Hallmark and have entered service. So I suspect the others won't be far behind...

20176: https://flic.kr/p/2kBALi3
20182: https://flic.kr/p/2kBDUZZ
20183: https://flic.kr/p/2kBtSH6

[Simon Dunn]

Just seen on Flickr that 32321 is now down at Hallmark for a bit and according to bustimes.org is out in service on the 458... https://flic.kr/p/2kBAA7M

Also 32311 has now been repainted back into the Brighter Diamond base livery after spending a few months at Hallmark in a white livery... https://flic.kr/p/2kBE8F1 (old livery at Hallmark https://flic.kr/p/2kimGhB)

At the moment it would appear 20176, 20182 and 20183 have been transferred down to Hallmark and have entered service. So I suspect the others won't be far behind...

20176: https://flic.kr/p/2kBALi3
20182: https://flic.kr/p/2kBDUZZ
20183: https://flic.kr/p/2kBtSH6

These are being moved due to Euro 6 requirements from 1st March.

Until we see a recovery in Hoppa there is no need to transfer anymore


Simon

[DJ]

Hallmark is being rebranded to Diamond over the next few weeks, as per a post on their Facebook page.

[Damo]

News coming in that the London and Surrey fire services are currently attending the Bedfont Road depot due to a fire in a ground floor kitchen.

https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2021/february/fire-at-bus-depot-stanwell/

Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters were called to a fire at a bus depot on Bedfont Road in Hounslow.

A kitchen on the ground floor of the depot was completely destroyed by the fire and a small part of the roof was damaged. Four members of staff left the building before the Brigade arrived, there were no reports of any injuries.

The Brigade was called at 2134  and the fire was under control by 2357 . Fire crews from Feltham, Hayes, Heathrow and Heston fire stations attended the scene. Three fire engines from Surrey Fire and Rescue Service also attended and assisted with the incident.

The cause of fire is under investigation.

[LancashireLad]

It been reported on the fleet changes, that some coaches have been acquired numbered 11552-11557 for Stanwell. Does anybody know the details of these please.

[Tony]

It been reported on the fleet changes, that some coaches have been acquired numbered 11552-11557 for Stanwell. Does anybody know the details of these please.

only have to check the fleetlist on the main site
http://wmbusphotos.com/diamondpages/fleetlist2.html

[LancashireLad]

Cheers

[Ash]

32310 now in service at Diamond Bus South East

https://www.flickr.com/photos/steves-travels/51710020386/

[Kevin]

Interesting to see that Diamond have made some improvements to their 250 in Oxfordshire (my neck of the woods), with extra peak and new Sunday short journeys between Heyford and Bicester. It's a route that never really saw much investment under COMS/Thames Travel and honestly wasn't expecting Diamond do do anything other than just run it as is, so kudos to them (presume it's funded by the developments in Heyford)

Side note - worth renaming this thread to "Diamond - South East"?

[Stu]

Side note - worth renaming this thread to "Diamond - South East"?

Consider it done  ;)

[hlliwmai]

I've seen a video on Facebook today of Streetlite 32310 (SK16 GXN) in what I can only assume is Stanwell depot workshop where it has fell off the workshop ramp the video isn't the best quality so I can't make out what damage has been done but I can only assume it'll now be a write off 

[winston]

I've seen a video on Facebook today of Streetlite 32310 (SK16 GXN) in what I can only assume is Stanwell depot workshop where it has fell off the workshop ramp the video isn't the best quality so I can't make out what damage has been done but I can only assume it'll now be a write off

No, it will be repaired by Wrightbus

[Simon Dunn]

No, it will be repaired by Wrightbus

A contractor was on site undertaking a repair to a vehicle.  The contractor was using our lifts, and failed to mount the vehicle properly on the lifts.

We have the whole incident on CCTV.   

The vehicle is being repaired by Wrights.

[Damo]

The Bedfont Lakes business park services BL1/2 to Feltham/Heathrow respectively are being taken over from RATP London United from Monday 13th February 2023 (or 2022 if you look at the Diamond website image ).

https://www.diamondbuses.com/news/new-bedfont-lakes-service-130223/

[ellspurs]

Interesting to see that Diamond have made some improvements to their 250 in Oxfordshire (my neck of the woods), with extra peak and new Sunday short journeys between Heyford and Bicester. It's a route that never really saw much investment under COMS/Thames Travel and honestly wasn't expecting Diamond do do anything other than just run it as is, so kudos to them (presume it's funded by the developments in Heyford)

Side note - worth renaming this thread to "Diamond - South East"?

On this, Diamond South East stop operating the service after today. I have looked to see if there is another operator taking over it, but neither bustimes nor Traveline list anything. Diamond's tweets tell you to refer to Oxfordshire County Council website which doesn't appear to be aware of the route withdrawal.