Diamond Bus North West

[Y458 KNF]

RE: Diamond Bus North West
When are the next batch of vehicles due to replace more of Firsts loans?

[gilesbus1]

RE: Diamond Bus North West

(20/09/2019 21:06)M60lad Wrote:  Are Diamond's evening 34s going to be running the same route as Stagecoach's 34s? Only I've seen something saying that the 34s are replacing the evening 26 service but that goes via Swinton whereas 34 goes nowhere near Swinton these days and instead runs via Monton and Salford Royal Hospital.

I think no one would really travel between central Swinton and Leigh, its hardly a high user route, and in any case Vantage can be accessed on the A580 just outside Swinton. Swinton is served by the 37 and 38 between 1800 and 2400 in any case, so not really a major priority to retain this route in those area's.

Once regulation occurs if it does, then that's an opportunity to introduce a recast network around Worsley which has lost several routes since Vantage opened an establish new links, although Worsley has high car usership,
which is another reason why bus user ship has not been able to be retained at substantial levels within that area.

[SF07]

RE: Diamond Bus North West

(20/09/2019 21:06)M60lad Wrote:  Are Diamond's evening 34s going to be running the same route as Stagecoach's 34s? Only I've seen something saying that the 34s are replacing the evening 26 service but that goes via Swinton whereas 34 goes nowhere near Swinton these days and instead runs via Monton and Salford Royal Hospital.

From July's GMCA meeting:

Quote:The daily hourly evening service 26 is currently provided with the financial support from TfGM.
In order to simplify the network in the Salford and Wigan areas, it is proposed that a package of changes are made to evening services to bring them into line with the commercial day-time network.

As part of this, it is recommended that evening service 26 be withdrawn.

Alternative facilities are provided between Leigh and Worsley, Court House by Service 34 (see below).
The section of route between the junction of Worsley Road and Greenleach Lane and the East Lancs Road will become unserved in the evening.

This will affect an average of 1.22 passengers per trip, Monday to Friday, 1.33 per trip on Saturdays and 1.22 per trip on Sundays.

Quote:Officers are proposing the introduction of a new daily hourly evening service 34. This evening service will match the daytime commercial operation and provide a partial replacement for service 26 (see above).

https://www.gmcameetings.co.uk/meetings/..._committee

[ant17612]

RE: Diamond Bus North West
Streetdeck 40711 turned up on the 163 last night with Bus Times reporting it as B9TL 37443, must of been a ticket machine swap. Does anyone know what the B9 is showing as?

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Diamond Bus North West
Some Changes on the License:

DIAMOND BUS (NORTH WEST) LIMITED
Director(s): ROBERT ANTHONY DUNN, Simon Lee Dunn, Kim Taylor,
Matthew Paul Rawlinson
DIAMOND BUS NW LTD, WESTON STREET, BOLTON, BL3 2AW
Removed operating centre: Units 10-11, Blackpool, FY4 4NW
Removed operating centre: Heanor Depot, Heanor Gate Industrial Estate, Heanor
Gate Road, Heanor, DE757RJ
Removed operating centre: UNIT 22/23, CHANTERS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE,
TYLDESLEY OLD ROAD, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 9BE
New operating centre: DBNW BUS DEPOT, WESTON STREET, BOLTON, BL3
2AW
New authorisation at this operating centre will be: 210 vehicle(s)
Decrease at existing operating centre: 221 Deepdale Road, Preston, PR1 6NY
New authorisation at this operating centre will be: 20 vehicle(s)

[Winston]

RE: Diamond Bus North West

(25/09/2019 14:35)T42 PVM Wrote:  Some Changes on the License:

DIAMOND BUS (NORTH WEST) LIMITED
Director(s): ROBERT ANTHONY DUNN, Simon Lee Dunn, Kim Taylor,
Matthew Paul Rawlinson
DIAMOND BUS NW LTD, WESTON STREET, BOLTON, BL3 2AW
Removed operating centre: Units 10-11, Blackpool, FY4 4NW
Removed operating centre: Heanor Depot, Heanor Gate Industrial Estate, Heanor
Gate Road, Heanor, DE757RJ

Heanor depot has now been moved on to Preston Bus license with a 50 vehicle authorisation.

[johnluke]

RE: Diamond Bus North West
Shows just 20 buses at prestonbus

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Diamond Bus North West
A none Enthusiast i know has just put a photo online of an Enviro400 all smashed up saying a Bin Lorry has smashed into the Bus.

[SF07]

RE: Diamond Bus North West
Diamond Bus making some changes from end of October. Mostly minor changes to the ex-First routes along with some contracted changes.

• 8: Afternoon peak-time journeys re-timed.
• 26/34: Evening journeys on service 26 withdrawn and partly replaced by service 34, departing at 35 past the hour in both directions.
• 35: Withdrawn.
• 68: Additional evening journeys introduced, replacing current First journeys.
• 132: The 1746 Mon-Sat journey from Wigan is extended from Boothstown to intu Trafford Centre.
• 162/163: Afternoon peak-time journeys re-timed.
• 245: The 2158 journey from intu Trafford Centre is extended from Sale to Altrincham
• 300: New Saturday journeys at 0815 from intu Trafford Centre and 1845 from Bolton
• 472/474: Minor timetable changes
• 501: Service re-timed with buses leaving Johnson Fold two minutes earlier
• 524: Minor timetable changes
• 561/562: Minor timetable changes
• 607: Times changed
• 635: Evening service withdrawn
• 694: Loss of tender
• 695: Times changed.
• X8: New weekday morning service, running two journeys at 0700 and 0720 from Bolton to Manchester via Farnworth and Pendlebury (journey time 65 minutes).
• X39: Journeys that currently start/terminate at Little Hulton will extend to Farnworth.
  

https://www.diamondbuses.com/news/dbnw-o...9-changes/

[mikestone]

RE: Diamond Bus North West

(25/09/2019 17:01)Winston Wrote:  Heanor depot has now been moved on to Preston Bus license with a 50 vehicle authorisation.

Interestingly Simon Dunn has said "I cannot comment" reply on another forum.
;
I can't think of a 50 vehicle candidate.