They have advertised jobs at Bolton before, it normally applies to jobs based at Atherton were the driving is only within Bolton, normally 575 and 571 & 2.
Noticed on the N&P is increased Buses for their Depots, Also a weird one has popped up is a Depot near Nottingham for 125 Buses, Is this a current Depot?
DIAMOND BUS (NORTH WEST) LIMITED
Director(s): ROBERT ANTHONY DUNN, Simon Lee Dunn, Kim Taylor,
Matthew Paul Rawlinson
221 DEEPDALE ROAD, PRESTON, PR1 6NY
New operating centre: 221 Deepdale Road, Preston, PR1 6NY
New authorisation at this operating centre will be: 25 vehicle(s)
New operating centre: Units 10-11, Blackpool, FY4 4NW
New authorisation at this operating centre will be: 10 vehicle(s)
Increase at existing operating centre: UNIT 22/23, CHANTERS INDUSTRIAL
ESTATE, TYLDESLEY OLD ROAD, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 9BE
New authorisation at this operating centre will be: 70 vehicle(s)
Increase at existing operating centre: 186 Old Wellington Road, Eccles,
Manchester, Manchester, M30 9QC
New authorisation at this operating centre will be: 60 vehicle(s)
New operating centre: Heanor Depot, Heanor Gate Industrial Estate, Heanor Gate
Road, Heanor, DE757RJ
New authorisation at this operating centre will be: 125 vehicle(s)
Transport Manager(s): DAVID JOSEPH LEONARD, THOMAS LOUIS
CALDERBANK
Heanor is the Yourbus depot (Dunn Motor Traction)
(06/06/2019 17:01)SandyDrew Wrote: [ -> ]Heanor is the Yourbus depot (Dunn Motor Traction)
Interesting its now on the Diamond Bus North West Licence
The new operating centres at Deepdale (existing Preston Bus) and Blackpool make me wonder if the Preston - Fylde tendered services, and the Blackpool area school contracts are going to be re-registered in the name of Diamond Bus NW, and thus operated by Diamond liveried vehicles instead. Same with the Preston to Chorley tendered services, changing to another registration and livery, but using the same staff.
Also, I would presume the address in Blackpool is the Jackson coaches base, which PB uses as an outstation.
Interesting loan to Prestonbus is MAN Wright Meridian 30535 PF09LCO, according to a post on Social Media it's been running round Preston today on 88s with Hymn Numbers in the windscreen and destination set to Diamond Northwest, so obviously it was rushed into service without time to have the destination reprogrammed.
(06/06/2019 18:30)robertclark125 Wrote: [ -> ]The new operating centres at Deepdale (existing Preston Bus) and Blackpool make me wonder if the Preston - Fylde tendered services, and the Blackpool area school contracts are going to be re-registered in the name of Diamond Bus NW, and thus operated by Diamond liveried vehicles instead. Same with the Preston to Chorley tendered services, changing to another registration and livery, but using the same staff.
Also, I would presume the address in Blackpool is the Jackson coaches base, which PB uses as an outstation.
This should be the case. PrestonBus should be for buses operating to/from Preston really. Out of the area buses should be under Diamond Bus in my opinion.
The Blackpool depot will be the Hallmark depot next to Terrys Carpets. If you look on Google Maps you can see it is near Jacksons Coaches.
(06/06/2019 17:10)T42 PVM Wrote: [ -> ]Interesting its now on the Diamond Bus North West Licence
I am reliably informed that it is a paperwork exercise as the overall increase in discs requires appropriate facilities in the NWTA. What he hasn't disclosed is why they were applied for - my guess is that it was an aborted purchase of first Bolton.
(06/06/2019 19:14)iMarkeh Wrote: [ -> ]This should be the case. PrestonBus should be for buses operating to/from Preston really. Out of the area buses should be under Diamond Bus in my opinion.
The Blackpool depot will be the Hallmark depot next to Terrys Carpets. If you look on Google Maps you can see it is near Jacksons Coaches.
Also, by moving the out of city services to DBNW, if that's indeed what this is all about, it means that vehicles without vaults can operate the services, as the Preston Bus vehicles have exact fare vaults, DBNW doesn't. The vaults are supposed to be covered over, so perhaps having a separate "out of city" fleet and livery will make things easier.
(06/06/2019 17:10)T42 PVM Wrote: [ -> ]Interesting its now on the Diamond Bus North West Licence
Oh? Does this mean that Rotala are in the process of taking over Your Bus of Heanor?