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RE: Diamond Bus North West - St Helens Rider - 18/10/2018 13:50
(18/10/2018 13:39)RedPanda Wrote: Burtonwood? First’s 100 goes from Warrington every hour
Be interesting to see what its like
But the 100 isn't going to Burtonwood direct though.
RE: Diamond Bus North West - RedPanda - 18/10/2018 15:26
(18/10/2018 13:50)St Helens Rider Wrote: But the 100 isn't going to Burtonwood direct though.
Yes I know but its a short ride of 15-20 mins. I saw before its a works contract and thought it’s end destination would be Omega (formally Burtonwood Airfield) though the 1000 start from Manchester and 1115 from Burtonwood looked like a ramdom time. Certainly not when the time shift workers would need the bus for their early morning start/finish.
Then rereading the post from M60lad 2200 from Manchester 2315 from Burtonwood again confused me. My thoughts are based on normal shift patterns 0600-1400 1400-2200 2200-0600
RE: Diamond Bus North West - mikestone - 18/10/2018 15:30
I would have thought it was for twelve hour shifts starting at 11.00 and 23.00.
RE: Diamond Bus North West - mikemcniven - 19/10/2018 18:27
(18/10/2018 10:17)M60lad Wrote: Diamondbus Northwest at Atherton have picked up a new works contract running from Manchester Chorlton Street-Burtonwood.
It does 1 round trip in the morning and another round trip in the evening:
10:00 Manchester Chorlton Street-Burtonwood
11:15 Burtonwood-Chorlton Street
22:00 Manchester Chorlton Street-Burtonwood
23:15 Burtonwood-Chorlton Street
I saw that today after it had completed the 1115 journey and was returning back to the depot, seen on Princess Street, Manchester
![[Image: 44515178145_bf5c1a9aa0_b.jpg]](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1942/44515178145_bf5c1a9aa0_b.jpg)
Diamond Bus NW BK13NZN by Mike McNiven, on Flickr
RE: Diamond Bus North West - Citibus - 04/12/2018 22:46
Diamond West Midlands have unveiled a new livery on 10 new Mellor Strata bodied Mercedes-Benz buses this year with 17 Optare Streetlites due in 2019 in a total £3.5million investment.
Im guessing (and hoping) this new livery will also eventually replace the very dull all-over dark blue in the North West operations. Don't like the unpainted bumpers though.
![[Image: mellor_v2.jpg?width=690]](https://www.diamondbuses.com/media/1753/mellor_v2.jpg?width=690)
https://www.diamondbuses.com/news/brand-new-buses/
RE: Diamond Bus North West - Nwales Bus - 04/12/2018 23:17
(04/12/2018 22:46)Citibus Wrote: Diamond West Midlands have unveiled a new livery on 10 new Mellor Strata bodied Mercedes-Benz buses this year with 17 Optare Streetlites due in 2019 in a total £3.5million investment.
Im guessing (and hoping) this new livery will also eventually replace the very dull all-over dark blue in the North West operations. Don't like the unpainted bumpers though.
https://www.diamondbuses.com/news/brand-new-buses/
17 Optare Streetlites. Im sure that will be a suprise to the Optare factory haha
RE: Diamond Bus North West - Citibus - 04/12/2018 23:43
(04/12/2018 23:17)Nwales Bus Wrote: 17 Optare Streetlites. Im sure that will be a suprise to the Optare factory haha
indeed!
i blindly quoted the text
RE: Diamond Bus North West - knutstransport - 05/12/2018 11:52
(04/12/2018 23:17)Nwales Bus Wrote: 17 Optare Streetlites. Im sure that will be a suprise to the Optare factory haha
Perhaps Optare have discovered a way of making the Streetlite have good ride quality.
RE: Diamond Bus North West - SF07 - 20/01/2019 16:53
Bit surprising last night to see a TfGM Solo operating on the 35 arrive at Piccadilly Gardens to drop passengers off at stand B on Oldham Street rather than via Mosley Street at around 2230-ish.
RE: Diamond Bus North West - Citibus - 22/01/2019 17:43
New service 13 Worsley-Salford Quays will be operated by route branded Solo SRs.
Route details along the roofline and a Salford Quays/Lowry theatre graphic behind the rear wheels.
One was out operating on today on a 65