+- Forum | Merseyside Dennis Dart Website (http://dartslf.com/forum)
+-- Forum: Buses (/forumdisplay.php?fid=1)
+--- Forum: Local Bus Scene: North West and Wales (/forumdisplay.php?fid=2)
+--- Thread: Diamond Bus North West (/showthread.php?tid=95)
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231
RE: Diamond Bus North West (formerly South Lancs Travel) - M60lad - 10/09/2016 05:23
2 of Diamond Atherton's Scania double deckers are now in service and for the time being are confined to former Wigan Coachways work, one was on 352 Winstanley College-Wgan route yesterday along with another on 633 Winstanley-Wigan route, I managed a trip on the one that was doing 633 yesterday afternoon with a driver friend of mine and in my opinion not bad buses, fully CCTV'd, only slight problem I noticed with the one I was on was when the front door was opened the drivers CCTV monitor would default to the camera showing where the centre door would have been.
Only other Diamond decker I noticed was T42PVM heading from Ben Johnson towards Marus Bridge M6 roundabout, obviously on its way to a School
RE: Diamond Bus North West (formerly South Lancs Travel) - T42 PVM - 10/09/2016 05:33
The 352 and 633 interwork so it would of been the same Decker you seen
RE: Diamond Bus North West (formerly South Lancs Travel) - M60lad - 10/09/2016 05:36
It was definatly a different one Tez as I saw one leave Wigan Bus Station as I was on my way in from Ashton on 600, then I saw the one on 633 already on stand in Bus Station as I got in.
RE: Diamond Bus North West (formerly South Lancs Travel) - motormayhem1 - 10/09/2016 07:45
They had a coach doing the 633 in the morning as seen it coming out of wigan bus stn with it on the dests and passengers on it.
RE: Diamond Bus North West (formerly South Lancs Travel) - mikestone - 21/10/2016 17:14
In today's N&P a change to the VA requires production of bank statements. This seems rather strange for a firm of their status.
RE: Diamond Bus North West (formerly South Lancs Travel) - T42 PVM - 21/10/2016 17:17
Could you post the full details please, I would like a quick read of it
RE: Diamond Bus North West (formerly South Lancs Travel) - Mayneway - 21/10/2016 20:23
(21/10/2016 17:14)mikestone Wrote: In today's N&P a change to the VA requires production of bank statements. This seems rather strange for a firm of their status.
Nothing strange about that the requirements of having a licence is that you have so much money set aside for each vehicle you operate ie have a disk for. When an operater applies for an increase to VA the TC/VOSA often ask for evidence that the op has suffient funds to run the vehiches. I'm sure it's £6500 for every vehicle operated.
RE: Diamond Bus North West (formerly South Lancs Travel) - mikestone - 21/10/2016 20:53
I know that, but putting a condition like that in N&P on an established operator, part of a quoted PLC, is surely unusual.
RE: Diamond Bus North West (formerly South Lancs Travel) - Mayneway - 21/10/2016 21:30
(21/10/2016 20:53)mikestone Wrote: I know that, but putting a condition like that in N&P on an established operator, part of a quoted PLC, is surely unusual.
Haven't Rotala had issues with the TC in another area with a VA reduction plus im sure SLT have had issues in the past so possibly something to do with that.
RE: Diamond Bus North West (formerly South Lancs Travel) - motormayhem1 - 22/10/2016 08:03
Preston bus had issues sometime last year where employees didnt get paid numerous times over the space of 2-3 months.