Diamond Bus North West

[iMarkeh]

RE: Diamond Bus North West

(09/02/2021 10:05)Mayneway Wrote:  I don’t think they have won anything significantly to cushion the blow of the losses. They have retained the 217 and the 247 and possibly gained the 171/172 but I’d think it’s work they would rather have won on top of the tenders they have lost.

Bolton has and always has had driver shortages whereas Eccles has always done ok with drivers. It’s easy to say close Eccles and move what’s left to Bolton but I can’t see many of the drivers travelling that far so you loose more of your vital drivers.

171/172 is 5 buses so it will certainly cushion the blow. I'm sure the Alt/Sale tenders work out to be around 7/8 buses overall. so a net loss of 2-3 buses. Not good but not as bad as it could have been. It will be interesting to see what Diamond send out on the 171/172 since Stagecoach were putting deckers out a fair bit pre Covid due to the amount of school kids getting on.