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[Mayneway]

RE: Go Goodwins

(16/09/2021 14:29)knutstransport Wrote:  Well it's not straight forward given that:

* Go Goodwins ran bus services as Go Goodwins.
* Then they rebranded them as Little Gem.
* Then they sold the bus operations to Diamond, meaning Diamond started using de-branded Little Gem buses.
* Then they started bidding for contracts again, most ones which they ran in the past and ones Diamond had been running.

While I mentioned the TfGM Versa being used by Little Gem in an earlier post, what I didn't mention is I saw it at the airport station and it was next to a bus in identical branding being used by Diamond and the Diamond driver was chatting to the Little Gem driver. Anyone would think the buses and drivers belonged to the same company at the same depot.

It also seems that they have 3 Solos in the fleet from 2007 and 2008, while D&G are using 3 former Go-Goodwins Solos from 2010 and two of their old Enviros from 2011, often on routes which go to Altrincham or Manchester Airport.

Goodwins actually have 2 Versa’s. KCY and KCX.
When Goodwins won all this work in April most of the drivers defected from Diamond Eccles (some had worked for Goodwins until the last takeover) to Goodwins.