Diamond Bus North West

[Winston]

RE: Diamond Bus North West

(30/06/2019 17:55)gilesbus1 Wrote:  55 plate Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban 30855 has moved also into Atherton it came in last week, presume another bound for Bolton.

Arriva has a number of companies interested in buying the whole fleet namely Brookfield Asset Management, Carlyle Group, Keolis and Apollo Global Management. So unless any of them are using it as a torch to raise funds by splitting the business up doubt Rotala would get it, also any take-over of Bolton may lead to an MMC investigation of Rotala as it would then have 90% of what is in Bolton and Atherton. Suspect Wythenshawe would be more likely.

30855 is a 58 plate. Also noticed on FB that 30856 & 30861 are now at Atherton in existing allover blue, presume they will be prepped & repainted there before entry in to service.

Rotala will have the best part of the commercial routes in/out of Bolton, plus Bolton depot is far superior to any other depot. Rotala chose not to conclude the Arriva Manchester deal back in 2017. They may get the opportunity to pick up any Arriva Bolton routes should they exit, as there's not a lot left of it.