Diamond Bus North West

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RE: Diamond Bus North West

(04/07/2019 20:56)johnluke Wrote:  Jim stones has been going a long time..I'm very surprised that in that time nobody has registered on their routes and put them out of business as it would not be hard for a larger operator to do..but if he is to retire the I hope he gets a fair price for the goodwill and effort

He had a strong image in Leigh GM Buses tried with Little Gem's early on but it was a flop, however his image isn't now as strong as it once was, people are used to the Private Plates and vehicles and I guess when vehicles like Vantage's run alongside there isn't a lot of difference. He is though a decent chap and has served the people of Leigh well over the years.

I think really the best option would be now to sell, with so much for the Business e.g. Drivers, Engineer, Goodwill and Routes, and then he can sell on top of that the vehicles, plant and equipment, and continue to rent the building for some other use, he should make a reasonable amount out of that.

If Diamond wan't to build up the business further in the Leigh area, then another option is to extend a few 582's beyond Leigh to Lowton Lane Head and Newton-le-Willows as they used to be before GM North cut them back under FirstGroup ownership, the journey's were well used as people from South of Leigh liked there trips to Bolton and the service wen't back to LUT days originally going onward to Warrington. FirstGroup merely cut it back in order to make high frequency corridors, and they didn't want the 582 duplicating what was then the 600, which was another high frequency route. However neither the 582 or the 600 or 10 are no longer their concern.