Diamond Bus North West

[iMarkeh]

RE: Diamond Bus North West

(28/09/2019 13:26)SF07 Wrote:  Diamond Bus making some changes from end of October. Mostly minor changes to the ex-First routes along with some contracted changes.

• 8: Afternoon peak-time journeys re-timed.
• 26/34: Evening journeys on service 26 withdrawn and partly replaced by service 34, departing at 35 past the hour in both directions.
• 35: Withdrawn.
• 68: Additional evening journeys introduced, replacing current First journeys.
• 132: The 1746 Mon-Sat journey from Wigan is extended from Boothstown to intu Trafford Centre.
• 162/163: Afternoon peak-time journeys re-timed.
• 245: The 2158 journey from intu Trafford Centre is extended from Sale to Altrincham
• 300: New Saturday journeys at 0815 from intu Trafford Centre and 1845 from Bolton
• 472/474: Minor timetable changes
• 501: Service re-timed with buses leaving Johnson Fold two minutes earlier
• 524: Minor timetable changes
• 561/562: Minor timetable changes
• 607: Times changed
• 635: Evening service withdrawn
• 694: Loss of tender
• 695: Times changed.
• X8: New weekday morning service, running two journeys at 0700 and 0720 from Bolton to Manchester via Farnworth and Pendlebury (journey time 65 minutes).
• X39: Journeys that currently start/terminate at Little Hulton will extend to Farnworth.
  

https://www.diamondbuses.com/news/dbnw-o...9-changes/

Seems like dead millage changes really forthe X39 and the 132. Does anyone know of any buses having to start in Manchester at around 8-half 8 which could explain the X8 as otherwise, this seems like an increase in resources.

The rest seems like reliability changes. Good thing for Diamond to be doing at such an early stage.