Diamond Bus North West

[Mayneway]

RE: Diamond Bus North West

(04/08/2020 05:59)M60lad Wrote:  I cant see Diamond myself going anywhere soon considering how much money they've spent on Diamond Northwest recently with the new double deckers that are arriving now.

As for Big Operators taking them over who is there now to take them over? I very much doubt First will want Bolton back as it was them who got rid of Bolton in the first place, I thought Arriva were after selling up in the UK or has that changed now? Stagecoach probably cant have Bolton due to them probably then having a Monopoly in Manchester area.

I might be wrong here but from what I can gather at the moment the days of missing services from Diamond are virtually over and most services that they run are quite reliable and turn up when they are meant to.

I never suggested them being taken over, I said I can see other operators registering and running against them on some of their major routes in and out of Manchester!
As for missing trips and drivers etc. They are apparently running at 75% at the moment and have no drivers on furlough (they have all been brought back), if social distancing was to be relaxed and service levels increased to 100% diamond are back to dropping trips in the hope nobody notices.

This is Dianond we’re talking about, who accept changes to TFGM tenders weeks before change date yet fail to train or even tell their drivers where they are going. Yet again today 217’s and 18’s spotted going completely the wrong way! Need I say more.