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RE: Diamond Bus North West - knutstransport - 12/01/2022 19:39
Diamond bus allowed clean air zone protestors with farmyard animals to travel on the 471 bus
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/taxi-protests-thousands-angry-social-22717148.amp
RE: Diamond Bus North West - Mayneway - 12/01/2022 22:28
(12/01/2022 19:39)knutstransport Wrote: Diamond bus allowed clean air zone protestors with farmyard animals to travel on the 471 bus
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/taxi-protests-thousands-angry-social-22717148.amp
Bit of a strange story. The lady intended to board a 471 with her sheep and pony, diamond got wind of it and instructed drivers not to stop. One of the ‘directors’ apparently drove down, spoke to her, made a phone call and an out of service bus quickly turned up and picked the protesters and animals up and whisked them to Bury all in front of the reporters. The director whoever it was refused to be on camera.
RE: Diamond Bus North West - knutstransport - 13/01/2022 16:13
(12/01/2022 22:28)Mayneway Wrote: Bit of a strange story. The lady intended to board a 471 with her sheep and pony, diamond got wind of it and instructed drivers not to stop. One of the ‘directors’ apparently drove down, spoke to her, made a phone call and an out of service bus quickly turned up and picked the protesters and animals up and whisked them to Bury all in front of the reporters. The director whoever it was refused to be on camera.
That makes more sense, I thought there were a high number of unoccupied seats on that bus. From her account it sounds like the driver of a few buses refused to pick them up and then the next one did. I'm not sure what the TC would have said had it been a bus in service, you can exactly exit the bus quickly in an emergency if there's a sheep and a horse blocking the aisle!
RE: Diamond Bus North West - iMarkeh - 13/01/2022 16:44
(12/01/2022 22:28)Mayneway Wrote: Bit of a strange story. The lady intended to board a 471 with her sheep and pony, diamond got wind of it and instructed drivers not to stop. One of the ‘directors’ apparently drove down, spoke to her, made a phone call and an out of service bus quickly turned up and picked the protesters and animals up and whisked them to Bury all in front of the reporters. The director whoever it was refused to be on camera.Maybe the director was feeling a bit sheepish
RE: Diamond Bus North West - Y458 KNF - 21/01/2022 17:54
Does anyone know if 20871 is tracking as another vehicle? It hasn't tracked since December and I still require it, has something else has happened to it.
RE: Diamond Bus North West - Mayneway - 22/01/2022 00:25
(21/01/2022 17:54)Y458 KNF Wrote: Does anyone know if 20871 is tracking as another vehicle? It hasn't tracked since December and I still require it, has something else has happened to it.
Possibly off the road. The only SR I see regularly is the one with the tiny front destination that’s impossible to read.
RE: Diamond Bus North West - Citibus - 23/01/2022 13:32
20026 MX08 MZG was involved in a crash with another vehicle on The Quays, Salford Quays last night operating the 29. Going off the age that might be the end of that bus.
RE: Diamond Bus North West - Mayneway - 23/01/2022 19:07
(23/01/2022 13:32)Citibus Wrote: 20026 MX08 MZG was involved in a crash with another vehicle on The Quays, Salford Quays last night operating the 29. Going off the age that might be the end of that bus.
It’s a bad area for Diamond. One of their SR’s was involved in a bad smash with a Stagecoach Hybrid last summer outside the alchemist.
RE: Diamond Bus North West - WWH44L - 18/03/2022 14:35
Eccles based Enviro200 30977 is working out of Bolton today on a 533 local. Last week 30962 & 31414 did the same.
RE: Diamond Bus North West - Y458 KNF - 18/03/2022 14:38
(18/03/2022 14:35)WWH44L Wrote: Eccles based Enviro200 30977 is working out of Bolton today on a 533 local. Last week 30962 & 31414 did the same.
Not unusual for Eccles vehicles to end up on Bolton routes