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From the 2nd January 2018 Johnsons will commence a new 64 service between Redditch, Asda, Lodge Park and Woodrow North on Mondays to Saturdays. Correct me if I am wrong but will this be the first time since First Redditch was brought by Diamond in 2013 that anyone has gone into direct competition wi...

As of the 31st December 2017 Diamond has sadly lost the Droitwich contract this includes all Droitwich Circulars 17, 18, 19A, 19C, 20 also the 133 to Kidderminster and 354 to Redditch. This has all been won by LMS Travel of Worcester who will presumably start operating from 2nd January 2018.

Cheers all I have some exciting news on the bus driver front!

A report and several pictures appear on the Bromsgrove Standard website. Thankfully it appears no-one required hospital treatment; one passenger was treated at the scene. The vehicle involved is a blue Plaxton bodied bus which has taken quite a lot of front-end damage. Does anyone know which one it...

They look amazing shame they have gone for only half leather seats rather than lets say full leather seats with quilted leather centres like Transdev CityZap B7 which were being refurbished at Thornton’s at the same time. But other than that they look lush. Do we know if they have WiFi and USB/Plugs...

Just to say I am now employee of the Kidderminster depot as a route learner so if you see me in a hi vis on a 294/295 or 303 your now know why lol. Long term I hope to get my cpc to become a bus driver but this is more of a long term goal for me at the moment.

Was flicking though Facebook yesterday evening and come across some side shots of one of the newly refurbished Volvo B7RLE at Thorntons yard in a two tone green variation of the Urban 2 livery looks really impressive similar greens to those used in the Buses of Somerset livery. Just a shame they cou...

Diamond Kidderminster Fleet as of the 01/09/2017... This list doesn't include scrap buses 20032: MV54EEO 20104: KP02PUV 20500: KP54BYV 20511: KX54NKZ 20527: BA05EAA (SF07URL) {On Loan} 20532: KX57OWP 20574: KP51SXW 20606: KV51KZH 20607: KP51UFJ 20610: KP54BYW 20716: ME52BLU 20717: MG53BLU 20718: MH...

A updated full in service Fleet list for the Kidderminster depot will be posted shortly.

The following 11 ex Hansons Buses have been transferred to Kidderminster to work the depot share of ex Hansons work theses routes are 227/228, 250/251, 287, 288, 298/299, 318 it also included a few early morning journeys on the 276 and 296 and also the school variation of the 318 the 749. 20530: KX5...