Diamond Bus North West

[SF07]

RE: South Lancs Travel
It appears that the Diamond Bus liveried vehicles have started to run on SLT routes. Buses have pieces of paper with 'operated by South Lancs Travel' stuck on the top-right hand corner of the windscreen

https://www.flickr.com/photos/duffy469/16619240989
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stu2112/16805228865

[YN05 WKE]

RE: South Lancs Travel
So green diamond streetlite and blue diamond solo what diamond are slf going in green, red, blue or black diamond

[SF07]

RE: South Lancs Travel
South Lancs Travel have posted their service changes for 12 April (unless stated) on their Facebook page:

New services

• 61/62 Eccles-Westwood Park
• 71/73 Clifton-Manchester
• 293 Eccles-Trafford Park
• 362 Wigan-Chorley (one Sunday morning journey)
• 630 Lower Ince-Wigan (one weekday journey)
• 638 Wigan-Standish
  

Other changes

• 319 - Withdrawn from 2 April
• 574 - Some additional evening journeys from Bolton to Middlebrook replacing service 715A.
• 597 - Evening service withdrawn
• 613/614 - Withdrawn
• 634 - Withdrawn
• 635 - Some journeys extended to Wrightington Hospital
• 640/641/644 - New route and timetable with 3 TfGM hybrid vehicles introduced on route
• 715 - No longer serves Durham Street in Wigan. SLT takes over evening/Sunday service from Arriva.
  

https://www.facebook.com/SouthLancsTrave...73/?type=1

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: South Lancs Travel

(15/03/2015 20:59)SF07 Wrote:  It appears that the Diamond Bus liveried vehicles have started to run on SLT routes. Buses have pieces of paper with 'operated by South Lancs Travel' stuck on the top-right hand corner of the windscreen

https://www.flickr.com/photos/duffy469/16619240989
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stu2112/16805228865

I had their Streetlite on Saturday on the 132 from the Trafford Centre - Wigan, Totally unsuitable for the Service as you need full size Buses on here to cope with Capacity, Apart from that it was a really good Bus, Fast, Warm, Rattle free, Comfy, It ticked all the boxes for top Quality!

Also on Saturday i saw a Solo on the 126 and had Tempo 57 on the 132, both again unsuitable for the Trafford Centre Services, The problem with the 132 is it interworks with the 715 and the 715 does not require full sized Buses but the 132 does, These routes dont work well together.

[PO59 MXJ]

RE: South Lancs Travel
Preston Bus breakdown van currently in attrndance to S400SLT at St Helens bus station.

[motormayhem1]

RE: South Lancs Travel
A de branded preston bus solo is out on 635 today YJ11 EKW

[SLTRegular]

RE: South Lancs Travel
One of the remaining New Livery darts was on the M58 Yesterday i passed it at Junction 5

[motormayhem1]

RE: South Lancs Travel
Been told between 5-9 buses have been withdrawn since takeover.

[SLTRegular]

RE: South Lancs Travel
W44-55SLT are two of the Darts both former 630 buses gone
2 Scania's 64/7 there's others i think also

[M60lad]

RE: South Lancs Travel
According to a member on another forum another addition to the Atherton fleet is Prestonbus Scania Esteem 30917 (PO56JDX)