Diamond Bus North West

[Winston]

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(10/08/2019 20:13)Metroline1511 Wrote:  I saw 40707 in Manchester yesterday. It followed route 18 & 41 northbound. I expect that, for driver familiarisation, it covered route 36 or 37 from Bolton to Manchester, was about to cover route 163 to Bury, then another route eg 471 or 524 back to Bolton.

No, it was on a promotional tour. See DBNW's Facebook page / Twitter site

[Raawwwrrr!]

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Streetdeck 40706 on the 163

[SF07]

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The new Bolton services showing up this morning on the Bus Tracker. Looks like some Streetdecks are out today on the 8, 37, 163 and 471 routes. A Citaro is out on the 36. A mixture of First and Diamond B7s on the 561/562 and 582. First Enviro400s making up the majority of the rest of the routes today.

https://www.diamondbuses.com/north-west/bus-tracker/
https://bustimes.org/map#14/53.5903/-2.2942

[Solo40336]

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Some of the streetdecks haven't even had the protective wrapping off the floor removed following delivery.

[motormayhem1]

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I wonder if everything as ran smoothly for them on there first day of takeover.

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(11/08/2019 16:33)motormayhem1 Wrote:  I wonder if everything as ran smoothly for them on there first day of takeover.

From Diamond NW Twitter:

Quote:We've had a couple of internal reports suggesting that some buses aren't appearing on the app/ website tracker.
We've been looking into this all morning, and finding ways to get everythign back on the map.

All services are running, however there are a few delays to the #DBNW471 and #DBNW8 services.

We've had a few niggles on our first day in #Bolton, but things are looking very promising.

https://twitter.com/DiamondBusNW/status/...7981376512
https://twitter.com/DiamondBusNW/status/...1403990016

[johnluke]

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(11/08/2019 16:33)motormayhem1 Wrote:  I wonder if everything as ran smoothly for them on there first day of takeover.

There was a 582 broken down at Howe bridge waiting ready to be towed

[SK15 GZG (Moderator)]

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40710 SO19 MWF is Bolton's tenth new StreetDeck

[Winston]

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(11/08/2019 16:33)motormayhem1 Wrote:  I wonder if everything as ran smoothly for them on there first day of takeover.

A Streetdeck has already been vandalised on it's first day in service:

Extracts below from DBNW Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/DiamondBusNorthWest/

Diamond Bus North West
11 August at 16:49 ·
Due to Vandalism service 163 is not serving the Langley estate until end of service

Adam Evans Had one of your new buses on their just now from Manchester to Middleton, charging points already been broken
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Diamond Bus North West Adam Evans Thank you for this info Adam.
Did you get the fleet number of the vehicle by any chance, so we can look into it?
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Adam Evans Diamond Bus North West it was 40701. Shame as it’s the first time the 163 has seen new buses in a long time!
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[Mikeonthebuses]

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For anyone Intrested, I found a updated Diamond Bus North West showcasing all the movements over the weekend and what vehicles have come to help.

Is okay to post fleet lists here. for everyone who dosen't want to go through the very long list of Diamond Buses. The fleet list in question is on UK Buses