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Ridings. In addition to this, extra daytime journeys are to be provided on
Redditch services 50, 64 and 70. The company will also once again operate evening services in Redditch on routes 55A, 56A, 57 and 58. Service 64 between Bromsgrove and Birmingham will also be renumbered to 144 and re-routed to follow the same numbered service operated by First. Droitwich residents were unhappy about the changes, showing concern about losing the known and respected drivers from the local routes, however, Diamond Bus entered into an agreement with the former operator of the routes, allowing them to continue operating with the same drivers, while Diamond Bus provide the buses and uniforms.
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Brandhall-Service was withdrawn in 2019 and integrated with NXWM 54/A services. Following new tender awards in January 2023, Diamond have returned to operating certain of these services or their replacement route. For example, the Stourbridge to Merry Hill section of service 28 has been replaced by an extension of existing service 142/142A creating a new service from Halesowen to Merry Hill via Stourbridge.
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Kinver & Kidderminster 2 trips a day was taken over by
Coniston Coaches along with 294/295 Kidderminster To Worcester but the 295 was scrapped and a new 296 service was introduced to replace in part of the 295 and integrating it with the former 16 Stourport To Bewdley which was operated by Worcestershire County Council Woosh.
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purchased
Diamond Bus in 2008, the Diamond Bus operation was expanded to include the operations of four companies operating in the same region which were already owned by Rotala. It took many of the Arriva Midland routes such as 36 Walsall to Alumwell and 28E from Wolverhampton to Willenhall in April
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on Sunday 16 June 2024, Diamond regained the tenders of services 63/64/65, which had been lost to Travel
Express in April 2022, as well as Travel Express operated tendered service 303 which runs between Bentley and Bilston. The new tenders commenced on Monday 17 June 2024. (Travel Express continue to
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September 2018 the 318 service from Stourbridge To Bromsgrove was passed onto the hands of Kevs Cars & Coaches Then in October the same year the 287 service that operated between Stourbridge & Merry Hill was extended onto the former 14 (originally 214) service Brierley Hill To Fatherless
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In Early 2018 Diamond Bus ceased the
Droitwich Network with the local routes been taken over by LMS Travel & Astons Coaches while 354 to Redditch was taken over by Finesse Travel & 133 was taken over by Worcesteshire County Council Woosh. Then in March the 580 service which operated between
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Diamond took on operations in
Lichfield such as 35 to Walsall. This service was subsequently taken over by Arriva Midlands and operated from their Wednesfield depot acquired with the purchase of Liyell Limited (t/a Midland) until operations from there were sold to Diamond Bus which brought Diamond
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Fatherless Barn-Service was integrated into NXWMs 28 service from Stourbridge To Halesowen via Merry Hill in 2018. 20/21-Oldbury To Bearwood 24 Merry Hill To Foxyards-Service was subsequently taken over by NXWM in 2019 but Foxyards was withdrawn on this service. 55 Cape
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who also owned
Central Connect and North Birmingham Busways. Rotala originally kept the Diamond business separate from Central Connect and Ludlows (purchased later), instead switching a number of routes between the three operators. From November 2011 Central Connect was re-branded as Blue Diamond.
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On 22 June 2024, Diamond began operation of service 540 (Evesham - Tewkesbury) taking over the tender from Astons Coaches and taking the company into Gloucestershire. Increased funding from Worcestershire County Council has allowed additional journeys to be added with buses running up to every 30
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In January 2022, the purchase of Claribel Coaches of Birmingham was announced allowing the current owners to focus on the associated Birmingham International Coaches business. Diamond confirmed that the Claribels name would not be retained and all services and buses would be operated under the
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In February 2009, Red Diamond won Worcestershire County Council contracts to operate a number of services around Droitwich and Redditch starting in April 2009, these are routes 19 to Meadows Estate, 20 to Westlands, 20A to New Chawston, 137 to Dunhampstead, 140/141 to Bromsgrove and 157 to The
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it was extended to Foxyards Estate then it got added onto their 14 service from Halesowen and 208 was re-numbered 14A, The 267 Stourbridge To Wall Heath (Briarscroft) was re-numbered 5 until 2020 from when it got replaced by the revised 17 service, and the 657 to Kingswinford (Manor Park) from
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When Central Connect was rebranded as 'Blue Diamond' in late 2011, the Solihull Signature brand was retained. Following loss of many contracts and reorganisation of bus routes in the Solihull area, the Signature brand was dropped in 2019.
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Stourbridge was re-numbered 17A replacing half the 267 but then got re-numbered 57 in 2020. Following retendering, Diamond regained the 57 service from National Express West Midlands in January 2023 along with a number of other services.
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depot, merging with an existing West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive contracted service previously awarded to Flights. The Aston depot has since closed with all operations being moved to other Diamond Bus depots across the
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In August 2021, the Diamond 32 service was withdrawn as the coordinated timetables on selected routes operated by Diamond and NXWM came to an end. However, on 5 December 2021, the partnership was resumed along with service 32.
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14.240s for the 404 Walsall – West Bromwich service under the branding Black Country Connection, the service operates every 6 to 8 minutes. These buses displaced the Black Diamond branded buses of which 2 were transferred to
617:, again both feature leather seating and free on-board WiFi. In 2019, service 82 was lost to Johnson's of Henley-in-Arden who subsequently linked the service to their existing service X20 providing a direct service between
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From 31 August 2008, Diamond Bus stepped up their operation of commercial and non-commercial services in Redditch significantly, to the point where they operated more buses in Redditch than main rival First Midland Red.
370:'s in Redditch. At the same time new buses were allocated to a number of Black Country routes, branded as Black Diamond. First Midland Red subsequently sold both its Redditch and Kidderminster depots to Diamond Bus.
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In 2009, Diamond launched eight more Plaxton Centro buses on route 9, these using Royale Black Diamond branding. Route 202 Halesowen - Bromsgrove and 4H Hayley Green - West Bromwich used Royale Black Diamond buses.
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The operations in Redditch were rebranded as Red Diamond in July 2008 to coincide with the launch of six new buses, with a livery designed to be similar to what was used on
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on routes 57 and 58, branded as Red Diamond. Since then a number of routes in North Worcestershire were re-branded as Red Diamond along with new routes in competition with
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On 8 June 2008, the company introduced 57A and 58A journeys alongside their existing 57 and 58 routes, the new journeys would serve the Alexandra Hospital, after
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and surrounding areas was purchased. Hanson's Local Buses was formed in the 1980s by Margaret Hanson as a coach operator. Following
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Blue Diamond, Red Diamond and Black Diamond branding have since been replaced by the simpler Diamond fleetname.
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The Diamond Bus Company Limited formerly Go West Midlands Limited formerly The Birmingham Coach Company Limited
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operate service 1 and 11 beyond the 16th June 2024 while awaiting their appeal hearing.)
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1033:"First blue trams, now red buses and orange trains revealed"
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1485:"Diamond expands operations in Redditch and Worcestershire"
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1506:"Moves to ease bus service fears (From Worcester News)"
1461:. Worcesternews.co.uk. 20 February 2009. Archived from
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1873:"Diamond to acquire Johnsons ExcelBus bus operations"
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919:Zak's Bus and Coach Services was founded in
2341:Bus operators in the West Midlands (county)
1587:Rotala buys Central Buses for £1.95 million
1329:. No. 568. July 2002. pp. 34–36.
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1439:. Redditch Advertiser. 8 September 2008
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1351:. Redditch Advertiser. 22 January 2007
809:. It was purchased by Rotala in 2007.
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1720:North Birmingham Busways - "Services"
1349:"Night buses cancelled after attacks"
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2292:Coach & Private Hire Operations
1417:. Redditch Advertiser. 22 July 2008
1395:. Redditch Advertiser. 10 June 2008
1373:. Evesham Journal. 15 February 2007
1261:Diamond takes on Arriva Wednesfield
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1631:"Central Buses bows out in style"
1371:"Low ticket sales forces bus cuts"
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1771:"Claribels Welcome | Diamond Bus"
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313:contractor and opened a depot in
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1848:"Johnsons Welcome | Diamond Bus"
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506:deregulation of the bus industry
288:deregulation of the bus industry
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1112:Go-Ahead Group 22 February 2006
761:for services 362, 363 and 382.
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205:, and also operating under the
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1415:"New bus fleet hits the roads"
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950:National Express West Midlands
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703:Worcestershire County Council
102:(as Birmingham Coach Company)
27:British bus operating company
1646:Bus & Coach Preservation
1635:issue 757 April 2018 page 10
1122:Disposal of Go West Midlands
2123:Transport for West Midlands
1437:"Go green with Red Diamond"
1131:Go-Ahead Group 3 March 2008
994:Transport for West Midlands
556:. In January 2008 Ludlows,
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1660:Hansons (Wordsley) Limited
1297:Diamond Buses 28 July 2017
1031:Dare, Tom (19 July 2018).
439:In 2008, upon takeover by
381:Following the purchase of
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1729:- Accessed 4 January 2007
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1570:Rotala buys Central Buses
1217:25 September 2013 at the
1198:22 September 2013 at the
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1093:Probus Management Limited
793:Birmingham Motor Traction
599:National Express Coventry
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451:(eight of which moved to
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1060:Diamond Bus Introduction
896:North Birmingham Busways
847:Alexander Dennis Pointer
550:North Birmingham Busways
213:. It is a subsidiary of
156:(Outstation of Tividale)
1903:West Midlands Bus Users
1877:West Midlands Bus Users
1826:West Midlands Bus Users
1800:West Midlands Bus Users
1741:- Accessed 18 June 2007
1231:West Midlands Timetable
1127:12 October 2013 at the
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1975:Bus operators in the
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2035:Tanat Valley Coaches
1936:at Wikimedia Commons
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1278:Hanson's Local Buses
1251:Rotala 24 March 2017
1247:4 April 2017 at the
576:Mercedes-Benz Citaro
300:West Midlands Travel
298:in competition with
191:www.diamondbuses.com
2151:Stagecoach Midlands
1644:"Central Farewell"
1141:About Black Diamond
627:Stratford-upon-Avon
2308:Defunct Operations
2268:Diamond South East
2263:Diamond North West
1193:About Blue Diamond
1178:Thompson Financial
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960:Johnsons Excelbus
737:First Midland Red
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