Diamond Bus

Diamond Bus is a bus operator in the West Midlands. It is a subsidiary of Rotala.

History

Birmingham Coach Company & Diamond Bus

In 1984 Geoff Howle commenced a coach operation trading as the Birmingham Coach Company. Following deregulation of the bus industry in 1986, Howle applied to operate route 16 between Hamstead and Birmingham in competition with West Midlands Travel.

In 2000 Birmingham Coach Company was re-branded as Diamond Bus, replacing many of their existing Leyland Nationals, expanding their network in Birmingham and the Black Country. By 2003 Diamond Bus had become a National Express contractor and opened a depot in Bradford.

Go West Midlands

In December 2005 the Go-Ahead Group purchased Diamond Bus and in February 2006 Probus Management with over 100 vehicles and merged the two companies to form Go West Midlands.

Rotala Group

In March 2008 Go West Midlands was sold to Rotala 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.

Podcasts:

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Damned

by: Abyss

... I hear{ed}
whispering of hate
grant me the power
{See/seal} your fate
[Chorus:]
my soul is lost in a deepest {hole}
{Bethrow} for me my desire
Battle against the only god
None will stand before me
They gaze into the pits of Hell
Where unlocked we unite
... be the one
All the lords of evil
Nothing remains for embarassed
{the/for} bastard son of emptyness
my soul is lost in a {faithless hole}
{Bethrow} with me my desire
Sacrifice, bleed for him
Sacrifice, lands of god
Sacrifice, {turn on him}




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Yahoo Daily News 28 Mar 2025
With Brentford to play on Wednesday and a Champions League place still possible, Howe’s players are unlikely to get “mortalled”, to use the regional phrase, or join any after-party down the city’s Diamond Strip.

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The community is rallying around a bus driver involved in a crash Sunday in Jefferson Twp. Donna Mellody was at the wheel during a bus crash Sunday evening that involved the bus and an unoccupied semi-truck.

Bus carrying bagpipers from St. Patrick’s Day parade crashes into truck in Pennsylvania

New York Post 18 Mar 2025
A bus carrying a bagpipe band returning from a St ... The bus was carrying the Greater Scranton Black Diamonds Pipe Band back from a parade in Milford, according to Bill Hetherson, the band’s business manager.

Diamond bus pass hours extended in West of England

BBC News 18 Mar 2025
The hours that disabled people can use their bus passes are extended. .

Bus crash injures members of popular Pa. bagpipe band returning from St. Patrick’s Day parade

The Morning Call 17 Mar 2025
Members of the Greater Scranton Black Diamonds Pipe Band, along with some of their family members, were heading back on the bus from Milford’s St ... The crash meant cancelling multiple events Monday for the Black Diamonds, Hetherson said.

Bus carrying bagpipers from St. Patrick's Day parade crashes into truck in Pennsylvania

Times Union 17 Mar 2025
The bus was exiting westbound ... The bus was carrying the Greater Scranton Black Diamonds Pipe Band back from a parade in Milford, according to Bill Hetherson, the band’s business manager.
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