Optare Tempo

With the purchase of the Johnson’s bus operation in May 2022 four very unusual vehicles for a Rotala fleet joined the Diamond Bus fleet at Redditch on Sunday 29th May 2022. These Optare Tempo vehicles had been in the Johnson’s fleet from new. All four like the other vehicles joining the fleet had their Johnson’s branding removed and Diamond bus branding was applied over the Johnson’s livery until the vehicles could be repainted in the standard two tone Diamond Bus livery. 30981 remained in the Diamond fleet for a matter of weeks before the vehicle sustained a major engine failure that was uneconomic to repair and the vehicle was quickly sold for scrap.