Wrights streetlite

30160-5/7/8/9/70/528/9

32212-19/307-24

To introduce further new vehicles to the Redditch operation Diamond acquired a further eight brand new Wrights Streetlites in February 2016. These vehicles were introduced into service from February 2015 and were initially deployed on the routes 57 and 58. Delivery of the vehicles was delayed following a decision to include more space for buggies as well as the required single wheelchair space. The vehicles were delivered to Redditch from the Wrights factory in Ireland via the ferry at Heysham in all over blue with the logos and branding being added before the vehicles entered service.  In April 2016 a further four vehicles were added to the fleet and were Tividale in April 2016. However to meet the requirement of the Signature contract in Solihull these vehicles were soon moved to Redditch to operate routes in Solihull. In March 2020 32307-10 moved from Redditch back to Tividale for use on the joint service 40 with National Express West Midlands. Also during that month a further 8 Euro VI Streetlites joined the Tividale fleet for use on key routes at the garage such as 4,4H and 16/16A.

32221-38/40 

To introduce  further new vehicles Euro VI vehicles into the Diamond Bus operation a further 17 brand new Wrights Streetlites entered the fleet in February 2018. The batch of vehicles were split across the three operating depots with the Redditch one for the service 50 in South Birmingham, the Kidderminster ones for the service 125 and the Tividale ones for the service 002. To allow Diamond to provide Euro VI standard vehicles for the new 40 partnership route in West Bromwich with National Express West Midlands two further vehicles were allocated to the West Midlands fleet 32238/40. These vehicles had been used as demonstrators by Wrights Bus and in joining the Rotala fleet had initially been used in the Diamond North West fleet. Both vehicles were painted in West Midlands Bus red livery.

32256-9 

With the demise of Bournemouth Yellow Buses in August 2022 the opportunity came about to acquire 19 mid life Wrights Streetlites that were built in 2013/14. They are similar to existing vehicles in the wider Rotala fleet so will fit in well. They have taken the fleet numbers 32241 - 32259. The first 11 are 14 plate with the remainder being 13 plate. Also 32241 - 32251 have 41 seats and  so are confirmed inside like existing vehicles in the fleet where as the remainder including the four allocated to the West Midlands are 45 seaters. The vast majority of the vehicles (the first 15)  are being allocated to Preston depot for the replacement of older Volvo single deck vehicles. The vehicles are being acquired from Ensign bus who purchased many of the former Bournemouth vehicles . As part of the deal Ensign have taken the four former Johnson's Scania single deckers  30121-4 in part exchange.