20987-9
Rotala
has over the years purchased small numbers of Mercedes
based sprinter based minibuses for use on contract work
around mainly Heathrow Airport. These particular
vehicles were used on a NCP car park contract at
Heathrow and were painted in a striking bright yellow
livery. When the opportunity came about for contract for
a new demand responsive bus service in Bromsgrove called
Bromsgrove on Demand. Three such vehicles were moved
into the midlands Diamond Bus fleet. The service was
launched on Monday 19th July 2021 and was operated until
March 2022 from the Redditch deport using two of the
vehicles. The third vehicle is based at the Tividale
depot and is used on Transport for West Midlands
contract bus services mainly in the North Birmingham
area. In readiness to create extra garage space at
Redditch with the purchase of the Johnson's bus services
the operation the Bromsgrove Demand Responsive service
was move to the Kidderminster Depot in May 2022. With
the loss of the Warwickshire bus services over the
Summer the operation of the Bromsgrove demand responsive
bus service moved back to Redditch. Additionally the
sister vehicle 20889 also moved from Tividale to
Redditch to provide a back up vehicle for the service.
Registration Number | Fleet Number | Vehicle Chassis | Seating Capacity | Allocation |
BU14SZF | 20987 | Mercedes Sprinter 45 WDB9066572S871534 | B14F | Redditch |
BU14SZG | 20988 | Mercedes Sprinter 45 WDB9066572S871536 | B14F | Redditch |
BL16FZV | 20989 | Mercedes Sprinter 45 WDB9066572P215292 | B14F | Redditch |