Mercedes sprinter 45

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.