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Go West Midlands Limited formerly The Birmingham Omnibus Company Limited was a bus company in the West Midlands. It was a subsidiary of the

Go-Ahead Group Go-Ahead Group Limited is a Multinational corporation, multi-national transport group based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. While the majority of its operations are within Great Britain, it also operates services in Ireland, Australia, Singapo ...

in March 2006.

History

On 2 December 2005, the

purchased Diamond Bus and in February 2006 Probus Management (trading as People's Express) with over 100 vehicles and merged the two companies to form Go West Midlands. In 2006, Diamond relaunched its image, by increasing its frequency on route 16, which basically matched that of

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and increased its frequencies on routes 17, 63, 64, 74 and 87. However, in November 2007, Diamond withdrew its services on routes 17 and 63 and majorly altered its operations on routes 74 and 87 (cutting parts of the route off completely). Diamond also lost many

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and

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contracts to other operators. In March 2008, Go West Midlands was sold to

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and rebranded as Diamond Bus.Diamond Bus Ltd
RotalaGo-Ahead sells West Midlands unit
''Bus & Coach Professional'' 11 March 2008

Fleet

As at March 2007, Go West Midlands operated a fleet of over 130 buses.

References

{{Defunct British Bus Companies Go-Ahead Group companies Transport in Birmingham, West Midlands Transport in Wolverhampton 2005 establishments in England 2008 disestablishments in England British companies established in 2005 British companies disestablished in 2008 Former bus operators in the West Midlands (county) Former bus operators in Staffordshire