Volvo B8 Single Deck
30530/1 - BU16UYC/D
BU16UYC
was one of two buses the sister was BU16UYD that
were purchased new by Courtney Buses of Finchampstead in
March 2016. The vehicles were acquired specifically to
operate a contract for Chineham Park were the buses
operated a shuttle from the business park and
Basingstoke Rail Station. Both vehicles were painted in
a decimated livery of red and silver. Courtney Buses
were taken over by Reading Buses in March 2019 and the
company now trades as Thames Valley . BU16UYC joined the
Diamond bus fleet in February 2023 to provide an
additional Euro VI standard vehicle for West Midland
services and was allocated the fleet number 30530. 30530
was painted in the red West Midlands buses livery for
use on the partnership routes 40 and 42 and is allocated
to the Tividale depot During December 2024 sister
vehicle BU16UYD that had also started life at
Courtney Buses joined the fleet and took the fleet
number 30531.
| Registration Number | Fleet Number | Chassis | Body Type | Seating | Current Allocation |
| BU16UYC | 30530 | Volvo B8RLE YV3T7U528GA175712 | Wright Eclipse AM834 | B44F | Tividale |
| BU16UYD | 30531 | Volvo B8RLE YV3T7U528GA175713 | Wright Eclipse AM835 | B44F | Tividale |
31003 - BV21OPM
BV21OPM
was the last new vehicle to be purchased by Midland
Classic before the business was purchased by Rotala in
August 2022. The vehicle came from dealer stock and was
registered in June 2021 but entered the Midland Classic
fleet on 8th July 2021. The vehicle operated in the
Diamond bus area before the operation joined
Rotala as Midland Classic could often been operating
rail replacement bus services and BV21O@@PM got to
Redditch rail station on a number of occasions.
More recently the vehicle was to act as a prototype for
a much larger order for 60 new vehicles Rotala placed
for its Diamond North West fleet to operate a number of
TfGM franchised routes they had won that start in
September 2023. In the end delivery lead times
were too great and order was transferred to ADL products
.
| Registration Number | Fleet Number | Chassis | Body Type | Seating | Current Allocation |
| BV21OPM | 31003 | Volvo B8RLE YV3T7U520MA204504 | MCV NB1107 | B46F | Burton on Trent |