Out with the old, In with the new - Trent Barton

Out with the old, in with the new is the phase that Trent Barton are using for when they are re-branding services are providing route with new or newer buses than the previous, the most recent to be classed with the advertisement of Out with the old and in with the new is the Commuter Xprss & Leicester Xprss services which will now be using a special brand called "Club Class" which will be using Coaches, another one was the i4 which has been given brand new 12 plate Optare Tempo SR's the first of their kind and operates to Derby from Nottingham. This year more buses have been ordered from Optare those being Optare Solo SR's & Optare Versa's. The Ruddington Connection will be loosing thier declining standard Optare Solo's and will be replaced by their new specification's of Optare Solo SR. The Allestree will be loosing their declining stand Optare Solo's and will be replaced by their new specification of Optare Solo SR & finally the rainbow3 route will be having a brand change & new buses which will replace their declining Optare Excels with Optare Versa's.

Club Class: Nottingham to Sandiacre (CX)/ (LEX) Nottingham to Leicester 

i4: Nottingham to Derby 

The Ruddington Connection: Nottingham to Ruddington 

The Allestree: Derby to Allestree (Blue/Red)

Rainbow 3: Nottingham to Sutton/Mansfield 

TM TRAVEL

Service 108 (TM Travel): The Sunday service between Derby, Ashbourne and Leek will be withdrawn. New Sunday buses on Service SWI "Swift" will offer a replacement service.

Service 109 (Arriva/TM Travel): The 1800 Ashbourne to Derby bus will be run by High Peak instead of TM Travel.

Services 110, 111, 112 and 114 (TM Travel): The Ashbourne to Matlock services will be run by High Peak instead of TM Travel, but with no changes to the route or timetable.

Service 252 (TM Travel): The route and departure points in Sheffield city centre will change. The 1620 bus from Crystal Peaks will run at 1610, only as far as Birk Hill.

Service 294 (TM Travel):  The 1735 Dronfield to Sheffield bus will be withdrawn on Mondays to Thursdays.

Service X52 (TM Travel): The 1615 bus from Crystal Peaks to Sheffield will be withdrawn. The 1550 from Sheffield to Crystal Peaks will terminate there and no longer continue as a 252. 

On Tour - Red Arrow

A well known and popular service operated by Trent Barton is their branded service red arrow which operates between Nottingham & Derby Every 10 Minutes and Every 30 Minutes from Derby to Chesterfield, the service would usually use branded coaches which I must say are very comfortable for those longer journeys to Chesterfield, although it has been known to see some spare trent barton solo's which have even ran on the longer route to Chesterfield...but away from the service facts, lets move onto the changes that trent barton are making to red arrow.

From 24/6/12, Trent Barton will be withdrawing their late night Friday & Saturday buses between Chesterfield & Derby.

From 24/6/12, Trent Barton are trailing a new branch to the red arrow service, the new red arrow service will run between Nottingham, Derby & Alfreton and be extended to serve Matlock & Bakewell, the only downside to this is that the route will be operating only on Sundays & Bank Holidays until September and will be a limited stopping service...but never the less its a very clever way of experimenting the usage of the route without wasting fuel on serving Matlock & Bakewell Monday - Sunday if noone is going to use it.

Goodbye to Leicester - Trent Barton

On 25th July 2011 Trent Barton embarked on a new venture to Leicester from Nottingham, the service had provided 1 journey to Leicester and 1 journey to Nottingham, the service didn't operate on Sundays but on Saturdays it would operate 1 journey to Nottingham, the route wasn't branded and would usually use spare Wright Solars...But from 22nd July 2012, Trent Barton will be withdrawing their Leicester Xprss route.

Goodbye Leicester Xprss...Catch it while you can!

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Heading to the West Midlands.

From 27/5/12, the following changes will occur to West Midlands bus services: 

Service 11A operated by Joe's Travel and operates around Birmingham Outer Circle Anti-clockwise, will have all journeys scheduled one hour later.

Service 11C operated by Joe's Travel and operates Birmingham Outer Circle Clockwise, will have all journeys scheduled one hour and thirty minutes later. (90 Minutes) 

Service 75E operated by Joe's Travel and operates Birmingham to Bilston via West Bromwich, timetable reduced, 6 round Mon-Fri journeys only. Mornings from Bilston, Afternoons from Soho Road.

Service 539 operated by Johnsons and operates Kenilworth - Coventry via N.A.C.,Baginton, minor re-timings up to 10 minutes to improve reliability.

Service 580 operated by Johnsons and operates Rugby - Coventry via Dunchurch,Stretton,Ryton, various timing changes up to 10 minutes to improve reliability.

Lets make this Swift - Trent Barton

From 22/7/12, Trent Barton will provide new Sunday & Evening timetables to their service Swift which operates between Derby and Uttoxeter via Ashbourne.

Please Note: Timetable has not been provided and some new information may be added.

High Season for Skegness!

You can always tell that summer is going to be just around the corner, not just by the temperature exceeding 23 degree's as it has done for nearly everyday this week, another way of telling that it is summer is nearing is by bus operators commencing their Summer timetables otherwise known as "High season amendments". From 2nd June 2012 the Skegness high season amendments will be taking place and the following amendments will take place:

Route 1 & Coastal Cruiser 3  (1. Skegness Interchange to Chapel St Leonards via Butlins) (3. Skegness Interchange to Anchor Lane via Butlins) will be provided with more buses to Skegness, Butlins & Ingoldmells. Buses will operate upto Every 5 Minutes between Fantasy Island & Sea Lane/Roman Bank, it will do this for 7 days a week daytime and up to Every 5-15 Minutes every evenings. (Some very early Saturday/Sunday don't run). Service 1A will not be operating over the summer and all service 1 buses will serve Chapel St Leonards at a frequency of Every 10 minutes in the daytime and Every 30 minutes in the evenings. Coastal Cruiser open top 3 will run Every 10 minutes during the day and Every 15 minutes from around 6pm to Midnight 7 days a week.

InterConnect 6 (Skegness - Spilsby - Horncastle - Wragby - Lincoln) will be provided an extra trip on Sundays. The extra journey will leave Skegness at 12:00pm and returning from Lincoln at 14:00pm.

InterConnect 7(Skegness to Boston) The summer Sunday service is BACK! Buses will depart at 07:10am and 16:10pm from Skegness and Boston at 08:30am and 17:30pm.

(THIS YEAR WILL ONCE AGAIN SEE'S NO INTERCONNECT X51 SERVICE WHICH OPERATES CLEETHORPES - GRIMSBY - LOUTH)

Diamond Jubilee 2012

On bank holidays, Monday 5th June & Tuesday 6th June Stagecoach in Skegness will be running a Sunday service. No Town Centre service 2 service for Beacon Park & the Sundial Estate.  

Bus Cuts - Arriva Midlands.

According to the forthcoming changes to Arriva Midlands in July, it would appear that Arriva Midlands are making Cuts to their bus services as they are making some timing changes & Service Withdrawals from July, here are the forthcoming changes to Arriva Midlands in July:

Service 1 & 1E operates between Burton & Uttoxeter will see a minor timetable change to one journey.
Service 4 which operates between Burton & Ashby will be withdrawn and partly replaced by service 8.
Service 8 which operates between Burton & Swadlincote will be extended to Ashby and route re-timed.
Service 9 which operates between Burton & Leicester will see a minor timetable change.
Service 9A operates between Burton & Leicester will see a minor timetable change.

Please Note: These changes have been given for early notification more routes may be added in due course as we approach July.

Changes, Changes & More Changes - Leicester CityBus.

From 16/7/12, there will be a timetable change to service 88A operated by Leicester CityBus which operates between Humberstone Gate East & Saffron Cross Road, from the same date service 88 operated by Leicester CityBus which operates between Eyres Monsell & Humberstone Gate East will also be subjected to a timetable change.

From 16/7/12, there will be a timetable change to service 22 operated Leicester CityBys which operates between Rushey Head & Evington - Downing Drive, from the same date service service 12 operated by Leicester CityBus which operates between Charles Street & Ryder Road will also be subjected to a timetable change

From 16/7/12, there will be a timetable change to service 14/14A operated by Leicester CityBus which operates between Leicester & Sunningdale Road, from the same date service 38/38A which operates between Leicester & Humberstone Gate East will also be subjected to a timetable change.

"Bus War" Continues to an even bigger level!

The competition between Trent Barton and Premiere Travel is still on-going with Trent Barton making changes to their Bingham Xprss route & Radlciffe Line route, and Premiere Travel making improvements to their Red1 service which oprates to Bingham in a "Bus War" with Trent Barton's Bingham Xprss & Racliffe Line.

From 27/5/12, there will be an improvement to premiere travels's Red1 which will include the route being extended to Bingham Grantham road on Sundays due to Trent Barton making cuts to their Radliffe Line service which will now only run as far as Bingham Market Place.

From 27/5/12, there will be cuts to Trent Barton's Radcliffe Line which operates to Radcliffe/Bingham will now only run as far as Bingham Market Place.

From 27/5/12, there will be a timetable change to Trent  Barton's Bingham Xprss service which operates between Nottingham & Bingham.

Lilac Line - Nottingham City Transport

Lilac Line 24/25 (City - Carlton - Westdale Lane - Mapperley - Arnold)
736 YN04 UJS - Lilac Line 24/25 (City - Carlton - Westdale Lane - Mapperley - Arnold)
737 YN04 UJZ - Lilac Line 24/25 (City - Carlton - Westdale Lane - Mapperley - Arnold)
738 YN04 UJT - Lilac Line 24/25 (City - Carlton - Westdale Lane - Mapperley - Arnold)
739 YN04 UJL - Lilac Line 24/25 (City - Carlton - Westdale Lane - Mapperley - Arnold)
740 YN04 UJY - Lilac Line 24/25 (City - Carlton - Westdale Lane - Mapperley - Arnold)
741 YN04 UJR - Lilac Line 24/25 (City - Carlton - Westdale Lane - Mapperley - Arnold)
742 YN04 UJP - Lilac Line 24/25 (City - Carlton - Westdale Lane - Mapperley - Arnold)
743 YN04 UJF - Lilac Line 24/25 (City - Carlton - Westdale Lane - Mapperley - Arnold)
Lilac Line 27 (City - Carlton Hill - Carlton)
918 YT61 GPX - Lilac Line 27 (City - Carlton Hill - Carlton)
919 YT61 GPY - Lilac Line 27 (City - Carlton Hill - Carlton)
920 YT61 GPZ - Lilac Line 27  (City - Carlton Hill - Carlton)
921 YT61 FFH - Lilac Line 27  (City - Carlton Hill - Carlton)
922 YT61 FFK - Lilac Line 27  (City - Carlton Hill - Carlton)
923 YT61 FFH - Lilac Line 27  (City - Carlton Hill - Carlton)

Time for Travel Wright.

From 2/7/12, there will be a timetable change to Travel Wrights services 32, 32A & 32X which operates between New Ollerton and Newark, Travel Wright will also be withdrawing 14A, 14B & 14C which operates between Tesco Ollerton and Edwinstowe. Travel Wright will be making a timetable change to service 33 which operates between Tuxford and Newark, Travel Wright will also be withdrawing service 335 which operates between Foot of cocking hill and Ollerton junior school.

Location, Location, Location - Nottingham City Transpot

Title remind you of anything? Location, Location, Location, a channel 4 programme, where Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer, help house buyers find their perfect home in the perfect location, buyers have to take into consideration prices, residential area, family, friends and the ups and down to the property and location...but away from the TV programme, their is a logical reason behind the title, the reason being is that Nottingham City Transport are soon to be moving from Lower Parliament Street after 80 years to just up the road to Carlton Road, where the castle college is located.


After a long 25 year of searching, Nottingham City Transport besides Henry Boot Development Ltd has finally route the perfect location to relocate Nottingham City Transport Depot (hence the title Location, Location, Location). Nottingham City Transport has signed an agreement with Henry Boot Developments Ltd for the extensive re-development of the bus company site on Lower Parliament Street, Nottingham. The site has long been seen as a linchpin in the City’s Eastside Development aspirations and this proposal will open up the site for mixed development use complimenting the ice arena and other developments in the area. The deal will see Nottingham City Transport relocate to within a mile of the existing depot to a brand new purpose built facility at the old college site on Carlton Road, owned by Carlton Road Development Ltd.


Full Details can be found here: http://www.nctx.co.uk/2012/nottingham-city-transport-to-relocate-from-parliament-street-garage-after-over-80-years/

Summer Joys - Huddersfield Bus Company

You can always tell when summer is around the corner, because bus companies begin to reintroduce the service, or revise the route into a summer timetable format, the main area of the summer timetable variations are in Lincoln, Skegness, where it is a popular attraction.

From 2/6/12, Huddersfield Bus Company will reintroduce the summer service 951, which operates between Huddersfield & Glossop via Holmfirth, service 951 will be operating 5 journies each way. Journies from Glossop to Huddersfield will operate at 0855, 1100, 1300, 1505 & 17:10, journies from Huddersfield to Glossop will operate at 0750, 0955, 1200, 1400 & 1605.

Copy of the timetable can be fount here: http://www.derbysbus.info/times/timetables/951H_120602.pdf

Rainbow3 Changes - Trent Barton

From 22nd July, Trent Barton are providing brand new Optare Versa's to their rainbow 3 route which operates between Nottingham & Mansfield, prior to this change Trent Barton are proposing a number of improvements to rainbow3, and they are as follows:

-rainbow 3 will continue to run every 10 minutes between Hucknall and Nottingham.

-All buses will run to and from Mansfield providing a brand new 10 minute frequency between Sutton, Kings Mill Hospital and Mansfield.

-A new rainbow 3c route will be introduced meaning double the buses, running every 30 minutes from Coxmoor Estate to Nottingham, and also to Sutton and Mansfield.

-The new half hourly rainbow 3c will run between Sutton Junction and Sutton town centre where there are many popular retail outlets. The route will continue on to Mansfield.

-From Sutton to Mansfield the route of 3a will remain unchanged and 3b will be extended to Mansfield town centre via Kings Mill Hospital

-Most times will change from what we do at present.

So that we can make these improvements it means that we have to make changes on rainbow 3 and other services in the Ashfield area. These changes are;

-3c service will no longer run via Garth Road and Oakham Business Park, instead 3c will run to Sutton then Mansfield via King Mill Hospital.

-The Monday to Friday rush hour rainbow 3 to Hermitage Lane and Oakham Business Park will also no longer run.

-Kirkby Fields Industrial Estate will no longer be served.

-146 will no longer run and will be replaced by new rainbow 3c.

-the ninety will only run as far as Sutton and Kirkby where customers can transfer onto the frequent rainbow 3 at no extra cost. Through fares will be available.

-the ninety will no longer serve Coxmoor Estate. This will be replaced by the extra rainbow 3c. If you want to travel on the ninety to Selston and Ripley just transfer at Kirkby or Sutton – again through fares will be available.

-East Midlands Designer Outlet will no longer be served by the ninety, however the nines will continue to run to the outlet on the current route and times with through fares available from Sutton.


Full Details at Trent Barton https://www.trentbarton.co.uk/news-and-media/our-news/article/ashfield

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Lincoln City Tour is CANCELLED!

Due the Lincoln Cycle Grand Prix, many road in the uphill area of Lincoln will be closed.
Due to the above, the Lincoln City Tour will not operate on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th May 2012.

All Derbyshire Changes in May.

From Sunday 27 May 2012
-Service 48 (G&J Holmes): This service will run via Hasland Toll Bar instead of via Spital Lane, with a slightly revised timetable.

-Service 52 (Hulleys): This service will be withdrawn, but new Service 61 will offer an alternative facility between Clay Cross and Tupton.

-Service 61 (Hulleys): This new service will run between Clay Cross and Wingerworth via Hepthorne Lane and Tupton.

-Services 63 and 64 (Hulleys): These services will have a revised timetable. Some journeys will no longer serve Woolley Moor, some others will no longer run via Littlemoor.

-Service 71 (Stagecoach/TM Travel):.This service will be revised to serve Hartington (Staveley), with changes to the timetable. The revised Sunday service will be run by Stagecoach.

-Service 77 (Stagecoach in Chesterfield): The 2230 bus from Staveley (Speedwell) to Chesterfield on Monday to Saturdays will be changed to start from Market Street at 2357.

-Service 78 (Doyles): This service will be revised to run via Middlecroft and Inkersall instead of via Brimington, with a new timetable. It will no longer run via Hady and Hasland, but service 48 will serve Hasland instead.

-Services 80 and 80A (Stagecoach): This service will be completely revised. It will run from Wingerworth instead of Yew Tree and Brampton, and will no longer run beyond Brimington. (Yew Tree will be served instead by the 90 and 90A, and the evening service to Duckmanton will be provided by Service 90A).

-Services 90 and 90A (Stagecoach/TM Travel):These services will be extended to run to/from the Yew Tree Estate via Brampton, with a revised timetable. Evening buses will extend to Duckmanton instead of Hartington (which will be served by the 71 instead). The revised Sunday service will be run by Stagecoach.

-Service 96 (Stagecoach): A revised timetable will be introduced.

-Services 97 and 98 (Stagecoach): Service 98 will be withdrawn, and the 97 will be revised, no longer serving Wingerworth (which will be served by the 80 instead) There will be no change to Service 97a.

-Service 150 (TM Travel): This service will be revised to serve Morton and Stonebroom, with an amended timetable.

-Service SKY-N (Trent Barton "Skylink Nottingham"): Most journeys will be re-timed, but the frequency will be unchanged and some buses will run faster.

Moving away from Stagecoach!

Time to move away from Stagecoach and onto some other routes...so lets start with Doyles Coaches.

From 27th May 2012, Doyles Coaches service 48 which operates between Brampton and Clay Cross, the service will run via Hasland Toll Bar instead of via Spital Lane, with a slightly revised timetable.

From 27th May 2012, Doyles Coaches service 78 which operates between Hartington and Brimington, service will be revised to run via Middlecroft and Inkersall instead of via Brimington, with a new timetable. It will no longer run via Hady and Hasland, but service 48 will serve Hasland instead.

More Stagecoach!

The title gives it away really, more stagecoach changes in Northamptonshire, this time from 27th May 2012.

27th May 2012, Stagecoach Chesterfield Service 77 which operates between Chesterfield and Worksop, The 2230 bus from Staveley (Speedwell) to Chesterfield on Monday to Saturdays will be changed to start from Market Street at 2357.

Stagecoach and their changes!

What is it with Stagecoach and service changes?
Nothing out of the normal for Stagecoach making a mass amount of changes to their network...but back to the changes.

From 10/6/12, Stagecoach in Northamptonshire service 18 which operates between Ketteringe and Market Harborough, this service will be revised route in Market Harborough.

From 10/6/12, Stagecoach in Northamptonshire, service X7 which operates between Northampton and Leicester, this service will be revised to serve Market Harborough, Market Hall Northbound, the route and timetable will also be revised.

Stagecoach/TM Travel May 2012

From 27/5/12: Service 70/71 operated by Stagecoach/TM TRAVEL and operates between Chesterfield and Killamarsh/Norwood, the service will be revised to serve Hartington (Staveley), with changes to the timetable. The revised Sunday service will be run by Stagecoach.

Theme park we go! Notts & Derby

It appears that Notts&Derby are going to commence 2 new theme park routes where one will operate to Drayton Manor while the other will operate to Alton Towers.

Service DMP from 21/6/12 This new service, starting on Thursday 21 June, will offer a bus from Derby to Drayton Manor Park on Mondays to Saturdays until the end of August, and on Saturdays in September.

Service AT from 1/7/12, This new service will offer a bus from Derby to Alton Towers on Mondays to Saturdays until the end of August, and on Saturdays in September.

Arriva Derby changes 24/6/12.

From 24th June 2012, Arriva Derby will be making changes to service 28/29 and service 32.

Service 28/29 which operates a circular route between Derby and Mackworth, this change will see a frequency reduction to the Monday to Friday timetable from every 5 minutes to every 12 minutes.

Service 32 which operates between Derby and Littleover Road will see the evening and Sunday buses withdrawn.

Yourbus 229 changes from 19/8/12

Service 229 which operates between Eastwood and QMC and ran by Yourbus. This service will provide early morning journeys from Heanor to Phoenix Park, Nottingham University and Queens Medical Centre on Mondays to Saturdays, with three buses back in the late afternoon and evening.