Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Bus News

[cnjb8]

I don't personally, I found a photo on a fb group.

See if this link works for you: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fansofthewellgladegroup/permalink/1257714544921943/

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[tram21]

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Sorry I know that but I didn't want to share someone else's photo

 

[m79900]

Sorry I know that but I didn't want to share someone else's photo

Is the livery the same as the Versas?

 

[Eloise]

Some updates to NCT Routes:

• Additional stops on the Green Line "City Loop" to improve access around the City Centre and a closer stop to the new Broad Marsh Bus Station and Library
• Sky Blue 45 extended to serve the new Chase Farm development in Gedling
• Orange 34 re-routed in the City Centre to serve the back of the Arena, providing better access to the new student accommodation on the east of the City
• Bus stop changes in the City Centre for Navy, Green and Orange Lines and Red 50
• Red 44/A re-routed in Gedling to terminate in the turning circle on Wollaton Avenue and use Arnold Lane Shelford Road both ways rather than Besecar Avenue towards City
• Revised timetables on our Navy 49 and Lime Line services to reflect post-pandemic demand

From an email but available at: https://www.nctx.co.uk/servicechange

Hidden away in this list is the all but withdrawal of the 57. Newcombe Drive turning circle sees two arrivals and one departure, matching school start time, and that is it.

NCT could think about diverting one 56 an hour to the terminus and back again with a couple of minutes in the schedule. It's a big-ish catchment area. The fact it's my folks local bus stop is irrelevant of course.

 

[Simon75]

After NCT Gotham garage closed, what happened to the garage,?

 

[nctx]

After NCT Gotham garage closed, what happened to the garage,?

It's up for Rent for £75k via Mather Jamie.

Nottingham Coaches were looking at it. As the owner lives in Gotham.

 

[SCH117X]

It was going to sold for residential development - wonder if that got kicked out due to loss of employment premises.

 

[43055]

The first of 20 new Trentbarton Enviro200 MMC's was delivered today, registered YX73 OUD in the Threes livery

Has the fleet number of 179 and is tracking in service this afternoon.

179 - YX73 OUD

ADL Enviro200 MMC

bustimes.org

Also a couple of photo's have appeared on Flicker.

Flickr Search — “YX73OUD or "YX73 OUD"”

www.flickr.com

 

[SSmith2009]

It was going to sold for residential development - wonder if that got kicked out due to loss of employment premises.

Could be down to contaminated land?

Arriva tried to sell their Wigston depot for housing but couldn't as it was contaminated so Woods (part of National Express) have taken over and refurbished it.

 

[43055]

trentbarton E200MMC 177 - YX73 OUB has entered service on the threes today. This is one of the mango livery examples. Presumably 176 will be the other in the batch.

 

[tram21]

I saw trentbarton's 179 today In Kirkby. Photograph below, plus one of the interior.

 

[MCR247]

Are they (trentbarton) no longer going for the light up panel on the front which illuminates the logo when the headlights are on?

 

[m79900]

Are they (TB) no longer going for the light up panel on the front which illuminates the logo when the headlights are on?

Eh?

 

[liamf656]

Are they (TB) no longer going for the light up panel on the front which illuminates the logo when the headlights are on?

I thought this too, doesn’t look like they are. To be honest though they didn’t seem to work, quite often the light would stop working or it would be replaced by a normal panel

 

[cnjb8]

I saw trentbarton's 179 today In Kirkby. Photograph below, plus one of the interior.

Thank you for posting these! Interesting they aren't introducing the new buses all in one go as previous orders were introduced.

Are they (trentbarton) no longer going for the light up panel on the front which illuminates the logo when the headlights are on?

I thought this too, doesn’t look like they are. To be honest though they didn’t seem to work, quite often the light would stop working or it would be replaced by a normal panel

They also seem to have gone for tinted windows

 

[43055]

Eh?

When the E200 MMCs were first introduced the logo on the front under the windscreen would light up.

 

[tram21]

Are they (trentbarton) no longer going for the light up panel on the front which illuminates the logo when the headlights are on?

I believe, and not totally sure, but I think these do have the lit up logos.

Not seen any night photos yet!

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They also seem to have gone for tinted windows

They have. It looks weird but very smart fron the outside, and it's pretty unnoticeable from the interior. Straight after my journey I went on a Nottingham City Transport E200 MMC and the difference in temperature was very noticeable, so it does help with that.

 

[m79900]

It seems a bit strange for a marathon route to be extended further into a small village, I wonder what the timekeeping is like!?

He who calls Wirksworth a village, shall feel the wrath of 5000 TOWNsfolk!

 

[Skymonster]

Changes coming to the Amber Valley and Derbyshire Dales in less than two weeks time, with TM Travel and Littles disappearing / substantially reducing in the area and Derbyshire Community Transport making gains. 142 Alfreton-Crich-Belper-Nether Heage goes over from TM to DCT, while 149(Littles) and 150(TM) Alfreton-Matlock go all together, to be replaced by a 143/143A which extends to East Midlands Designer Outlet. Littles also drop 140 (Matlock-Alfreton) and 141 (Alfreton-Crich) in favour of DCT. A number of timetable changes are to occur on most of these routes. Driver jibber is that DCT are taking on several Littles vehicles as the former currently lacks sufficient ”large” buses to meet its new commitments.

Public Transport in Derbyshire & the Peak District

 

[43055]

Changes coming to the Amber Valley and Derbyshire Dales in less than two weeks time, with TM Travel and Littles disappearing / substantially reducing in the area and Derbyshire Community Transport making gains. 142 Alfreton-Crich-Belper-Nether Heage goes over from TM to DCT, while 149(Littles) and 150(TM) Alfreton-Matlock go all together, to be replaced by a 143/143A which extends to East Midlands Designer Outlet. Littles also drop 140 (Matlock-Alfreton) and 141 (Alfreton-Crich) in favour of DCT. A number of timetable changes are to occur on most of these routes. Driver jibber is that DCT are taking on several Littles vehicles as the former currently lacks sufficient ”large” buses to meet its new commitments.

Public Transport in Derbyshire & the Peak District

Vectare have also won the 9/9A from Diamond in Derby starting 2nd October. Whilst the Saturday service has been dropped the weekday timetable now have earlier and later journey's which start back/continue to Long Eaton, probably acting as positioning moves to the depot.

October 2023 Service Change (National) - Central Connect

localbus.vectare.co.uk

East Midlands - Service 9 (9A, 9C)​

We're delighted to be taking over the operation of Services 9 and 9A between Derby, Chaddesdon, Spondon and Ockbrook following a re-tendering exercise by Derbyshire County Council. As an enhancement to the existing service, additional journeys will operate on all days providing an earlier arrival into Derby (pre 7am) and a later departure from Derby (post 6pm). These additional journeys will also extend from Spondon and Ockbrook to/from Breaston, Draycott and Long Eaton.

 

[Mugby]

Who exactly are Vectare? Are they a new start up or are they established elsewhere and looking to expand their sphere of operations?

 

[bussnapperwm]

Who exactly are Vectare? Are they a new start up or are they established elsewhere and looking to expand their sphere of operations?

They're a East Midlands and Essex operator who also provide a "transport solutions consultancy". They recently purchased Galleon Travel as well as having their existing operations

 

[ChrisC]

Changes coming to the Amber Valley and Derbyshire Dales in less than two weeks time, with TM Travel and Littles disappearing / substantially reducing in the area and Derbyshire Community Transport making gains. 142 Alfreton-Crich-Belper-Nether Heage goes over from TM to DCT, while 149(Littles) and 150(TM) Alfreton-Matlock go all together, to be replaced by a 143/143A which extends to East Midlands Designer Outlet. Littles also drop 140 (Matlock-Alfreton) and 141 (Alfreton-Crich) in favour of DCT. A number of timetable changes are to occur on most of these routes. Driver jibber is that DCT are taking on several Littles vehicles as the former currently lacks sufficient ”large” buses to meet its new commitments.

Public Transport in Derbyshire & the Peak District

This still doesn’t help solve the difficulties of travelling from Matlock to Alfreton in the afternoon on school days. The only easy option still seems to be to travel the long route via Chesterfield.

 

[m79900]

This still doesn’t help solve the difficulties of travelling from Matlock to Alfreton in the afternoon on school days. The only easy option still seems to be to travel the long route via Chesterfield.

What is the problem? The timetable shows Matlock to Alfreton buses every 1 to 2 hours through to 7 O’clock.

 

[Teapot42]

What is the problem? The timetable shows Matlock to Alfreton buses every 1 to 2 hours through to 7 O’clock.

On school days, the 15:55 starts at Highfields school, not Matlock itself, meaning there is no service between 14:30 and 17:00

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From 29th October, Stagecoach are making lots of changes in Chesterfield

Service Changes

Service changes affecting buses in Chesterfield and Derbyshire

www.stagecoachbus.com

This include a cull of services in the south west of town, removing some parts of the 2/2A completely and replacing others with modifications to the 5/90 meaning those services are halved in frequency to hourly.

They dare to blame this on poor usage - a bit hard to use buses when they've been regularly cancelled for the last 6 months.

 

[Deerfold]

This still doesn’t help solve the difficulties of travelling from Matlock to Alfreton in the afternoon on school days. The only easy option still seems to be to travel the long route via Chesterfield.

It seems to introduce that difficulty. At the moment it's a regular two hours, but the new timetable introduces a four hour gap. The current 1507 and 1707 are replaced (on schooldays) with an 1803

 

[Marcus Fryer]

They're a East Midlands and Essex operator who also provide a "transport solutions consultancy". They recently purchased Galleon Travel as well as having their existing operations

Operations in the East Midlands include the Novus Direct and Novus Fosse services in Leicester (I appreciate that this is slightly outside the scope of this thread, but hope its proximity to Derbyshire will make it allowable to the moderators) and also the former Marshalls routes around Bingham (including Nottingham-Newark). Here is a link to their entire list of routes courtesy of bustimes.org:

Central Connect

bustimes.org

The fleet consists mainly of Mercedes Benz Sprinters and ADL E200MMC. Again, courtesy of bustimes.org:

Fleet list – Vectare – bustimes.org

 

[ACBest]

Operations in the East Midlands include the Novus Direct and Novus Fosse services in Leicester (I appreciate that this is slightly outside the scope of this thread, but hope its proximity to Derbyshire will make it allowable to the moderators) and also the former Marshalls routes around Bingham (including Nottingham-Newark). Here is a link to their entire list of routes courtesy of bustimes.org:

The fleet consists mainly of Mercedes Benz Sprinters and ADL E200MMC. Again, courtesy of bustimes.org:

Quick correction - they only operate one former Marshalls route, the 90 between Newark and Nottingham, and it didn’t serve Bingham until Vectare took over.

 

[adrianjohnson]

According to the Kinchbus website they are returning a few routes to pre-Covid service levels (https://www.kinchbus.co.uk/news-and-media/our-news/article/timetablechanges24sept2023).

Do they have enough buses to achieve that? I was expecting Versas to be cascaded from the threes once the Enviros arrive, though there's only 4 so far, and I expected some refurbishment to take place first.

 

[Llandudno]

This still doesn’t help solve the difficulties of travelling from Matlock to Alfreton in the afternoon on school days. The only easy option still seems to be to travel the long route via Chesterfield.

The 1545 from Highfields school to Alfreton will operate via the A615 to get to Tansley, so can’t see any reason why you can’t board the bus on the A615 at the junction of Butts Road, opposite the Morrison’s Petrol Station, it will probably pick up there around 1556.

This bus stop is about 7/8 minutes level walk from Crown Square roundabout as you walk along Causeway Lane, past the football ground and excellent Red Lion, which brews its own beers and is open all day, every day and probably sells the cheapest real ale in Matlock!