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Apologies, I thought you were suggesting that Nottingham's shortage of buses was due to repaints taking place. Currently going through the paint shop are the calverton/Kinch 2 buses, with an extra red Scanias at Sutton to cover, the former NCT deckers, no impact on Trent and the Comet Volvos but...

Yawn. There isn't currently anything from Nottingham in for a repaint. Funny how nobody says anything about NCT doing the same, they seem to do far more repaints than Trent And they are far better than average, they focus on the customer, pay attention to the interiors, give features that...

RE: Boxing Day, they're running a normal Sunday service this year meaning that shifts are being allocated, rather than it being on a voluntary basis. Given that people working in the emergency services, heal services, retail sector, food sector, not to mention people in the armed forces, all...

From what Ive seen of the Y4, loadings seem to be poor. Though as I travel on peak the buses I pass are typically going against the peak. The 110/111 were cancelled with vosa widest from the Monday just passed though I believe this is part of their admin exercise to get all routes onto one...

Since the Chesterfield and Nottingham sections were split, the Nottingham section has been given priority over the coaches, meaning that 9 coaches would most likely start the day with spare buses in the Chesterfield leg. Amy branded buses off for schedule maintainance would have their...

People also tend to pass the time on their phones whilst on the bus which can drain the battery rather quickly so even keeping it at the same level as when you got on is a bonus. Casual users may not have cables but commuters and students might in order to charge their devices at work/uni...

NCT have wifi across their entire fleet True t Barton have it on an increasing number of routes, the newer installations are 4g wifi which I find to be much better than some of the older stuff, such as the system on the soon to be replaced Red Arrow coaches.

Those following the bus scene in the East Midlands might want to keep an eye on Coach and Bus live over the next few days...

From late October, Red Arrow Chesterfield will be rebranded as 'Comet' using Volvo Eclipses from the Two. From the same date the frequency of the Two will increase (presumably this will be the day of the new vehicles entering service too- could be a tight turnaround!)

The current Nottingham to Matlock service crosses the Derwent a total of 9 times.

Regarding the original post, I understand that a new set of Enviro 200s are due at High Peal in the full green livery at some point. Centrebus also have a not dissimilar "five counties" brand around Oakham. Regarding Max v Sapphire, fro, my observations Max buses carry external advertising...

I4 will run every 7/8 minutes to Sandiacre and every 15 to Derby with the extra journeys being run by refurbished former Villager Scanias.

The 44 will continue on a commercial basis but will run to Heslington East interchange rather than via Lakeside Way. The contract with Transdev (and soon to be first) is a package along with the UB1, HB1 and CB2 services, along with the free campus to campus part of the 44/66. First also...

There were two issues, one with the tenderng(which was dismissed) and one to do with a TFEU Article 102 complaint regarding Luton Airport's abuse of a dominant position to restrict competition. This was upheld by the High Court, hence why Arriva are able to run to the airport now.

The entire route is on public roads with the exception of the Heslington East road that the 44 currently uses. Transdev will no longer be able to use this road and first will start using it instead

Turnover doesn't equal profit so that figure is meaningless. Most of Trent Barton's work is commercial with, I'd imagine, a fairly high margin. The majority of Yourbus' work is/was contracts, DCC and Nat Ex with far lower margins but a margin of some kind (in theory). Part of that safety net has...

As many will recall, York Pullman launched a Unibus 44 service between the University and the City Centre, with funding from the uni, a number of years ago. Now operated by Transdev, the services has developed and now runs with 11 buses, with a UB1 shuttle bus also being provided by an all...

The current Wrightbus Solars are being replaced with (refurbished) Optare Solos, however.

As mentioned elsewhere, no decision has been made regarding the route. Obviously some change is due to continue to make services profitable. This is the issue with the tram, vast sums of money invested to benefit those with a frequent service with those with a poorer service losing out even...

The I4 route is set to increase to every 7/8 minutes during the day and every 5 in the peak. The future of route 18 is being discussed given the tram soon coming to Beeston. One paper (wrongly) claimed that the route was definitely being scrapped. Trent have clarified by saying they are...