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In 2012, there was a dispute between the two operators resulting in Stagecoach timing its services to run five minutes before the Trent Barton services. [2] It was short-lived, and consistent headways were restored. [1] In June 2018, Stagecoach introduced eleven new double-decker buses on the route. [3] [4]
NBC Trent buses at Derby bus station in 1980 Preserved Trent Buses Northern Counties Paladin bodied Volvo B10B in October 2019 Barton Buses Plaxton Supreme bodied Leyland Leopard in 1993. In October 1913, the Trent Motor Traction Company was founded, [1] commencing operations with a bus service between Ashbourne and Derby.
Prior to 2011, the route operated on a half-hourly frequency with one bus per hour operated by Trent Barton and the other by Felix Bus Services. On 26 June 2011, Trentbarton added an additional bus per hour, increasing the frequency to every 20 minutes, including the fleet of buses now using Wright Solars instead of Optare Tempos. [2]
Star text was a text service that allows a bus user to type in a unique stop code, text it off and the bus times for that stop are sent to the mobile phone. [6] Leicester was one of the first cities to start using this service and brought it to the front. This has now been taken up countrywide by Traveline.
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) operates the majority of bus services in the city. It was the first transport operator in the UK to use RFID technology for its EasyRider bus passes, introduced in 2000. [22] Trent Barton operate some local services around Nottingham and to other nearby towns such as Beeston, Mansfield and Derby. [23]
During August 2022, Trent Barton and Kinchbus announced from 2 October 2022 that Skylink routes would undergo an overhaul; [3] [4] Skylink Derby buses ceased to serve Long Whatton and Diseworth from 3 October 2022.
The station has a total of 11 departure bays, with services operated by Kinchbus (service 9 to Loughborough), Trent Barton and National Express. [1] [2] [3]National Express services moved from their temporary terminus outside Nottingham Railway Station to Bays 10 and 11 at the new bus station on 14 June 2022, and their new facilities within the bus station were opened on the same date.
Trent Barton made changes with buses operating a single one-way loop around Spondon at a reduced frequency of every 15 minutes. [ 1 ] Due to low passenger numbers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic , the service was temporarily suspended in January 2021 but was reinstated in March 2021, Due to driver shortages across the Trent Barton network ...