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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.
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]
Trent Barton operate some local services around Nottingham and to other nearby towns such as Beeston, Mansfield and Derby. [23] The two operators are also frequent winners of the National Bus Operator of the Year award. NCT and Trent Barton have a good relationship and routes are designed so that they are not competing against each other.
Wellglade was formed in 1986 when Brian King and Ian Morgan purchased Trent Buses from the National Bus Company in a management buyout. In 1989 the business of Barton Transport was purchased. [2] [3] In 1998 Wellglade purchased the Kinchbus business in Loughborough. In January 2010 TM Travel of Sheffield was purchased.
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 ]
Although not a part of Skylink brand, trentbarton also operate half-hourly extensions to East Midlands Airport on their My15 route between Ilkeston and New Sawley, while Diamond East Midlands extended their service AirLine 9 to East Midlands Airport in 2019, connecting the airport with Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Swadlincote and Burton-upon-Trent.. [10]
Tollerton Primary School takes children of 5–11 years of age. [4] It is a member of Equals Trust Multi Academy Trust, based in nearby Keyworth. [5]Tollerton Playgroup, next to the primary in Burnside Grove, caters for children under five.
During 2020, Kinchbus upgraded services 11/12 with Optare Versas which were transferred from Trent Barton and replaced Optare Tempos which were used on the service since new in 2007. As a result of the now-abandoned Leicester clean air zone, the Skylink fleet was also upgraded with 12 new Enviro200 MMCs which replaced a fleet of eleven Mercedes ...