Holme Pierrepont County Park and the National Water Sports Centre will now be accessible by bus seven days a week over the summer thanks to a trial part funded by the county council. Nottingham City Transport’s number 11C service previously only served the country park on Sundays but the Monday to … [Read more...]
Maximum £2 Single Bus Fares
Travelling by bus is now cheaper until the end of March 2023, thanks to a government funded Help for Households initiative. The maximum single fare for any journey is now £2 across all NCT services and all trentbarton services except for red arrow. The £2 single between Derby and Nottingham can … [Read more...]
trentbarton plants trees to mark Clean Air Day
Bus operator trentbarton has funded the planting of 330 trees – one for each of its buses – in a new East Midlands woodland to mark today’s Clean Air Day 2022. And trentbarton will continue to work with local not-for-profit tree planting venture Co-Treetment to offset some of its fleet emissions as … [Read more...]
NCT Celebrates Colleague Excellence
Nottingham City Transport has crowned its tenth Bus Driver of the Year alongside recognising and rewarding engineers, teams and unsung heroes at its annual Excellence Awards. Eleven bus drivers received Customer Commendation Awards for going above and beyond and two colleagues received Special … [Read more...]
“Tap and Go” contactless tickets launch across Nottingham Buses and Trams
Public transport users in Nottingham can now pay a single daily capped charge across the majority of the city’s buses and trams using their chosen contactless payment method, thanks to a new initiative using INIT’s contactless technology. The ‘Tap and Go’ ticketing options have been rolled out by … [Read more...]
Commissioner unwraps campaign to feature on NCT and NET about protecting women from violence
Police and Crime Commissioner Caroline Henry has unwrapped a major campaign to be featured on buses and a tram in Nottingham as part of a huge effort to protect women and girls from sexual violence. It will feature across a double decker bus and a tram as part of a project spearheaded by the … [Read more...]
UK’s best calls on women to drive buses
The reigning UK Top National Bus Driver Karen Miles has called on more women to get on board with a career in the bus and coach industry. Karen, 53, is only the second ever female winner of the UK bus industry’s premier driving award in its 26-year history. Driving trentbarton’s red arrow … [Read more...]
Three brothers clock up 100 years on the buses
Three brothers who all started driving buses in the 1980s have clocked up a combined 100 years of service behind the wheel. Lakhbir Singh Sandhu, Kulvir Singh and Raghbir Singh joined the then Barton Transport more than 30 years ago and are still driving for trentbarton today. The youngest … [Read more...]
Buses to proudly display the Poppy
trentbarton is showing its support for the men and women who served their country by adorning poppies on all 250 buses and coaches during this year’s appeal by The Royal British Legion. Legion representative Brian Brown, 84, from Ilkeston, met with fellow veteran and trentbarton lead driver … [Read more...]