Face coverings must be worn by customers on trentbarton services from Monday June 15, in line with the new rule announced by the Government. The change makes mandatory what trentbarton had already been advising. Since the start of May it has recommended customers on buses wear a facemask, scarf, … [Read more...]
Free bus pass travel before 9.30am on trentbarton
trentbarton is offering to help older and vulnerable people to get to the shops and banks during early morning openings by accepting concessionary bus passes before 9.30am on weekday mornings. The bus passes are normally only valid after 9.30am but with supermarkets and banks introducing special … [Read more...]
Cash and help from trentbarton together
trentbarton is offering up to £1,000 or its time and resources to local good causes. The new trentbarton together community fund is welcoming applications from sports teams, schools, charities and other local groups. The bus company will support at least one good cause every month, with the … [Read more...]
trentbarton team’s charity of year is Teenage Cancer Trust
Bus drivers and colleagues from trentbarton have chosen the Teenage Cancer Trust as their charity of the year for both 2020 and 2021. The charity, which helps young people across trentbartonland and the rest of the UK, will benefit from two years of fundraising events and challenges by … [Read more...]
Free Sunday rides on trentbarton buses in January
Nottinghamshire people are being encouraged to make the most of their January Sundays by getting out and about with free trentbarton bus journeys between 10am and 11am. Each trentbarton Free Ride Sunday is a perfect day to head out for a New Year explore, a wintry walk or to meet up with family … [Read more...]
Contactless payments accepted on some trentbarton buses from Sunday
From Sunday 6th October, some bus passengers in Gedling borough will no longer have to hunt for the cash before making their journey as trentbarton confirm that contactless payment will now be accepted on all services. trentbarton is to roll out a tap-on tap-off contactless payment on all its … [Read more...]
Trentbarton sends bus to help Pete, 88, get on-board
When Trentbarton heard that an 88-year-old customer was struggling to get on-board with his mobility scooter, the bus company had the bright idea to send a bus to his home so he could practice getting on and off to build his confidence. That’s why a bus turned up at the Bingham home of Pete and … [Read more...]
Fifty years on the buses and still loving his job
A 78-year-old bus driver who still drives customers between Nottingham and Derby has been congratulated for his 50-year and counting career with Trentbarton. Avtar Lachar, also known as Terry, topped the bill at a Trentbarton long-service awards, just ahead of colleagues who have clocked up 45 … [Read more...]
£5m new trentbarton buses for Nottingham
trentbarton is to spend £5m in 2018 on 30 new buses that will help reduce pollution in Nottingham – each of the new buses for the i4 and indigo services will emit less nitrogen dioxide than a new car. All the new buses meet the latest Euro VI emissions standard, including for NOx, and will take … [Read more...]
Buses to proudly display the Poppy
trentbarton will show its support for the men and women who have served their country with 185 of its buses and coaches proudly wearing a poppy in the run up to Remembrance Day. To mark trentbarton’s donation of £800 to The Royal British Legion’s annual Poppy Appeal, a bus and driver met members of … [Read more...]