Oh makes sense, noticed the shed on wheels (492) has made it onto comet, I feel for whoever has to drive that.Its 471 again mate tried to change but the TM said no apprently when i asked
With the villagers, they were swapped over on the Saturday night as they arrived, thought it would be the same case with the flyers to be honest.
What’s so bad about/wrong with 492?
It’s by far one of the worse Solo. From a passenger perspective it’s loud, slow, it rattles & vibrates like no other Solo.
304 probably missed a turn. Think it was back out at 15.45
bus times currently shows only 302, 304 and 305 out at the moment. Doesn't look like a good afternoon with most journeys look to be loosing around 30 mins (presumably down to traffic lights in Hatton) and also some 2 hour gaps.
492 is the worst bus we have at Derby. I've driven it quite a few times and its awful in winter as the heating doesn't work. It is also very slow; basically every driver feels sorry for you when they see you driving it.
Would 135 mean Nottingham depot is covering?
Ah interesting I didn’t know that, thanks.
No, a few Nottingham vehicles (3 i4s & 3 indigos I believe) are based at Derby, 135 was taken due to Derby having no spare vehicles & the only other choice being 494.
Is it the same 6 vehicles that live there, or is it whichever ones end up on a duty working terminating at derby?
It's different each day depending on the diagrams
Annual saver tickets have gone up 14% over the last two years but not a word of complaint from our MP's and trade unions. Why the difference between buses where increases are just accepted and railways where it would be headline news accompanied by protests.
Maybe it is a way of raising revenue, if they can't with the £2 fare remuneration.
What happened to the Langley Park bit? (Radbourne Lane)So the new swift timetable is now live on the website.
Some interesting changes, the whole timetable looks to have been rewritten, including a new run to/from QEGs in Ashbourne (Queen Elizabeth Grammar School).
welcome - swift - run by trentbarton
trentbarton are proud to be the really good bus company, serving Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire & Leicestershire in the East Midlands.www.trentbarton.co.uk
Sorry..Forget that. Missed the from 28th July bit. I should have gone to Specsavers
I believe back in the day the swift did go to QEGS in the morning and via in the afternoon.So the new swift timetable is now live on the website.
Some interesting changes, the whole timetable looks to have been rewritten, including a new run to/from QEGs in Ashbourne (Queen Elizabeth Grammar School).
welcome - swift - run by trentbarton
trentbarton are proud to be the really good bus company, serving Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire & Leicestershire in the East Midlands.
Still there. Generally it is the Uttoxeter journeys stay the same route but the new shorts go via Langley Park but not Hill Top at Ashbourne. These also start/finish at Mayfield. In Uttoxeter the route seems to now be Tesco - Bus Station - Hawthornden Ave - Bus Station. Regarding the times it will be 05, 35 from Derby which would clash with the villager on the same bay and evening service will be hourly with the last bus back to Derby from Ashbourne at 0020!
I wonder if anyone has ever thought of merging the two together to create another through route between Nottingham and Derby, although I can't really see anyone much using the full route given that there are already three bus services between Nottingham and Derby, and of the four it would certainly be the longest.
Would be completely pointless. With the joint frequency Cotmanhay is still linked to Ilkeston every 10 mins, with buses every 20 to Nottingham & Derby.
Yes, a bright yellow Optare Excel, that seemed to be based at an industrial unit on Mansfield Road. The play was carried out on the bus whilst it drove round. Was it 265? Skylink livery
That's just given me a thought. Do any Trent Excels still exist? There were a few preserved a few years ago, but I haven't seen anything on them recently.
264, as seen in the below photo. It was with Kinchbus during this, based at Derby
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There were a few "preserved" but I think they suffered from Optaritis. And rotted away. Very few such integrals survived.
I believe 703 plus a Derby based driver will go on loan each day to cover a Sutton based service, as they are short on both vehicles and drivers. I'm not sure how long that arrangement will last
No not yet they are in the process of being recorded so will be on them soon. Plus to add to this all buses must have at least from i was told voice annoucments by October to be in line with the new disablity guidelines.
This is to tbe used on the shuttle in Hucknall when the major road works kick in
i was told how long but after a long day i cant remember
I thought they might of been. So when the spares are on red arrow and routes which aren't usually allocated mmc's, will they now have voice announcements soon?
Was on 304 yesterday and it had the stops on the screen but after the driver had to restart the vehicle it just remained on 'welcome to the villager' screen.
the villager use to have announcements until a couple of years ago so I don't see why they need recording again.
