#AYearOfBuses 141: Sutton – Nottingham
We’re staying in the Midlands today on #AYearOfBuses – popping over the border from Derbyshire into Nottinghamshire. Trent Barton’s 141 is an often-overlooked but absolutely delightful bus route, linking Nottingham with Bestwood, Hucknall, Ravenshead, Linby and Sutton in Ashfield. It’s changed very little over the past 30 years or so (aside from being shortened – […]
#AYearOfBuses 100: Pathfinder Southwell – Nottingham
We made it! It’s day 100 here on #AYearOfBuses – and we’re taking a trip along one of the Midlands’ most scenic bus routes. As you can imagine, there’s no shortage of contenders for day 100 of our series, but Nottingham City Transport’s Pathfinder 100 is one of our all-time favourite bus routes. There’s an […]
#AYearOfBuses 90: Fosseway Flyer Newark – Nottingham
Founded in 1989, Marshall’s of Sutton-on-Trent are a small, family-run independent bus and coach company, and today on #AYearOfBuses, we’re taking a look at their Fosseway Flyer. The Marshall family have lived in Sutton on Trent for over 200 years, and by tradition were basket makers. It’s a little known fact, reflected in their company […]
#AYearOfBuses 35: Bulwell – Nottingham
Day 35 takes us to Nottingham for a route steeped in history – and one of Nottingham City Transport’s longest routes. Orange Line 35 passes through or near no less than 12 of Nottingham’s Domesday communities, the site of a Roman Fort, and the world’s first known railway, built in 1603-4 to carry coal from Strelley […]
Are you a ‘bus person’?
Behold! Something very, very strange is happening in cyberspace. Finally, roughly ten years after the rest of the world discovered the joys to be had from emoji and selfies, it appears that a number of bus companies have finally started to plough some financial resource into digital content creation. Sadly though, throwing money at social for the […]
Nottingham’s NETwork: open for business
Nottingham Express Transit (NET) Phase Two opened at 6am this morning, and so – naturally – we just had to spend the day riding around on the new ‘NETwork’! Four years in the making. 17.5km of new track. 28 new tram stops. Two brand new lines. August 25th, 2015 will certainly be remembered as a […]
Nottingham City Transport gets first Enviro400s
Nottingham City Transport has begun rolling out its fleet of Enviro400-bodied Scania N230UDs, the first of their type for the company. As noted in transportdesigned‘s interview with Marketing Manager Anthony Carver-Smith back in April 2013, these vehicles are something of a first for the UK, too – they’re officially the first full-height, Enviro400-bodied Scanias in Britain! […]
Nottingham City Transport: driving people onto buses
Nottingham City Transport (NCT), winner of the coveted UK ‘Bus Operator of the Year’ 2012 award and topper of many-a Passenger Focus survey is industry-renowned for driving up quality. Transportdesigned investigates NCT’s recent success, and speaks to the operator’s Marketing Manager, Anthony Carver-Smith. As you’ll no doubt have heard, NCT boasts outstanding customer satisfaction […]
trent barton: a lesson in brand management
Trent barton is not your typical bus company. Later this month, it will roll out the long-awaited and much anticipated i4 concept – something of a revolution for the company. We interviewed Alex Hornby, Commercial Director at trent barton, to find out a little more about the company’s new direction. What makes trent barton so […]