To mark the centenary of the company, ‘tb’ held an open day at its Langley Mill depot on Sunday 26th. May 2013.
‘trentbarton’, the East Midlands based bus operator started its own journey on 31st. October 1913 when it took over a route from Derby to Ashbourne run by a company called ‘Commercial Car Hirers’ of London who had been running the route since 1909.
The company still runs the route initially as service 1. Then to mark that route’s centenary in 2009 it became ‘the one’ and is now ‘the swift’ and the route now runs beyond Ashbourne to terminate at Uttoxeter. (pronounced ‘Uchetter’ by the locals).
‘trentbarton’ took over the ‘Midland General Omnibus Company’ in 1969 at the formation of the ‘National Bus Company’ and ‘Barton Transport’ in 1989.
It was buses formerly operated by these three companies that made up most (but not all) of the visiting buses on the day.
Today, ‘tb’ is part of the ‘Wellglade’ group along with ‘Kinchbus’ of Loughborough, ‘TM Travel’ of Staveley and ‘notts+derby’ of Derby for whom Langley Mill depot provides engineering support.
This blog deals with the vehicles pictured in ’trentbarton’s Langley Mill workshops.
‘trentbarton’s Big 100th. Birthday Party banner
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
M131 PRA ‘trentbarton’ No. 131 ‘L’. Volvo B10B / Northern Counties
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
P256 PSX ‘notts+derby’ No. 28. Volvo Olympian / Alexander Royale
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Lothian Buses’ as No. 256.
YJ56 KAO ‘TMTravel’. No. 1179. VDL SB120 / Plaxton Centro
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Registration not known. ‘trentbarton’. Scania L94UB / Wright Solar
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
All taped up waiting for attention in the paint shop.
M130 PRA ‘trentbarton’ No. 130 ‘L’. Volvo B10B / Northern Counties
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
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