‘notts+derby’ together with ‘trentbarton’, ‘Kinchbus’ based in Loughborough and ‘TM Travel’ based in Staveley are all members of the ‘Wellglade’ group.
‘n+d’ operate in Derby mainly on contract work.
YN05 GZB ‘n+d’ No. 600. Scania L94UB / Wright Solar
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Felix’ of Stanley who were taken over in 2011.
‘Felix’ was a long standing operator in East Derbyshire with a history going back to the 1920’s.
Operating on their own behalf, they also had joint operations with ‘trentbarton’.
The bus side of the business was taken over by the ‘Wellglade’ group in 2011 whilst the coaching side of the business were taken over by ‘Swiftsure’ coaches of Swadlincote who themselves went out of business in 2019.
An interesting story concerning ‘Felix’ was that for many years they used the ‘Felix the cat’ logo in its livery and advertising.
Felix was/is a cartoon character dating back many years.
This use was drawn to the notice of the American company which owned the copyrite who objected to its use.
As a consequence, its use by the company was discontinued.
FN54 AEX ‘n+d’ No. 660. Scania L94UB / Wright Solar
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘trentbarton’.
R27 BUS ‘n+d’ No. 453. Optare Solo M920
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New registered to ‘trentbarton’ as FE02 KEK.
It was also registered A20 UOD at one time.
FJ09 MVZ ‘n+d’ No. 475. Optare Solo M950
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
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