Just over 10 miles north of Leicester, Loughborough is an interesting town from a transport point of view being on the Midland Main Line and the Grand Union Canal.
In addition, there is a frequent and varied range of bus connections supplied on the day I was there by five different operators.
YN15 EJA ‘Nottingham City Transport’ (NCT) No. 641 ‘South NottS’ 1,
Neil Parnell.
Scania N230UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Named Neil Parnell in tribute to the local man who died in tragic circumstances.
Pictured working route No. 1 from Loughborough to Nottingham which has a history dating back almost 100 years.
The ‘South Notts Bus Company’ dates from 1926 and remained independent until taken over by NCT in 1991.
Todays buses still carry ‘South NottS’ branding and still wear the dark blue paint scheme that was worn by their predecessors.
From 1926, the route was based in the old ‘South NottS’ depot which lies on the route in the village of Gotham
Operations were transferred back to Nottingham when Gotham depot was closed in 2021.
YN14 MVO ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 640.
Scania N230UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400 /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
Pictured in the silver spare bus livery.
YN14 MVO ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 640.
Scania N230UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400 /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
SN66 WZJ ‘Diamond Buses (East Midlands) Ltd’. No 31422, ROTALA.
Alexander Dennis Ltd. E20D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200 /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
‘Diamond Buses (East Midlands) Ltd’. are part of the ROTALA group.
They took over ‘Midland Classic’ in August 2022 and are based in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
New to ‘Johnsons’, Henley-in-Arden whose bus operations were taken over by ‘ROTALA’ in May 2022.
SN66 WZJ ‘Diamond Buses (East Midlands) Ltd’. No 31422, ROTALA.
Alexander Dennis Ltd. E20D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200 /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YJ08 EEH ‘arriva midlands’ No. 4107.
Volvo B9TL / Optare Olympus
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
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