‘Scene’ on ‘trentbartons’ service i4 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘trentbarton’s service i4 links Derby to Nottingham via Sandiacre, Stapleford and the QMC.

 

For the last five years or so it has been the preserve of a batch of Optare Tempo’s reinforced more recently with Wright bodied Scanias.

 

Because of ongoing problems with the Tempo’s, Optare have supplied a MetroCity demonstrator to help out whilst the Tempo’s go back to Optare for rectification work.

 

The bus having previously worked for ‘Perryman’s of Berwick, ‘Midland Classic’ of Burton on Trent, ‘Safeguard’ of Guildford and presumably other operators.

 

It would seem to be a longish job because the MetroCity has been painted into the full i4 livery.

 

 

 

YJ16 DAA ‘trentbarton’ No. 99 ‘i4’ Optare MetroCity V1080MC /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

YJ16 DAA ‘trentbarton’ No. 99 ‘i4’ Optare MetroCity V1080MC /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

YJ16 DAA ‘trentbarton’ No. 99 ‘i4’ Optare MetroCity V1080MC /3

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

YJ16 DAA ‘trentbarton’ No. 99 ‘i4’ Optare MetroCity V1080MC /4

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

For completeness sake, I have included images of the Optare Tempo and the Scania/ Wright.

 

YJ12 GWF ‘trentbarton’ No. 327 ‘i4’ Optare Tempo X1200SR

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

FJ03 VWB ‘trentbarton’ No. 613 ‘i4’ Scania L94UB / Wright Solar

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘Scene’ Outside Nottingham's Broadmarsh Bus Station 1

Most of my images in Nottingham come from on the streets but on this occasion, I positioned myself at the Broadmarsh Bus Station.

 

Inside, it is dark and gloomy whilst outside, you are shooting across several lanes of traffic. Admittedly the traffic is light controlled but you do need to be quick.

 

The first image shows the exit to the bus station with two ‘trentbarton’ (tb) Scania L94UB’s with Wright Solar bodies waiting to leave.

Behind them is another of the same being followed by a Nottingham City Transport East Lancs bodied double decker which are waiting to turn right across the face of the two Scanias.

Above it all is one of Nottingham’s first batch of Trams about to enter arrive at its railway station terminus.

 

KX13 HYS

A Van Hool TDX21 Altano working for ‘Stagecoach’ (SC) subsidiary ‘Megabus.com’. 

Although this coach is left hand drive and the signage is in Euro’s the registered owner is Midland Red South and ‘SC’s website gives its base as being at Rugby.

 

B11 PSV

A Sunsudegui bodied Volvo B12 of ‘Freeway Coaches’ who are based at Pinxton which lies on the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border close to Junction 28 on the M1.

 

FJ03 VWN

Another Scania L94UB with Wright Solar bodywork. Previously having worked in ‘tb’s main fleet it is now working for associate company ‘Kinchbus’ of Loughborough.

Working service 9, a half hourly frequency journey linking Nottingham and its home town.

The '9' came to 'Kinchbus' when the previous operator, 'Premiere' of Nottingham went out of business 2 years ago.

 

The Broadmarsh bus station is one of a very small number of locations in the country where both versions of the Optare Tempo can be seen working side by side.

 

YJ12 GWA

One of a batch of Tempo 2’s bought in 2012 for exclusive use on ‘tb’s i4 route linking Nottingham to Derby.

 

YJ12 GWG

Another of the same showing the offside branding.

 

YJ07 VSM

The earlier Tempo 1 leaving for Keyworth which lies to the Southwest of Nottingham.

 

YJ12 GVE

An Optare Solo EV working the ‘FREE’ to all service that links the 2 major bus stations at Broadmarsh and the Victoria centre with the city centre. A ’tb’ vehicle.

 

For those who can remember them. The ‘audio’ on these ‘electric’ buses is very much like riding on a trolleybus.

 

FP51 GXX

From the same owner is this diesel Optare Solo doing a turn on the same service.

 

YJ51 ZVZ

One more Optare Solo although this time working for ‘Centrebus’. Setting off on the 30 mile run to Oakham.

‘Scene’ on Friar Lane, Nottingham today 30th. of September 2013

Nottingham has a variety of bus picking up points. The Victoria Centre and The Broadmarsh Centre are probably the most obvious.

 

Friar Lane is not so obvious but it does have a surprising range of services that terminate or simply call there.

 

Then there are the services that pass on their way to their own termini on Beastmarket Hill.

 

First up must be the service that is the newest which only officially started yesterday.

 

That is ‘trentbarton’s (tb) ‘sawley xprss’. The name says it all really.

 

I was a little disappointed that ‘tb’ have chosen to use fleet liveried vehicles on the service.

 

I rather thought that with (tb)’s flair for publicity that they might have been a bit more adventurous and had some form of route branding.

 

FE02 KFK 

An Optare Solo.

 

 

 

 

 

So what else was on view?

 

FJ58 KKR

A Volvo B7RLE/Wright on the ‘Indigo’.

 

 

L125 LRA

A Volvo B10B/ Northern Counties driver trainer.

 

 

FJ10 EHK

An Optare Solo on the ‘Radcliffe line’

 

 

Y12 GWL

An Optare Tempo 2 on the i4.

 

 

FD54 JYC

An Optare Tempo 1 working the ‘bingham xprss’

 

 

FN54 AEZ

A Scania L94UB/Wright linking Nottingham to the East Midlands Airport.

 

 

FH54 VRY

Another Scania L94UB/Wright deputising for a route branded Solo.

 

 

FJ03 VVU

A further Scania/Wright on route 18 from Stapleford.

 

 

two more (tb) vehicles were,

 

YJ07 VSO

another Optare Tempo1 linking Nottingham with Ilkeston.

 

 

and

FJ03 VWR

Another Scania L94UB/Wright on its way to Cotgrave.

 

 

Nottingham City Transport are represented by,

 

YN53 CFY

A Scania N94UD with East Lancs Coachbuilders body. 

 

This is operating the ‘navy line’ route No.1 to Loughborough.

 

 

YN04 AMX

Another Scania, this time a 94UB with Scania’s own bodywork.

 

 

YT09 YHW

A Scania 270UD with Optare bodywork designed to look like similar East Lancs bodies in the fleet.

 

 

YJ51 XST

An now elderly Optare Solo making a positioning journey.

 

 

YT09 YHS

Another Scania/Optare combination. this one working in from Clifton.

 

 

YJ61 CGU

An Optare Solo SR working in on a different route from Clifton.

 

 

YN04 AMV

Another of the short all Scania N94UB’s in a variation of the Network Maroon livery that I have not seen before.

 

 

 

YX62 ECT

An Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 operated by ‘Marshalls of Sutton on Trent’.

 

This route was at one time run by Nottingham City Transport and links not only to Newark but to Newark Northgate station. So giving Nottingham’s citizens a direct link with the East Coast main railway line.