I have done a number of blogs illustrating the comings and goings of buses in Nottingham but on reflection they were mainly populated by the multi coloured fleet of ‘trentbarton’ (tb).
‘PS’ is like Oxford Street in London, it heaves with buses. ‘tb’ do put in an appearance but most of what is on offer is provided by the equally multi coloured fleet of ‘Nottingham City Transport’ (NCT).
There is an Upper and a Lower Parliament Street but this selection of images is of buses that pass the junction of ‘PS’ and Milton Street.
Which is where you are if you walk out of the main doors of the ‘Victoria Centre’.
‘NCT’s fleet is in a stage of transition between the buses that carry the traditional green of Nottingham as the background colour and the newer buses that carry a silvery grey as the background colour.
Whatever the background colour most of the fleet are colour branded to identify particular routes or groups of routes.
Part 1 appeared on my blog on 24th. April 2016.
YN08 MSU ‘Nottingham City Transport’ 946 Scania N270UD / Darwen.
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Basically an East Lancs design that was also produced under the Darwen Group (DG) and Optare banners.
‘DG’ being a re-incarnation of East Lancs when they went into administration in 2007. They in turn bought Optare and adopted the better known name.
The service 100 the bus is operating on links Nottingham with the Cathedral town of Southwell. Pronounced ‘Suthell’ to the locals.
The route came into NCT’s portfolio of routes when in 1997 NCT took over ‘Pathfinder’ (Newark) the previous operator on the route. The bus carrying a small ‘PATHFINDER’ on the front dash panel as a reminder of that.
GX55 NHY ‘Skills’ Volvo B7TL / East Lancs Vyking.
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Part of the of locally based operator’s contract fleet branded for the city’s ‘Bilborough College’.
Previously operated by Littles of Ilkeston.
YT61 GPZ ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 920 Scania N230UD Omnidekka / Optare.
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It was part of a batch of 22 vehicles purchased at that time and is seen in the ‘Go2 Lilac’ branding.
Alexander Dennis Ltd. have become the body supplier of double deck bodies since the supply of East Lancs designed bodies that were built by East Lancs, Darwen and Optare ceased.
YP63 WFA ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 601 Scania 230UD / ADL Enviro 400.
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Wearing the ‘go anywhere’ spare bus livery which incorporates the colours used on colour branded services over the silver base.
YN54 AHJ ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 214 Scania N94UB OmniCity.
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An all Scania N94UB OmniCity in the livery of the park & ride service from Victoria Park.
YJ12 GYS ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 358 Optare Solo SR.
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‘NCT’ have been users of the Solo since the early days of the type so it was only to be expected that the SR model would follow the earlier version into the fleet.
Branded as ‘Bridgeford Bus’ linking the suburb of West Bridgford with the City which in the days of ‘West Bridgford Urban District Council’ was a renowned bus operator.
YN05 GXG ‘AOT Coaches’ Scania L94UB / Wright Solar
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‘AOT Coaches’ is one of the few independent’s in Nottingham who have a regular service to Hucknall.
The bus was previously operated by ‘Reading Transport’.
YX63 LFU ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 397 ADL Dart / ADL Enviro 200.
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One of a batch of 33 buses.
‘NCT’ were substantial operators of the Optare Versa with 20 being bought in 2008.
Perhaps surprisingly, they had all gone after short working lives to be replaced with these ‘ADL’ buses’.
A dozen or so went to ‘ADL’ presumably in part exchange.
V254 JRR ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 254 Optare Solo..
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This 1999 produced bus is still paying its way working on Nottingham’s ‘local link’ network.
This being a raft of services operated my Nottingham Community Transport and ‘NCT’ on behalf of the County Council.
YJ61 CGV ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 349 Optare Solo SR.
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Working on the ‘pink line’ ‘Go2 uni 31’ which as the name suggests serves the Nottingham University campus to the West of the City
YX63 GXY ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 398 ADL Dart / ADL Enviro 200.
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Seen wearing the ‘go anywhere’ spare bus livery.
YN55 NGY ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 698 Scania N94UD / East Lancs.
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The ‘go anywhere’ spare bus livery has had poppies superimposed on it as NCT’s support for The British Legion in 2015.
