'Stand well clear! Fast bus approaching!'
758, a former Kimes VDL Wright-Pulsar now in use with Centrebus, zooms on Melton Road out of service.
Tuesday 31 March 2020
Due to the current coronavirus outbreak, Trent Barton have reduced their service levels and timetables as a result. The Keyworth is one such route that will now see one bus in use daily for the time being once things presumably start to pick up and get better although at least the branded Volvo Wright-Eclipse Urban buses can be used, like this one here in the form of 729, which is seen heading on Melton Road with The Keyworth to Nottingham.
The current sole surviving 63 plate spare ADL Enviro 400 in the old silver spare livery is this although it could be just a matter of time before it finally gets repainted, so this one could be one of those buses to keep an eye out for I think! 601 heads up Trevor Road and then turns left onto Stamford Road with a Bridgford Bus 6 service to Edwalton.
A common occurrence of late is the use of more diesel buses than bio-gas ones for presumably operational reasons and 901, a new style spare Optare OmniDekka, is seen out and about on the Bridgford Bus 6 route, it seen turning right from Stamford Road onto Trevor Road before heading down the hill towards Gordon Road with a City Loop service.
Monday 30 March 2020
I'm sure once the normal services and timetables get back up and running, we should see a lot more of passengers getting on and off the buses! One is seen getting off here though as 908, an Optare OmniDekka, heads up Trevor Road, turns left onto Stamford Road before then stopping at the bus stop to drop said passenger off before continuing on with its Bridgford Bus 6 service to Edwalton.
With NCT's special timetables and reduced services on core routes only all expected to continue until further notice due to the coronavirus, expect to see various spares covering for branded buses whilst most are unavailable for operational reasons. 905, a new style spare Optare OmniDekka, covers for the usual Bridgford Bus branded bio-gas ADL Enviro 400 CBG City on the 6 as it turns right from Stamford Road onto Trevor Road before heading down the hill towards Gordon Road with a City Loop service.
Sunday 29 March 2020
One of the routes I hadn't caught NCT's 100th bio-gas bus on was the Bridgford Bus 6 route and I managed to finally give myself a mega-tick in the book today as the Enviro 400 CBG City was unusually out on the 6 for a change! 500 heads up the hill on Trevor Road before turning left onto Stamford Road with a 6 to Edwalton.
It seems as if the rainbow swoops style silver spare livery has diminished already... or so it seems! It now therefore looks like the new style silver spare livery is taking shape on most double-decker buses and 601, a standard ADL Enviro 400, is one such bus to now be in the new spare colours, it seen turning right off of Stamford Road onto Trevor Road where it then descends down the hill towards Gordon Road whilst operating a Bridgford Bus 6 service to City Loop. In the end, green 10 also had one of these on the route along with an Optare OmniDekka but this non-bio-gas bus here will have to do for now I think!
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