Trent Barton 203/729 (28.06.2022)

Purple meets pink...

109, an Indigo branded MMC, is seen on Mount Street with an Indigo to Briar Gate as 729, a Keyworth branded Volvo, waits to form a service to Keyworth on The Keyworth.

Trent Barton 113 (28.06.2022)

With a dude in hi-viz at the helm, 113, a Mainline branded MMC, is seen on Beastmarket Hill presumably on road test.

Trent Barton 109 (28.06.2022)

The lengthiest journey on the Skylink Nottingham route or the second lengthiest after Loughborough is the Coalville service, which takes approximately an hour and a half. 109, a Mango spare MMC, leaves Nottingham on a long Skylink Nottingham to Coalville.

Trent Barton 145 (28.06.2022)

Also on Mainline today was the 69 plate MMC spare, as illustrated here. 145 in Mango livery but Trent Barton branded instead is seen leaving Nottingham on a Mainline to Bingham.

Trent Barton 217 (28.06.2022)

With 506 out on the Skylink Express route today, the Mainline route was treated to two different powered MMC's, such as this! 217, a four cylinder Mango spare MMC, is seen leaving Nottingham on a Mainline to Bingham.

Trent Barton 110 (28.06.2022)

One of the 17 plate MMC's spent the day on The Calverton today in place of a branded Eclipse, as illustrated here. 110 leaves its bus stop on Upper Parliament Street with The Calverton to Calverton.

Trent Barton 216 (28.06.2022)

Not too sure what happened here in this side of Nottingham as this Mango spare MMC was absolutely rammed to the rafters!

216 heads on Melton Road with The Keyworth to Keyworth, running with standing room only at this point.

Trent Barton 216 (28.06.2022)

Also on The Keyworth today was this 18 plate Mango spare MMC, as illustrated here. 216 comes into Nottingham with The Keyworth from Keyworth.

Trent Barton 725 (28.06.2022)

Two Keyworth's came through towards Keyworth on Melton Road at one point today, with one being full to the brim and the other being with a much less bustling amount of passengers on board. 725, a red spare Volvo, heads on Melton Road with The Keyworth service to Keyworth running with only a few passengers on board at this point.

Trent Barton 725 (28.06.2022)

Manvers Street was pretty busy today with a two spares on three routes, including The Keyworth! 725, a red spare Mango Volvo B7RLE Wright-Eclipse Urban, is seen coming into Nottingham with a terminating service from Keyworth on The Keyworth.

Trent Barton 739 (28.06.2022)

One of the ex-Two Motors was back on home turf today, as illustrated here. 739 is seen on Upper Parliament Street with a Two to Ilkeston then Cotmanhay.

Trent Barton 744 (28.06.2022)

Looking slightly different with a missing letter 'U' on 'out' on the rear window, 744, a red spare Volvo B7RLE Wright-Eclipse Urban with Trent Barton Land Zigzag branding on it, leaves Nottingham on a Skylink Express to East Midlands Airport.

Trent Barton 506 (28.06.2022)

With the usual yellow Scania of 657 off the road today, something different was left to fill its shoes instead in the form of the red spare Solo SR, as illustrated here. 506 is seen having left Friar Lane on the 14:55 Skylink Express service to East Midlands Airport.

Trent Barton 506 (28.06.2022)

Parliament Street pocket rocket...

506, a red spare Mango Optare Solo SR, heads on Upper Parliament Street on an out of service move to Friar Lane in preparation for the 14:55 Skylink Express service to East Midlands Airport.

Nottingham City Transport 601 (27.06.2022)

Probably one of the more common types of spare bus on this route aside from the OmniDekkas whist the bio-gas spares work elsewhere. At least it means ticking off whatever diesel powered bus comes, such as this! 601 heads on Stamford Road with a 6 to Edwalton.

Nottingham City Transport 601 (27.06.2022)

The other E400 out on the 6 was also completely glass, as illustrated here. 601 is seen on Trevor Road and Stamford Road with a 6 to Edwalton.

Nottingham City Transport 635 (27.06.2022)

One of the ex-Orange E400 Scanias did both Limes and Greens today and today saw me catch up with it on the second of the two networks. 635 is seen on Stamford Road and Trevor Road with a 6 to City Loop.

Nottingham City Transport 378 (27.06.2022)

A few Enviros were on Bridgford's today, a couple of which after the branded buses of 302, an MMC, and 404, a bio-gas Scania, came off. 378, the newest E200 in the spare livery, turns left onto Alford Road with a 7 to Gamston. 

Nottingham City Transport 302 (23.06.2022)

The duplicate pink workings for the 30 and 28 followed on by the Bridgford Bus workings commencing just before 17:30 were with the same branded MMC, as illustrated here. 306 crosses Melton Road on Musters Road with a 9 to Wilford Hill.

Nottingham City Transport 302 (23.06.2022)

The morning board on Bridgford's and the booked 54B workings were in the hands of one of the Bridgford MMC's, as illustrated here. 302 is seen on Musters Road with an 8 to City Loop.

Nottingham City Transport 309 (23.06.2022)

The one other spare on Bridgford's from today was the short wheelbase MMC, as illustrated here. 309 is seen on Upper Parliament Street and Market Street with a 7 to Gamston.

Nottingham City Transport 342 (23.06.2022)

Having walked towards Loughborough Road to get this bus, luck finally came when I eventually saw it here, so I stopped at this point to catch up with it at last! 342, a new style spare Solo SR, arrives at Eton Road with an 8 to City Loop.

Nottingham City Transport 342 (23.06.2022)

Now Bridgford Bus have a new timetable on the 8 and 9 requiring less overall buses on the whole network, it would mean in theory that no spares are required during the daylight hours but today saw a couple on the network, including this 61 plate Solo SR on the 8! 342 is seen on Musters Road with an 8 to Wilford Hill.

Nottingham City Transport 355 (23.06.2022)

Back to how it was when the extra 5 used to mainly go spare but this was the selected blue 40/41/42 allocation chosen to run this afterwards, as illustrated here. 355, a new style spare Solo SR, is seen on Melton Road with a 5 to Gamston.

Nottingham City Transport 354 'Helen Richardson-Walsh' (23.06.2022/24.06.2022)

New style spare Optare Solo SR seen on bustimes.org working the last 11 of the day to Lady Bay, the bus having replaced the green 11 branded variation of 332 earlier on in the evening.

Nottingham City Transport 660 (23.06.2022)

The now unbranded interior of the Platinum Jubilee bus as seen on the green 10 route.