Nottingham City Transport 253 (26.07.2026)

Although branded for the green 11 route, this Yutong saw use on the 12 today prior to its late failure with the bus having been snapped well beforehand, as illustrated here. 253 is pictured in West Bridgford with a 12E to Nottingham.

Nottingham City Transport 258 (26.07.2026)

After having finished service on its own network of the 40/41/42, this Yutong from that set of routes was dispatched onto the 12E late on to replace one of the green 11 branded examples in the form of 253 following a bus fault and so I set out towards the entrance of Bingham to capture the unusual working. 258 is unusually pictured on Nottingham Road at the entrance to Bingham with a 12E from Nottingham, the bus having also gone via Cropwell Bishop.

Nottingham City Transport 644 (26.07.2026)

A couple of unusual allocations caught my eye this evening, one such being this South Notts E400 on the 90 after the usual branded Solo SR of 357 came off on a day that saw both 90's swap buses, the other seeing the branded Solo SR of 356 replace the branded Solo SR of 358 and that prior to the second bus swap that was of significance given the fact that it involved this bus, more especially after it spent the whole day on its usual route of the 1 from start to finish prior to its late work on the 90, hence why I set out to catch up with it. 644 is pictured heading towards Trent Bridge on a 90 from Fernwood.

Trent Barton 217 (24.07.2026)

A sight not to be repeated now is The Cotgrave not leaving Broadmarsh Bus Station spare or not and on the second to last day of the route serving the bus station, 217 in the Mango spare livery is seen on departure from it on Canal Street awaiting the turn into Carrington Street with The Cotgrave to Cotgrave.

Trent Barton 109 (24.07.2026)

Seen in West Bridgford on The Cotgrave to Nottingham, the 17 plate Mango spare MMC having replaced the 18 plate Mango spare MMC of 217 earlier on in the day after a bus fault.

Trent Barton 109 (24.07.2026)

One Mango MMC that was on my bingo card on the RV1 from today was this 17 plate variant, as illustrated here. 109 is pictured in Radcliffe with an RV1 to Bingham. In the end, prior to its next turn of duty on the Skylink Nottingham, this bus was replaced on this route by the branded Solo SR of 505 after working the return service from Bingham.

Trent Barton 147 (24.07.2026)

One Mango spare that wasn't intended to be on my bingo card from today on the RV1 was this one of the 20 plates but after the branded Eclipse of 741 came off, I set out to catch up with the new look spare as a result. 147 is pictured having left Broadmarsh Bus Station on an RV1 to Newton.