Trent Barton 146 (13.07.2026)
Seen in Bingham terminating in on an RV1 from Nottingham.
Monday, 13 July 2026
Trent Barton 713 (13.07.2026)
After having noticed that the RV1 started without the usual Optare Solo SR's on both boards today, every effort was made to catch up with the spare allocations as a result,. 713, a Mango Volvo B7RLE Wright-Eclipse Urban, is seen in West Bridgford Town Centre with an RV1 to Nottingham.
Trent Barton 504 (13.07.2026)
146, one of the ex-Skylink Derby and Leicester MMC's in the new look Mango livery, had been out on the RV1 today but the only available branded Solo SR on the day, more so this one, was declared available for service mid-afternoon and so the buses were swapped at Broadmarsh Bus Station. 504 is pictured in West Bridgford Town Centre with an RV1 to Newton. In the end, due to the bus change occurring mid-afternoon, this bus only saw use as far as Newton after the Mango MMC had worked all of the Bingham diagrams before the change.
Wednesday, 1 July 2026
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Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
Centrebus 532 (16.06.2026)
For a while it was the ex-Chaserider MMC's doing duty on the LC9 but it now seems to be the ex-Five Counties E200's dominating proceedings, not that I'm complaining since they suit the route rather well considering the fact that these have also seen use on the 19 on regular occasions too! 532 is pictured in Bingham's Market Place with an LC9 to Nottingham from Grantham.
Trent Barton 727 (16.06.2026)
After having been replaced on the Skylink Express by the branded Eclipse of 743, this red spare variant then made an unscheduled appearance on The Cotgrave after the branded MMC of 144 failed at Thornton's Close in Cotgrave and so I set out to catch up with the unexpected working as a result. 727 is pictured on Carrington Street with The Cotgrave from Cotgrave.
Trent Barton 146 (16.06.2026)
An unscheduled appearance on the RV1 this afternoon came from this Mango spare MMC due to the failure of the branded Solo SR of 505 and, as luck may have it, I was able to snap it in Bingham during its only appearance there. 146 is pictured in Bingham's Market Place on the RV1 in lieu of the aforementioned failed Solo SR.
Trent Barton 146 (16.06.2026)
An interesting day on The Calverton saw this Mango spare MMC on it prior to being swapped by the branded Eclipse of 709, which, prior to the branded variant of 708 being declared available for service, was replaced by the red spare variant of 725 after it had finished work on the Indigo for the morning peak prior to being effectively swapped on the same route for the Mango spare variant of 714, which was involved in a change on the i4 as well as the red spare, one between the branded MMC of 133. Just the one spare was of interest to me on The Calverton in the form of this MMC, which appears to be missing part of its rainbow branding on the right hand side, as illustrated here. 146 is pictured on Upper Parliament Street having brought in a service from Calverton on The Calverton. In the end, this bus was later dispatched onto the RV1 due to the branded Solo SR of 505 having broken down in East Bridgford outside the Methodist Church on its way to Nottingham.
Monday, 15 June 2026
Trent Barton 146 (15.06.2026)
After being replaced on the Mainline by the branded MMC of 116, which took over from the branded variant of 114 on its original slot before coming off that without being swapped, an evening of flying on the Skylink Express was on the cards for this Mango MMC and so I set out to catch up with it. 146 is pictured on Friar Lane having brought in a Skylink Express service from East Midlands Airport.
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