Nottingham City Transport 285 (31.01.2026)

To help conserve battery on the fleet (I believe), most days are seeing late bus swaps on one of the 11's, today being no exception, with this E10 spare coming out to replace 253 on this route after having earlier worked on the 61 following on from the bus having replaced the sky blue branded E10 of 279. 285 is seen on Carrington Street with an 11 towards Victoria Centre, the blind reset for the next 11B to Lady Bay.

Nottingham City Transport 285 (31.01.2026)

The 75 plate E10's certainly differ from the rest of the E10 fleet as these feature the displays used on a majority of the E12's, the reason being for their better functioning when changing for the next destination. 285 is seen on Carrington Street on its final leg of its run towards Nottingham as it changes its blind ready for the next service to Cropwell Bishop.

Nottingham City Transport 251 (31.01.2026)

A couple of E10 spares were out on the green line all day today and the nighttime snaps appear to give the best opportunity to get the displays in on them and it can be exemplified on this E10 spare, 251 to be exact, the bus pictured on Carrington Street with a 9 to Wilford Hill, not City Loop as advertised.

Nottingham City Transport 428 (31.01.2026)

Nottingham City Transport 428 (31.01.2026)

Not many of the bio-gas spares were out today but one of the handful that was out ended up on the 10 today, as illustrated here. 428 is seen on Carrington Street with a 10 to Ruddington.

Nottingham City Transport 503 (31.01.2026)

611, the Hits Radio advertised E400, had been out on the 6 today but due to its later on involvement on the nightbus N4 starting at 00:15, this one of the bio-gas spares was made available for service as a result and so the buses were swapped at Victoria Centre. 504 is seen at the top of Trevor Road and on Stamford Road with a 6 to Gamston.

Nottingham City Transport 613 'Sheku Kanneh-Mason' (31.01.2026)

With its contactless missing on the front, 613, a new style spare E400, waits at Gamston Morrisons to form the next 6 to Nottingham.

Nottingham City Transport 613 'Sheku Kanneh-Mason' (31.01.2026)

Nottingham City Transport 613 'Sheku Kanneh-Mason' (31.01.2026)

Nottingham City Transport 611 (31.01.2026)

Nottingham City Transport 611 (31.01.2026)

Following on from a change in the presenting line up to Hits Radio Breakfast, NCT repurposed the E400 with a change of advertising for the same show to boot and with a change of background color too! 611 is seen in Gamston ready to do the next 6 to Nottingham.

Nottingham City Transport 611 (31.01.2026)

Nottingham City Transport 660 (31.01.2026)

Alongside 603 on the green line network today amongst other things was one of the E400's that attended the 2024 pride event alongside 603, a Uni 34 branded E400 involved in the 2025 event instead of this bus. 660, the ex-Royal E400, is pictured at Gamston ready to do the next 6 to City Loop, the bus with updated One City branding in the wake of the senseless violence which claimed the lives of three innocent people on Tuesday 13th June 2023.

Nottingham City Transport 660 (31.01.2026)

Nottingham City Transport 603 (31.01.2026)

Nottingham City Transport 603 (31.01.2026)

Three of NCT's celebrity deckers ended up working on the green line today although not all on the same route with the pride E400 the sole celebrity decker seeing use on the 10, as illustrated here. 603 leaves Victoria Centre on a 10 to Ruddington.

Nottingham City Transport 603 (31.01.2026)

CT4N 1002 (26.01.2026)

After what seemed like an age, I was finally able to catch up with CT4N's route 66 and with one of the Versas too! 1002 is seen in Loughborough having brought in a 66 from Sutton Bonington.

CT4N 1014 (26.01.2026)

Following the transfer of the Medilink to Skills, the dedicated Versa that could be seen covering the route for the usual BYD's on a regular basis can now see use on anything and today saw morning school work be followed by a day on the 510/511, as illustrated here. 1014 is seen leaving Toton on a 510 to Beeston.

CT4N 1000 (26.01.2026)

A circular network that started with Solos soon had more variety to it with the two MMC's of 1029 and 1030, the short wheelbase now withdrawn, entering the fray and then the Versas soon followed suit and today saw a pair of the ex-Go North East examples doing the rounds, as illustrated here. 1000 is seen in Attenborough with a 510 to Stapleford. Upon arrival at Stapleford, this bus would have then gone on to work the 511 Stapleford Shopper before returning back to Beeston on the 510.

CT4N 1029 (26.01.2026)

With the shorter wheelbase example of 1030 now withdrawn, this long wheelbase MMC continues to see use with CT4N on long-term hire. 1029 leaves Beastmarket Hill with an 18 to Stapleford.

CT4N 1010 (26.01.2026)

The 18 is often solid Versa operation but the Solos can and do make various appearances on the route, as illustrated here, 1010 is seen in Nottingham with an 18X from Stapleford.

CT4N 1003 (26.01.2026)

As the 66 tends to use any available bus these days, the sole branded bus for the route can be regularly found away from its usual network, as illustrated here. 1003 is seen outside Victoria Centre ready to do the next L14 to Basford.

CT4N 1011 (26.01.2026)

Seen on Upper Parliament Street with an L2 to Assarts Farm.

CT4N 923 (26.01.2026)

The 29 is usually run with one of the Blackpool solos but an exception to the usual rule here sees council operated 923 in Long Eaton ready to do the next service to Sandiacre.

CT4N 930 (26.01.2026)

1006, an Optare Versa, had been out on the L2/L14 for a couple of runs after replacing this Solo but normal service eventually resumed with the Locallink spec back out where it started. 930 is seen on Milton Street with an L2 to Assarts Farm.

CT4N 1029 (26.01.2026)

A few of the ex-NCT OmniDekkas currently find themselves with CT4N in varying liveries, with one still in ex-NCT silver, another in CT4N blue and grey and this in the new CT4N Buses livery. 1029 is seen outside the Corner House on a dead run towards Mount Street outside the NCP after having done morning school work.

CT4N 909 (26.01.2026)

Whilst most school allocations with CT4N are with standard buses, the 631 school diagrams are minibus operated with their one Merc Sprinter example, as illustrated here. 909 is pictured on Waverley Street with a 631 to Underwood Institute.

CT4N 1009 (26.01.2025)

It always seems a strange choice by CT4N to whack Solos on school diagrams given their shorter wheelbase over the Versas but the ex-Blackpool examples are regulars on them and here, 1009 is seen on Waverley Street with a 9 to Farnsfield White Post Farm.

CT4N 1006 (26.01.2026)

Covered in muck, 1006, an Optare Versa, formerly of Webberbus, turns into Market Street with an 11 to Newark from Nottingham High School.

CT4N 1007 (26.01.2026)

The CT4N school diagrams can and do generate a right mixture of buses, with Solos, Versas and OmniDekkas on varying routes. Unfortunately a snap of every single afternoon working wasn't possible after I was originally in the wrong spot to snap them but a backup shot of the buses on their departure preparations came in handy thanks to the accurate zoom on the google pixel camera that was used to help me out. 1007 is pictured leading various Solos, another Versa and an OmniDekka, the leading Versa ready to do the 10 to Little Carlton, the bus having been on the L14 temporarily before being re-swapped for the Optare Solo of 930.