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Every year we hold our annual awards, where we celebrate all the amazing things our team do. But we're not just there to have a good time. It is important for us to celebrate and reward thos...
Customers can continue to travel in confidence after prolonged testing of the places passengers and drivers regularly touch found zero traces of coronavirus. Surfaces which our customers tou...
International Women's Day 2021 This International Women's Day, we'd like to introduce you to our Digital Marketing Executive, Head of Operations, Customer Service Assistant, General Manager,...
Three brothers who all started driving our buses in the 1980s have clocked up a combined 100 years of service behind the wheel. Lakhbir Singh Sandhu, Kulvir Singh and Raghbir Singh joined wh...
Three of our very own drivers have clocked up an incredible 150 years of combined service. Clive Parr, Mick Fordham and Steve Slater all reached their half centuries of service within a few...
We gave a junior school choir a lift to and from a carol concert at Haddon House Care Home in Ilkeston. The 16-strong choir from Cotmanhay Junior School were whisked to their concert by driv...
Drivers on our my15 route who were devastated when a favourite customer died in a road accident have donated money to name a bus after her. Jean Levers, who died aged 79 in the April acciden...
Alongside our sister operator Kinchbus, we are rolling out the UK's first truly tap-on tap-off contactless payment for a region's bus travel. We are investing £2.5 million in around 35...
Customers in Nottingham can now find a warm welcome and a first-class service at a new travel shop opened on Maid Marian Way. The travel shop, which also includes a rest area for our drivers...
One of our own Kelly Jago won first the praise of a Crown Court judge and now a commendation from the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire for intervening when two men stole a customer's purse. K...
Government support for the partial funding of eight battery-powered buses has been earmarked for trentbarton after we secured £1.5m from the Department for Transport's Ultra-Low Emissi...
trentbarton's the calverton route has welcomed six buses boasting all mod cons to the key service for the people of Calverton, Arnold, Daybrook, Sherwood and Nottingham. Half a dozen revampe...
A new bus link connecting workers and passengers from Erewash to East Midlands Airport has carried 50,000 people in its first nine months. We created the new bus link in March 2018 for the p...
Sarah Meakin, one of our ilkeston flyer drivers who helped a vulnerable girl that was terrified of men has received an award for assisting the teenager and the paramedics who attended. Sarah...
We are pleased to announce that our very own James Kearney is in the running to be named the UK's best bus driver. James, who drives services in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire joined us in 2...
On Friday 7 September we were crowned Derbyshire Business of the Year and we also picked up the Excellence in Customer Service award. The Derbyshire Business Awards 2018 took place at Derby'...
We’re really excited to announce that fifteen new ultra-low emission buses have joined the indigo fleet, contributing to Derby City Council’s mission to improve the city’s...
It's with a heavy heart that we'll no longer operate 18 from Sunday 30 September. Unfortunately, local travel habits have changed since the extension of the tram through Beeston, and despite...
Not only do we have really good drivers but we also have really good engineers too. Our bodywork engineer Jamie Gardner, 29, from Belper, electrical technician James Woodhouse, 26, from Derb...
We’re really excited to announce that our popular skylink express, which connects Nottingham to East Midlands Airport, is getting four added stops on a redesigned and rebranded route....
We heard that one of our customers was struggling to get onboard with his mobility scooter. So we thought it would be a really good idea to send Christian and a bus to his home so that Mr Wi...
Our really good drivers have once again lived up to their name for another year by being ranked number 1 in the business in the latest Transport Focus Survey of passengers. The survey, which...
Two deaf children were amazed when they asked one of our drivers, Craig Colgate what his favourite bus colour is. Craig answered using sign language, a skill he had learned to help a regular...
Pupils from Fairfield Primary Academy in Stapleford were given their very own bus for a morning to boost their study of transport. 54 children aged five and six from Year 1 were taken on a m...
A 78-year-old bus driver who still drives customers between Nottingham and Derby has been congratulated for his 50 year – and counting – career with us. Avtar Lachhar, also known...
trentbarton have created a new bus link for the people of Ilkeston, Stapleford and Sandiacre to access the thousands of new jobs being created in and around East Midlands Airport. The brand...
Our drivers and colleagues have chosen Alzheimer’s Society as our new charity partner for 2018 and 2019. As well as raising cash, we are showing we care by working towards being dement...
We're really excited to announce that our popular my15 route will be flying down to East Midlands Airport from Sunday 25 March 2018. my15 will run an hourly service from 5am - midnight 7 day...
The young footballers of an Ilkeston Town Under 11s team are taking to the pitch in style for the current and 2018-19 seasons after trentbarton sponsored their kit. The Red Tigers’ new...
Derby bus driver Mick Smith got a big surprise at a bus stop on the allestree route – a group of his biggest fans were waiting there to present him with trentbarton’s customer ch...
Each year we invest up to £6 million on buying and refurbishing our buses. This year will be no different. In 2018, we are set to spend £5million on 30 new buses as we help to re...
Bus drivers and colleagues from trentbarton have raised almost £25,000 for the children’s charity When You Wish Upon a Star, which makes dreams come true for children living with...
charity & community projects across trentbarton land At trentbarton, we value our social impact equally to our commercial success. We are a local company. We employ local people. And we&...
1. download hugo: your trusty travel sidekick feel waitless – live times for trentbarton, Kinchbus and NCT plus all the scheduled times from across the East Midlands so you’ll n...
trentbarton will show its support for the men and women who have served their country with 185 of its buses and coaches proudly wearing a poppy in the run up to Remembrance Day. To mark tren...
The man who keeps trentbarton’s tens of thousands of bus stops informative and welcoming places to catch a service is in the running for a major national prize at the UK Bus Awards 201...
People travelling between Bingham, Radcliffe, West Bridgford and Nottingham now have a new level of luxury bus service thanks to the arrival of nine new buses for trentbarton’s mainlin...
trentbarton recently treated 50 people of all ages from Riddings and nearby by providing a free bus and driver to community group Oscari for a day trip to the seaside. The Sunday trip saw pe...
From Monday 7 August, free bus pass holders will have to pay to use the non-stop red arrow coach service from Derby to Nottingham, due to Derby City Council withdrawing the route from those...
The planned closure of Broadmarsh bus station has now come in to affect as of Sunday, 9 July, and we want to reassure our Nottingham customers that there is be plenty of help on hand. The wo...
trentbarton is to spend £5m in 2017 on 28 new buses and on upgrades – its biggest ever investment in a single year. New vehicles will be deployed from July and be put to work ser...
London’s famous red buses are to catch up with Derbyshire’s 23 years after trentbarton pioneered colourful branding of services. The capital’s Mayor Sadiq Khan has announce...
rainy days guide Heaven forbid we should see some of the wet stuff fall over the bank holiday weekend and disrupt our plans of getting outside and enjoying a beer garden or two in the fine B...
ilkeston flyer bus driver Sarah Meakin has been crowned driver of the year at trentbarton’s really good service awards, after just 12 months at the company. Sarah, 29, who lives in Ilk...
Thriving basketball club Ilkeston Outlaws has a new kit for its Under 12s teams thanks to trentbarton and its revamped ilkeston flyer service. trentbarton has become key sponsor of the two t...
trentbarton drivers are the best in the bus business, according to the latest Transport Focus survey of passengers. The survey, which ran across the final four months of 2016, saw trentbarto...
2Q Festival and trentbarton have joined forces with an innovative partnership that will offer free bus rides home from 2Q Festival on 1st April 2017. trentbarton will be the events’ wr...
Ilkeston is to get a more luxurious and frequent ilkeston flyer service thanks to a £150,000 investment by trentbarton in extra buses that will run earlier in the morning and later at...
When four and five year olds at Larkfields Infant School told their teacher that most had never been on a bus she decided to send a “cheeky” email to their local bus company tren...
Passengers on trentbarton's villager routes are invited to join in with the 2016 Derby Book Festival by swapping a book they've read for one they haven't. The Big Bus Book Swap will see dist...
indigo and skylink bus driver Abdul Jabar has been crowned as Driver of the Year at trentbarton’s Really Good Service Awards, less than four years after switching careers to get behind...
trentbarton is proudly backing Bingham Rugby Club, sponsoring new shirts and equipment at the popular community club. The bus company, whose rushcliffe mainline serves Bingham every 10 minut...
The 100th birthday of Beeston’s newest centenarian Kenneth Wareing, a former bus driver, was marked by a trentbarton bus being named after him by his family. Kenneth’s family cho...
We've revved up a year of fundraising for children’s charity When You Wish Upon a Star by treating a bus-mad Mansfield three-year-old to a VIP day on board, including having a bus name...
A year of fundraising with the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance has ended with cheers at Nottingham’s Magpie Brewery. Our charity of the year for 2015 has benefitted from 6p from the sa...
A retired pub landlady who had the idea of naming buses for charity has finally called time after 24 years of fundraising for Derby’s breast cancer unit reached £100,000. And to...
Nottingham-Derby bus driver Carole Hind has been crowned the first ever female winner of the UK Bus Driver of the Year. Carole, who drives the red arrow service linking the two cities, won t...
The non-stop red arrow coach service between Derby and Nottingham is getting a £3 million boost with nine new luxury coaches each with free 4G wifi and tables at every seat. The top of...
trentbarton and our top driver Carole Hind are in the running for two major national prizes at the UK Bus Awards 2015. Carole, who has already won our own Driver of the Year title at our Rea...
trentbarton’s rushcliffe mainline bus service linking Bingham, Radcliffe and West Bridgford with Nottingham are increasing in frequency from Sunday [August 30] to up to every ten minut...
Residents in Coalville and Shepshed are to get an express bus service to and from East Midlands Airport. With a potential 20,000 new jobs being created around the Airport in the next 20 year...
Our hugely popular i4 service is now even more frequent thanks to a £120,000 investment in extra buses and 12 new drivers. Four newly refurbished buses have been added to the i4 fleet,...
Derby-based coach driver has scooped top honours at our annual awards ceremony featuring snooker legend Steve Davis. The six-time world champion presented the Driver of the Year Award to red...
trentbarton has joined forces with a brewery to help create a special ale that will help promote a road safety message whilst raising money for a life-saving air ambulance service. Represent...
trentbarton’s fundraising efforts look set to really take off in 2015 after our teams voted to adopt Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance as their charity of the year. The charity came out...
We’re is rounding off a year of fundraising for Help for Heroes by launching a Christmas card designed by a local schoolgirl. Our team here at trentbarton have already raised more than...
trentbarton bus drivers have stripped off upstairs and down for a charity calendar to raise money for a good cause. Sacrificing their uniforms for a daring photo shoot, drivers and office st...
One of our award-winning bus drivers is celebrating a promotion that will see him become a team leader on a flagship trentbarton service. A decade ago, former BBC journalist John Shaw from I...
Hair today, gone tomorrow. trentbarton bus driver Caroline ‘Caz’ Johansson is fearing the chop – after pledging to have her head shaved for charity. Our ilkeston flyer driv...
We’ve joined up with our friends at Nottinghamshire County Council to help provide independent travel training scheme to inspire youngsters with special educational needs to use public...
The voice of the X-Factor, Peter Dickson, has introduced the new stars of the trentbarton fleet. Destined for our busy rainbow one and rapid one routes into Nottingham, the first of 16 new b...
We’ve teamed up with Derby’s Cathedral Quarter to promote the area as the perfect destination to enjoy an evening out. A wide range of Cathedral Quarter businesses are offering s...
One of our brand new rainbow one buses has been named after a 16-year-old transport enthusiast who’s a fan of all things trentbarton. Daniel Mullins has decorated his bedroom with memo...
Our bosses have been putting their best foot forward to raise around £1,000 for a charity that supports injured servicemen and women. trentbarton Managing Director Jeff Counsell, along...
A bus fanatic from Long Eaton has won 20 free tickets to watch one of the first showings of Happy Days at Theatre Royal Nottingham thanks to a very special competition from the theatre and t...
Our calverton connection driver Billy Streeter is fulfilling a childhood ambition after following in his grandfather’s footsteps – or rather tyre tracks – by landing a job...
We’re doing our bit to show appreciation of the bravery and dedication shown by our country’s servicemen and women by offering them free weekend travel over the summer - includin...
We have again joined forces with our friends at East Midlands Trains to launch a special combined train and bus ticket for shoppers visiting the East Midlands Designer Outlet. From Monday 19...
Our BIG BUS & TRAIN BASH - a spectacular show of vintage road and rail transport has helped to raise more than £1,250 for Help for Heroes. Organised by a team of volunteers here at...
One of our drivers, who started his career as a BBC journalist, has scooped the prestigious trentbarton Driver of the Year 2014 award after swapping the newsroom for life behind the wheel of...
Investment in new, bigger buses alongside the introduction of a fresh new look is highlighting our commitment to communities between Nottingham, Radcliffe and Bingham. We have merged the xpr...
A brewery has launched a new beer named after an initiative that’s helping drinkers avoid the temptation of driving home after enjoying a pint during the Easter holidays. Until the end...
A bright new look for buses serving trentbarton land destinations between Derby, Belper, Matlock, Bakewell and Ripley has been unveiled. The bright yellow sixes buses have recently benefited...
We’ve been praised for our efforts to train the next generation of vehicle engineers. At present, eight apprentices are helping to keep our buses on the roads in and around Derbyshire...
The popularity of skylink between Nottingham and East Midlands Airport is set to soar with the introduction of a new, expanded timetable. Buses will now run every 20 minutes instead of every...
An overdue trip to the hairdressers has helped our red arrow driver Barney raise £1,000 for the Lewis Mighty Fund, a charity that helps support young cancer victims in Derbyshire and N...
Free training for the unemployed is being offered by a joint venture between a community group, a housing developer and trentbarton. People in Stapleford will have the opportunity to gain a...
Our popular H1 service – introduced on the back of customer research over 15 years ago – is set to undergo its’ fourth transformation to keep up with customer expectations...
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