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After Saturday night 3 May, we will no longer run weekend late night trips between Chesterfield and Mansfield on pronto.
This will mean that the 12:05am and 1:30am buses from Nottingham will finish at Mansfield, and the 1:25am and 2:50am buses from Chesterfield to Mansfield will no longer run.&nbs...
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From 9 May, we will extend our weekend nightbus trips after midnight beyond Hucknall to Kirkby and Sutton via the threes A route.
This brings late night buses from Nottingham to Kirkby and Sutton for the first time in recent memory – and we’ll be keeping the usual late night f...
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Thanks for your feedback on our recent changes to connect – one of the key concerns was our evening & Sunday route around Beauvale.
We’re pleased to let you know that from 4 May we will serve more of Beauvale and run along Beauvale Crescent and Beauvale Road just like we do in the...
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Price changes in April
From 27 April, we will be changing some of our saver season ticket prices after more than two years of them being frozen.
From 27 April, we will be changing some of our saver season ticket prices after more than two years of them being frozen. We have been able to sustain such prices for quite a while now but we must change them in order to keep up our investment and quality of service to you.
Buy-on-the-bus save...
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Hop around with us this Easter
We're running as normal right throughout the Holiday period, including usual Friday times on Good Friday. The only exception is a Sunday service on the Easter Bank Holiday Monday.
This Easter, we're running as normal right throughout the Holiday period, including usual Friday times on Good Friday.
The only exception is a Sunday service on the Easter Bank Holiday Monday.
Good Friday 18 April - Normal service
Saturday 19 April - Normal service
Sunday 20 April - Sunday servi...
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Stapleford Road, Trowell
Due to repairs to the railway bridge on Stapleford Road, an overnight road closure will affect services on 16 April
Due to repairs to the railway bridge by Nework Rail, Stapleford Road, Trowell will be closed over night from 10pm until 6am on 16, 17, 18 and 19 April.
During the closures 21 and my15 will not be able to serve the following stops
Towards Ilkeston
Trowell Road
Trowell Park Drive
Tr...
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Good news! Ruddington Village is now back to normal after two weeks of road works due to resurfacing. All ruddington connection services will be running back to normal.
Thank you for your paitence during the diversions.
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From midnight Monday 14 April until midnight 18th April High Street, Riddings will be closed due to sewer repairs.
Therefore rainbow 1 and ninety servces will not be able to serve the following stops during the closure:
Bullock Lane
Riddings By-pass Bullocks Lane
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Station Road, Beeston
To help with the flow of traffic on Station Road, Beeston all bus stops have been removed.
We’re all aware of the congestion in Beeston caused by the ongoing tram construction works.
To help improve the flow of traffic, we’ve made the decision alongside the local authority and our fellow bus operators to remove the bus stops along Station Road between Queens Road and Middle S...
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From 6am Monday 17th February Chaddesden Lane End will be closed until Friday 15th August due to resurfacing works. The black cat will follow a diversion route, and the following bus stops will no longer be served:
Towards Derby
Maine Drive
Chaddesden Lane End
Chaddesden Lane
To...
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A full road closure will be in place for sewer replacement works on Fairway from 7:30am Mon 17 February until Fri 18 July. The keyworth connection will follow a diversion via Nicker Hill, past the British Geological Survey, and onto Willow Brook. The following bus stops will not longer be served dur...
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There will be changes to buses serving the Long Eaton area from 26 Jan, with more fast buses to Nottingham and the extension of zoom and rush hour indigo buses to Sawley.
skylink
We’re really pleased that so many of you like skylink. Its popularity has given us the confidence to increase the...
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Naturally, we want to bring you the most reliable timetable possible on Hucknall's connect. So, after consultation with residents and hard work studying our performance behind the scenes, we have decided to reroute the green route in Beauvale from 26 January.
The green route will run direct along...
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From 27 January club class starts from Borrowash. More people can benefit from our quick, comfy coaches into Nottingham.
See the timetable here.
Do note that there will no changes to existing departure times along the current line of route. This gives you more choice in Borrowash a...
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From 8 December Arkwright Street and Meadows Way will be back to normal for the radcliffe line, xprss, keyworth connection, cotgrave connection, ruddington connection and the 22 routes. Thank you for your patience during the road closures.
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There will be some changes to our evening & Sunday times on H1 to improve spacing between buses. At the same time, we’re bringing you half-price adult fares on all singles and 2-trips after 7pm and all day Sundays. We’re also getting rid of the premium fare on our night buses. T...
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To help with our timekeeping during the busy morning rush hour, the 6:50am bus on the 21 will run 10 minutes earlier from Ilkeston to give us more time to get through the traffic into Nottingham.
We’ve managed to bring in this change at short notice from 8 December, all to help improve our ti...
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Fare changes on, amberline, xprss, radcliffe line, black cat, the two, my15, route 18, the threes, connect, the 21, 23 & 27
From 1 December some route will see a slight increase to fares.
From 1 December, some fares will change on amberline, xprss, radcliffe line, black cat, connect, the two, the threes, my15, route 18, the 21, 23 & 27. Most changes involve single fares going up by 10p and 2-trips up by 20p.
Avoid paying full fare Our range of zigzag and saver unlimited travel t...
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We’re sorry that it’s been a lot busier on indigo to & from Long Eaton. It’s clear we need to put on more buses at rush hours so more people get a seat.
So, from Dec 8 Mondays to Fridays, that’s what we’re doing.
Departing from Nottingham between 5pm and 5:50pm we...
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From 8 December
• Half price fares
• later evening & Sunday buses
• new buses coming soon
• £1 student special
Evening & Sunday buses
We’re changing our evening and Sunday times to...
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A new stop on the Morledge is now in use for our early morning skylink & weekend night buses on skylink, red arrow, ilkeston flyer, the sixes, indigo & spondon flyer when the bus station is closed, this replaces the stop on Corporation Street.
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From Sunday 24 November, we're changing the timetable of zoom between Long Eaton and Derby.
We'll still run every 20 mins during the day, Mon-Sat, but we're speeding up the journeys to get you about even quicker.
There will also be changes to times during evenings and Sundays too.
You can check t...
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The Wardwick bus stop is now back in use after its makeover of a shiny new bus shelter.
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From 1 Dec, we're bringing you more evening & Sunday buses on rainbow 1.
We'll now serve the section of route between Alfreton and Eastwood every evening and Sunday - with alternate buses serving either Jacksdale or Selston.
Sunday buses will run through to Nottingham and evening buses will ru...
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From 10 November, some fares will change on the allestree, indigo, i4, spondon flyer, rainbow 1, rapid 1, the sixes, the se7ens, zoom and 1A. Most changes involve single fares going up by 10p and 2-trips up by 20p
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Our range of zigzag and saver unlimited travel ticket pr...
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From Monday 28 October, we'll be running evening buses on swift right through the week on Mondays to Thursdays to complement our night service through until 2:30am on Fridays and Saturdays.
Now you can have a great escape all day and into the evening too, with us on swift from Derby to Ashbourne....
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Due to some timekeeping issues, we are making some timetable changes on i4 to help us become more reliable. A new timetable with some minor tweaks will come into action from 27 October. Check your times here.
Thanks for bearing with us at this busy time of year. Do remember you can now view live bu...
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From 28 October, to help our timekeeping, there will be minor changes to late afternoon times on calverton connection, with some changes to early Saturday morning buses too.
You can check your timetable online here.
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On 6 October, the price of *some* single and 2 trip fares went up by around 10p and 20p respectively on these routes:
amberline, the nines, the ninety, keyworth connection, swift, red arrow, sevens, X38 and 141
It's been around a year since fares on these routes were reviewed and our costs have ch...
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On 29 September times changed on indigo.
With more buses during the day between Beeston and Nottingham – now every 5 mins Monday to Saturday.
Buses will run every 10 mins between Long Eaton and Nottingham and up to every 5 mins during rush hour.
indigo will no longer serve Sawley and...
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Part of Wilford Lane is closed whilst tram construction work takes place. This means that ruddington connection will not be able to run to its normal route in Wilford and will instead divert via Compton Acres and Landmere Lane.
To serve customers on Ruddington Lane, we have agreed that MANGO and...
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Roadworks on London Road, Derby
Due to roadworks, London Road in and out of Derby will be closed from 18 August 2013 until September 2014. During this time skylink will be diverted as shown below.
Due to roadworks, London Road in and out of Derby will be closed from 18 August 2013 until September 2014. During this time skylink will be diverted as shown below.
We will still be serving the train station as normal.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused during this time.
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new Beeston bus station stops from 17 May
On going works at Beeston bus station means we are using different stops from 5am on Friday 17 May. Please see the map below for which stops to use from this time onwards.
On going works at Beeston bus station mean we are using different stops. Please see the map below for which stops to use during this time.
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