transpeak
road closure

From Monday 22nd September to Friday 10th October resurfacing work will be carried out on the A5207 in Chelmorton. During this time transpeak will not be able to serve Chelmorton. Instead buses will run along the A6 between Taddington and Buxton.

We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused during these works.

rainbow 5
early morning journeys

From Monday 1st September we will be making adjustments to a small number of rainbow 5 journeys in the early morning.

The 4.50am journey from Nottingham to Kegworth on Mondays to Fridays will run around 5 minutes earlier from Long Eaton Green to Kegworth. 

On Saturdays the 6.45am, 7.05am, 7.25am, 7.45am 8.05am and 8.25 am journeys from Derby to Nottingham will leave 5 minutes later. They will run around 5 minutes later at most stops but will arrive in Nottingham at the same time as now.

Stockport Bus Station
Stand Changes

From Monday 1st September the stands used by Skyline 199 and transpeak in Stockport Bus Station will change.

Skyline 199

During the day Skyline 199 buses will depart from

Stand B towards the Airport (previously Stand A)
Stand Y towards Buxton (previously Stand B)

Evening buses on Skyline 199 will continue to depart from Stand U to the Airport and Stand Y to Buxton.

This means all buses to Buxton will depart from the same stand regardless of the time of day.

transpeak

There will be no change to transpeak buses towards Manchester these will continue to depart from Stand AA in Mersey Square.

Towards Buxton, Derby and Nottingham all transpeak buses will depart from Stand Y (previously Stand B). 

rainbow 3 and black cat
Buses to serve business parks

From 1st September we will be making some changes to rainbow 3 and black cat to better serve Sherwood Business Park and Oakham Business Park.  These changes are

black cat
All buses will run via Sherwood Business Park; currently only buses at peak do this. There will be some adjustments to timings to take into account traffic conditions on the route.

3
Will now serve Southwell Lane in Kirkby and Oakham Business Park between Kirkby and Mansfield.  Certain peak journeys will also serve Sherwood Business Park

3a
There will be no change to either the route or times of 3a

3b
There will be no change to either the route or times of 3b

3c
Will no longer serve Sutton but instead will run to Mansfield, serving Oakham Business Park on its way. 3c will run via Garth Road from Oakham Business Park to Mansfield Town Centre. Southbound 3c’s will run on the opposite half hour to now. When combined with 90 this will give a more even frequency between the Coxmoor Estate and Kirkby. Customers at Sotheby Avenue will now have a half hourly service to Mansfield provided by 3 and 3c and can catch black cat and 90 to Sutton from the main road.

New timetables are available here - black cat, rainbow 3.

H1

Consultation over plans to get H1 back on time is now closed.  Most respondents agreed that the plans give the greatest benefit with the least disruption.

Consequently from 31st August H1 will run into Heanor from Derby via Thorpes Road, Stainsby Avenue and Wilmot Street – this misses out the Tesco stop into Heanor. Anybody wanting to get off at Tesco can stay on the bus. The Tesco stop towards Derby can be used as normal.

Also after 10am H1 will run non-stop from Leabrooks to Alfreton Bus Station; however there will be no change in route from Alfreton to Heanor so customers wanting to get off at Somercotes or Viyella can stay on the bus at no extra cost. Buses will leave Alfreton Bus Station 5 minutes earlier than now. There will be no change to H1 buses before 10am on this section.

The new timetable is available here.

We are glad you understand that with no prospect of any bus priority measures we are forced to make changes to the route.

harlequin night buses

Unfortunately late night buses on harlequin on Friday and Saturday nights have not been as successful as we had hoped.  Whilst the service is popular it does not have enough passengers to sustain a half hourly operation. Therefore from Friday 5th September harlequin will run hourly at 12:30am, 1:30am and 2:30am from the Wardwick.

ruddington connection

The popular ruddington connection has doubled in frequency and made a new direct link to the Ruddington Fields Business Park. ruddington connection has also been extended round the city centre calling at Broadmarsh, Upper Parliament Street and Old Market Square.

We have worked with our partners at Nottingham City Council and Nottinghamshire County Council to provide a frequent direct link from Ruddington Fields Business Park to West Bridgford and Nottingham. And the bonus is that customers along the route see extra buses up from a bus every half hour to one every 15 minutes between Ruddington and Nottingham. The Ruddington to Clifton part of the service has increased from hourly to half hourly too.

The first bus from Barleylands to Nottingham is now at 9.18am.  Buses back from Nottingham run at 15 minutes past the hour from Broadmarsh and drop off on request to the driver.

The new ruddington connection timetable can be found here