3rd April 2015:
614 is a spare at Langley Mill
615 is a spare at Sutton Junction
624 is a spare at Nottingham
All 7 of the refurbished Villagers are on the road (616/657-61 and 664).
Does Derby need more spares?
466 has been on numerous routes, 808 has been on the Villager, lots of Solos have been on Red Arrow along with 616 about a week ago along with N+D Coach 63 on Red Arrow, a N+D Paladin and N+D Solar both on Mickleover today (Thurs 3rd) and 798 on the route yesterday. The N+D Solar was on Villager this morning. There was also a Villager Solar on Sixes recently
It is confirmed that the Red Arrow will be split at Derby (from 3rd May) with new coaches later in the year.
i4 will have an increased peak frequency of up to every 5 mins.
Route 18 MAY be cut and the route will serve Stapleford-Rylands only. This is yet to be confirmed though.
The Two will receive new buses later this year. It is unknown what the route will get though.
417 may be withdrawn in a few weeks but it's based at Langley Mill at the moment.
13th March 2015:
718 has been back on the road for a while.
605 and 615 are now spares. 605 is still based at Nottingham and 615 is based at Sutton Junction (repainted & awaiting refurb).
It is rumoured that Route 18 will only serve Stapleford-Rylands soon hence the reason 605 became a spare.
660 and 661 are now on the road in Villager livery. They are the last of the ex Rainbow 1 batch to return to the road. 616 now carrys the new livery but it's not yet on the road.
It is also rumoured that Red Arrow will split into two routes:
Nottingham to Derby
Derby to Chesterfield.
New coaches are expected later in the year.
After High Peak 693 was painted into Centrebus livery (without fleetnames), it is now understood that they may keep the red livery after all! Newer Enviros are also due later in the year for Transpeak and they're expected to be in all green!
Two brand new Solo SRs have arrived at Dove Holes. They are 285, YJ15 AYA, and 286, YJ15 AYB. They will replace 226 and 266.
18th February 2015:
718 caught fire in the early hours of this morning.
614, 624 and 439 are all now debranded. 614 and 624 were on the Swift Shrovetide Shuttles and 439 is still working as a spare from Manvers Street
614 is a spare at Langley Mill
615 is a spare at Sutton Junction
624 is a spare at Nottingham
All 7 of the refurbished Villagers are on the road (616/657-61 and 664).
Does Derby need more spares?
466 has been on numerous routes, 808 has been on the Villager, lots of Solos have been on Red Arrow along with 616 about a week ago along with N+D Coach 63 on Red Arrow, a N+D Paladin and N+D Solar both on Mickleover today (Thurs 3rd) and 798 on the route yesterday. The N+D Solar was on Villager this morning. There was also a Villager Solar on Sixes recently
It is confirmed that the Red Arrow will be split at Derby (from 3rd May) with new coaches later in the year.
i4 will have an increased peak frequency of up to every 5 mins.
Route 18 MAY be cut and the route will serve Stapleford-Rylands only. This is yet to be confirmed though.
The Two will receive new buses later this year. It is unknown what the route will get though.
417 may be withdrawn in a few weeks but it's based at Langley Mill at the moment.
13th March 2015:
718 has been back on the road for a while.
605 and 615 are now spares. 605 is still based at Nottingham and 615 is based at Sutton Junction (repainted & awaiting refurb).
It is rumoured that Route 18 will only serve Stapleford-Rylands soon hence the reason 605 became a spare.
660 and 661 are now on the road in Villager livery. They are the last of the ex Rainbow 1 batch to return to the road. 616 now carrys the new livery but it's not yet on the road.
It is also rumoured that Red Arrow will split into two routes:
Nottingham to Derby
Derby to Chesterfield.
New coaches are expected later in the year.
After High Peak 693 was painted into Centrebus livery (without fleetnames), it is now understood that they may keep the red livery after all! Newer Enviros are also due later in the year for Transpeak and they're expected to be in all green!
Two brand new Solo SRs have arrived at Dove Holes. They are 285, YJ15 AYA, and 286, YJ15 AYB. They will replace 226 and 266.
18th February 2015:
718 caught fire in the early hours of this morning.
614, 624 and 439 are all now debranded. 614 and 624 were on the Swift Shrovetide Shuttles and 439 is still working as a spare from Manvers Street
14th February 2015:
664 has been on the road for a few days. Thanks to John for the info.
Ex Trent 54 (M54 PRA) is back in the area and is with Glovers, Ashbourne. Thanks Todd for the info
Derby are still pulling buses out a hat! 690 was on Spondon Flyer the other day and 736 was on Red Arrow yesterday! 614 has been everywhere recently and 129 has been on Trent Barton routes!!
598 and 798 have been on loan to Littles Travel this week and they have operated the 111 and 728. Thanks Todd and Liam for the info.
The Enviro 400 demo has now left and it's currently at Transdev.
TM Travel's 218 has been refreshed and 601, 604, 634 and 636 are used.
612 is in new Pronto livery and it has 4G Wifi.
23rd January 2015:
416 is now withdrawn from the fleet.
107 and 793 are at Looms, Spondon for scrap.
230 and 236 have disappeared from the Kinch yard. 221, 222 and 234 are still there. 260 and 265 are still at Langley Mill.
Skylink Nottingham 625 was on Red Arrow yesterday whilst 430 was on loan to Matlock and was on the Little Sixes.
450 is on loan to Sutton and is on Pronto today (Fri 23rd).
15th January 2015:
416 is now withdrawn from the fleet.
ADL Enviro 400 MMC YY64GWX is here and it'll be used on i4.
There are still lots of odd allocations over at the Derby depot. Today, Swift branded 737 worked the Red Arrow!
Kinchbus 458 is expected to be in the new livery.
664 has been on the road for a few days. Thanks to John for the info.
Ex Trent 54 (M54 PRA) is back in the area and is with Glovers, Ashbourne. Thanks Todd for the info
Derby are still pulling buses out a hat! 690 was on Spondon Flyer the other day and 736 was on Red Arrow yesterday! 614 has been everywhere recently and 129 has been on Trent Barton routes!!
598 and 798 have been on loan to Littles Travel this week and they have operated the 111 and 728. Thanks Todd and Liam for the info.
The Enviro 400 demo has now left and it's currently at Transdev.
TM Travel's 218 has been refreshed and 601, 604, 634 and 636 are used.
612 is in new Pronto livery and it has 4G Wifi.
23rd January 2015:
416 is now withdrawn from the fleet.
107 and 793 are at Looms, Spondon for scrap.
230 and 236 have disappeared from the Kinch yard. 221, 222 and 234 are still there. 260 and 265 are still at Langley Mill.
Skylink Nottingham 625 was on Red Arrow yesterday whilst 430 was on loan to Matlock and was on the Little Sixes.
450 is on loan to Sutton and is on Pronto today (Fri 23rd).
15th January 2015:
416 is now withdrawn from the fleet.
ADL Enviro 400 MMC YY64GWX is here and it'll be used on i4.
There are still lots of odd allocations over at the Derby depot. Today, Swift branded 737 worked the Red Arrow!
Kinchbus 458 is expected to be in the new livery.
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