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really good service awards 2025

Bus driver James is trentbarton’s number one A “so helpful” bus driver has won the top prize in trentbarton’s 2024-25 really good service awards. James Davidson, who...

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Ever wondered what it's like to become a bus driver?

There is no better time to join our really good driving team at trentbarton... That's the advice of Les Hart, a bus driver with over a year of experience who brings valuable insights from hi...

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£3 single fare

The £3 single fare cap is a Government funded scheme that will be introduced from 1 January 2025 All trentbarton services are offering the £3 single fare except for red arrow, wh...

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Going the extra mile for #CatchTheBusMonth

As we reflect on #CatchTheBusMonth, we thought it was only right to catch up with our magnificent team member James who is an avid traveller on the bus! Can you tell our customers about your...

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Star Awards for our Nottingham Drivers

National Pubwatch presented two of our bus drivers with Star Awards for their actions to keep a vulnerable young student safe on a night out in Nottingham. National Pubwatch is a voluntary o...

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Clean Air Day 2022

We have funded the planting of 330 trees – one for each of our buses – in a new East Midlands woodland to mark today’s Clean Air Day 2022. We will continue to work with loc...

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Express Mode

Do you travel contactless? Pay for journeys with us quicker than ever before with Apple Pay. Simply hold your iPhone or Apple Watch over the card reader. With Apple Pay Express Mode, there's...

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really good service awards 2020 - 21

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...

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50,000 ride new my15 connection

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...

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New ultra-low emission indigo buses

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...

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18

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...

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Trio of engineers win top prize in skills awards

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...

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More skylink express stop for access to the skies

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....

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We sent a bus to help Pete get onboard

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...

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where to go and what to do...if it rains over bank holiday

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...

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Sarah is trentbarton’s bus driver of the year

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...

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trentbarton offers book lovers a ticket to read

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...

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Abdul is crowned top driver

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...

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bus named for former driver's 100th birthday

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...

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trentbarton helps Harley, 3, to Wish Upon a Star

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...

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night flyer sells 12,000 pints

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...

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Heather Ward hits £100,000 with Namesake

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...

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Carole is first female to win UK Bus Driver of Year

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...

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£3 million upgrade for red arrow

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...

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High hopes for double at UK Bus Awards

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...

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All go for the new rushcliffe greens bus service

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...

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skylink flies in to Coalville and Shepshed

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...

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i4 at the double

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,...

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coach driver Carole scoops top award

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...

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Charity pint a boost for Air Ambulance

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...

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Charity efforts set to reach new heights with air ambulance partnership

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...

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Schoolgirl Storm's Christmas Card Boosts Fundraising Effort

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...

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Team trentbarton strip off for fundraising calendar

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...

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Award winner John gets dream promotion

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...

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The chop beckons for our Caz

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...

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Independent Travel Training is Go! For Joshua and friends

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...

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New rainbow one buses show their X Factor at launch

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...

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Staying Out means free bus rides and special offers in Derby’s Cathedral Quarter

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...

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New rainbow one bus named after young bus fan

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...

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rainbow roadwalk raises cash for heroes

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...

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20 Happy days for Koa and friends at Theatre Royal, Nottingham

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...

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Young Billy drives the dream

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...

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Free Weekend Travel for Servicemen and Women

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...

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Shoppers can now shuttle to East Midlands Designer Outlet

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...

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BIG BUS & TRAIN BASH boosts funds for heroes

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...

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Journalist turns top trentbarton driver at our really good service awards

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...

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New brand and new buses as service goes green

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...

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Raising a glass to nightbus

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...

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Extra 'six' appeal for new-look buses

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...

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Our commitment to apprenticeships praised

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...

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Take off every 20 minutes on skylink

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...

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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow for Barney

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...

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NEW SH1NY BUSES arrive on H1

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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