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The Transpeak still runs hourly all the way from Derby to Buxton. Some early/late journeys work through to Dove Holes as the 185. Does the current TM Travel 218 relate to the ex First SY one at all?

No there are two services in each direction which go via Matlock farm park. 1012, 1318 towards Matlock and 1326, 1636 returning to Chesterfield/Sheffield using the weekday times.

Not sure about the ticket but the 11's are though between Chester and Rhyl.

Derby Road in Burton has roadworks on which means that the villager and X38 have been on diversion with some delays. The other day both of the arriva vehicles were running round together for much of the day.

https://wmbusphotos.com/forum/index.php?topic=286.615 According to this thread on the WM Bus Forum a E400 and Metrocity is currently at the Tividale Depot with the former in for repaint and latter for accident repair (and possibly repaint as well). Looking at bustimes.org these could be 40521...

Id rather have the 2 hour gaps filled first! There was talk about upgrading the North Staffs a number of years back but has all seem to have gone quiet now.

Interestingly the 0845 from Bournemouth terminated at Reading 83 late then formed the 1145 to York. The inbound journey from Newcastle did a quick turnaround to form the 1114 to Manchester.

Went past Central Rivers around lunchtime and 221114 was stood outside de-branded. Presumably off to Cross Country soon.

Just seen 68032 with an unbranded set to Birmingham New Street working this https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K06088/2024-04-30/detailed

Looks like all they have done is split the service at Sleaford/Boston and just added the buses with connections at Sleaford with little thought at Boston. The 170 which arrived at 1149 didn't go out again until 1420 so in that time could of done a additional trip to fill the gap or even just...

The hopper bus still run round the hospital. According to a post on a local Facebook group the villager MMC's are due to hit the road in July.

Glad to hear that it is all nice over in Notts. Yes I agree the drivers are friendly and buses are well presented but most importantly I would like a reliable service which is what Arriva, Midland Classic/Diamond etc are more or less able to do every day. Looking at the villager for example...

Not the best but the 810 was hiding behind a 222 this morning. Both were gone by earlier this afternoon.

823 (threes banded) has a A4 sheet in the windscreen with 'On hire to Notts & Derby' on it.

Seems to be mix every day so far this week on the number of decker's on the 101. Yes the purple E200 MMC's are the former Eclipse ones which only 1 has been repainted so far.