They presumably had the foresight that the RA is marketed as "faster than the train" given it serves Derby city centre more directly, although it's a close run thing now 4tph run. As such it makes it an impossible task to build patronage back up after tripling the fare when it ends. The other trentbarton routes that go all the way are included in the £2, so anyone looking to save money will still be going on trentbarton. The X43 and X41 from Manchester to Lancashire towns are the same, if they tried to quadruple the fare overnight it'd be really really painful for them.Interesting that the Red Arrow isn't in the scheme when similar Stagecoach and Arriva express routes around Milton Keynes are.
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Nottingham - Derby express run by trentbarton.I must be behind the times, Red Arrow routes that I knew were Leyland Nationals in London. Obviously not what's being referred to here! Not being local to the area what is Red Arrow referring to here?