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    Revised EMR Regional Timetables - From 19th June

    Shambles is all I will say. Beeston is having 54 trains a day cancelled. The local Facebook group are shall we say less than impressed which include a number of regular travellors who are wondering how they will now get to work.
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    TRIVIA: Bus routes in the UK serving at least 3 or more counties

    Midland Classic airline 9 East Midlands Airport to Burton. Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire. Trentbarton Nottingham Skylink Nottingham, Derbyshire Leicestershire.
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    Nottingham 'Bus War'

    CT4N resumed running Medilink today every 15 minutes from QMC floor B entrance to City Hospital only due to Queens Drive P&R still not being open
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    Nottingham 'Bus War'

    It appears Yourbus have ceased trading from today according to a post on Facebook.
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    Nottingham 'Bus War'

    NCT have confirmed in a response to someone on Facebook that the free bit in the city centre will no longer be free. Also interestingly they have also confirmed in another response that the 49 will not be an exact fare service and will give change.
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    East Midlands franchise won by Abellio

    Not happy one bit the only investment appears to be on the Midland Mainline services. There needs to be some serious investment in the local fleet but expect nothing more than some 30 year old trains transferred in. The jury is still out wether Abellio will be any good as my experiences...
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    Liverpool Norwich service to be split at Nottingham

    Splitting the service was completely the wrong decision but not surprising. The change at Nottingham could involve some very long walks especially if the lifts are needed for example if the train from Norwich arrives on 1c passenger will have to walk to the length of the platform and if the...
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    Major Disruption At Nottingham Due To Fire (12/01)

    All the hoarding have come down from where you come down from the tram to the main concourse now though the toilets there are still closed.
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    Free Town and City Buses

    Nottingham also has the L22 and L23 Gamston to Clifton localink operated by CT4N wether that is official but have always been free buses over the last 6 months of using them.
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    Snap (Coach travel agency)

    They are also selling tickets to Oxford on the X90 as well.
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    Nottingham 'Bus War'

    " " CT4N have said they are going to run at the present frequencies to one of the local councillors so half hourly City to Beeston being extended to Stapleford every hour. Services though will finish mid evening so the late evening journeys will not operate. I have seen a copy of the timetable...
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    CrossCountry Voyager fire Derby 18 Jul 18

    From the report on the local BBC news tonight they were evacuated from a the train to a nearby car park where they were transported back to Derby station. It went on to say that some of the passengers waited to be reunited with the luggage they had left on the train and were taken to the first...
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    Snap (Coach travel agency)

    Snap have expanded again and it appears are now offering some Cardiff to London Baker St and St Pancras service. There is also a launch event in Leicester today so it would appear they are going to start running Leicester to London service.
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    Man Pic early morning layover

    There is also a 24 hour Burger king in Picadilly Gardens.
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    Snap (Coach travel agency)

    I find the leather seats on National Express really uncomfortable after a short while and the coaches of Snap I have been on have more leg room. I know comfort is a personal thing.
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    Snap (Coach travel agency)

    Found it interesting reading the comments here probably a lot of what I thought when they started on the Nottingham to London route. For those that don't know Snap started running on this route roughly 15 months ago and was set up by the former MD of Chiltern Railways Rob Brighouse and the...
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    Major Disruption At Nottingham Due To Fire (12/01)

    Yes all the platforms have been operational since mid afternoon is my understanding. Add to the fact that engineering work means no trains via Derby and a replacement bus running would have probably meant that even if they weren't a full Sunday service could have operated.
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    Major Disruption At Nottingham Due To Fire (12/01)

    The buffet was open on platform 1 but due to lack of water no hot drinks. It was sandiches and cold drinks.
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    Major Disruption At Nottingham Due To Fire (12/01)

    At the station now the tvms are working but are only accepting cash. There are no toilet facilities as they do not have running water which also means no hot drinks available. There is also no tannoy or PiS screens working but seemed plenty of staff helping people.
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    Major Disruption At Nottingham Due To Fire (12/01)

    The temporary ticket office is now home to the National Express ticket office so they may not be able to.

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