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With vehicles switching between Notts & Derby, TrentBarton and Kinch on an almost daily basis, do they have to keep changing the o-discs and name on the legal lettering? Or are they allowed to have an N&D vehicle running a Trent route on an N&D disc?

I do this exact journey already using that logic with the Robin Hood card, in either direction. Usually the choice is between NCT's 36 and the tram, but have sometimes used TrentBarton and even the train. Sure, the fare cap is more if you use more than one operator, but it's a small trade-off...

Not sure how many were built, but the Leyland Comet was primarily a truck chassis that also gained a small number of coach bodies (for example https://www.flickr.com/photos/108834608@N06/20093039076/in/dateposted/) One-offs I can think of are: The prototype Plaxton President on Volvo B7L...

That is kind of true for the Lincolnshire ones, though mainly I was looking at vehicles I just found particularly interesting and are currently at greater threat of scrapping. It's nice to know other B7TLs are still in service around the country, but I've never taken any specific interest in...

Yes, that's right. The only Geminis left are the ex-First ones for the open top services. That's the plan, really! "Not in scrapyard" would be the first step. Figuring out what to do with 12 tonnes of potential mistake would be the second step. I was born after 1997! I think it'd take at least...

Recently two particular sets of Volvo B7TLs have been withdrawn; the final remaining FX06 Geminis at Stagecoach East Midlands, and the AU53/AU05 ALX400s at First Eastern Counties. Given the slightly unique aspects to both sets of vehicles I was expecting one might enter preservation, but that's...

I think that's the same bridge that also restricts the Brylaine B5 between Boston and Lincoln to single deckers. However in the morning they use a decker on a Boston-bound journey that starts from Coningsby, thus never encountering the bridge. Looking on street view the bridge is signed as...

I assume it's down to operator specification, but on the Scania E400 diesels that Nottingham have, if the stop bell is pressed downstairs it only rings the bell, but from upstairs it rings the bell and plays a recorded beep sound - presumably to let the driver know whether the alighting...

I've seen this. A couple of the same buses reappeared at different points in the film, digitally recoloured so they looked like different ones. I remember there was one bus that for the exterior shots was an ex-Dublin Alexander Olympian, and for the interior shots was a Stagecoach ALX or Enviro...

Ahh, was more going off the thread title A year or two back misspellings had a thread, but it's closed now: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/trivia-incorrectly-spelt-destinations.236102/

Stagecoach East Midlands have "Merry Christmas" that alternates with the 'not in service' blind, accompanied by pictures of snowflakes/trees/presents and other Christmas related things. On buses from Lincoln, Grimsby and Gainsborough depots I noticed each Christmas blind was different, which...

It's likely an anomaly arising from the fact the DVLA don't normally issue registrations with the second and last letters the same, preventing the use of YD73 FSD. I'm guessing the bus's colour and possibly chassis number means it was destined to become 202 anyway, whatever the reg ended up...

The Three Wheatsheaves pub on Derby Road, Nottingham, has ex-Lothian Alexander Royale P425 KSX in its beer garden: https://www.flickr.com/photos/108834608@N06/52058349986/in/photostream/

Please correct me if I’m wrong (as I’m not 100% sure myself) but the diesel, ADL-chassis Enviro 400s produced until 2006/7 are more-or-less facelifted ALX400 Tridents with the same chassis and engine, and the ones from 2007 to 2009 use an amended Trident chassis with 6.7 litre Euro 4 engine...

Can confirm Yourbus Streetlites did crop up in Nottingham fairly often at one point, both DF and WF variants. Additionally CT4N (Community Transport 4 Nottingham) have a loaned-in WF that is being used on the Medilink, so it's not Streetlite-free at the moment. I reckon Grimsby doesn't have any...

Has anybody else come across an issue recently where the Bustimes live map will stop updating if you're not actively looking at it? For example if I look at the map, then look at something else for 10 minutes, and then return to the Bustimes map, it will still be stuck showing the positions of...

Something I've never seen explained before is how vehicle loans between operators are dealt with on a legal/official basis. Similarly, transfers within the same company (e.g. buses moving between different Stagecoach divisions). Due to the regulations regarding o-discs and such I'd imagine...

Nottingham City Transport have 143 CNG powered double deckers that are pretty much the backbone of the whole fleet, plus some electric single deckers on order. From 2007 they also had three ethanol powered buses, but a few years later they were converted to diesel. Additionally around...

When the NET (Nottingham Express Transit) tram was being extended through Beeston, throughout 2013/14 the main bus-served High Road between Beeston and Chilwell was completely cut off and the various routes diverted around. To connect the two severed ends of the road that had lost their buses...

I'm going to be a bit biased since I grew up riding on them and nor are they without their flaws, but the Optare Excel and Tempo feel fairly underrated to me, as a lighter weight saloon - narrower and more economical than Citaros, B7RLEs etc but more stylish and capable than a stretch length...