edwin_m
Veteran Member
The grandiose Broadmarsh plans circa 2000 would have moved the bus station to the vacant area east of the tramline. I wonder if this is proposed as a temporary replacement.
The grandiose Broadmarsh plans circa 2000 would have moved the bus station to the vacant area east of the tramline. I wonder if this is proposed as a temporary replacement.
The grandiose Broadmarsh plans circa 2000 would have moved the bus station to the vacant area east of the tramline. I wonder if this is proposed as a temporary replacement.
Surely it isn't big enough? Or are Barton busses originating on Friar Lane not going to use it?
Probably big enough. May depend a bit on whether NatExp are also going there.
There has been work recently on this piece of land to prepare hard standing.
No mention of what is going to happen to the Megabus services. Not going to be a great waiting environment for Nat Ex passengers especially the middle of the night services.
Same as Nat Ex http://documents.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/download/4815 looks like there will be a ticket office where EMT had there temporary one during the train station reconstruction.
So the coaches will enter via Trent Street across the newly paved area? That'll do the surface a lot of good!
Looks like the buses using the bus station will be relocated as far away as Mount Street. i imagine it will be particularly annoying for people going to Chilwell area that the Indigo will go from Friar Lane and the Skylink will stay in the Broadmarsh area, rather than going from adjacent stands at Broadmarsh as they do today.
Isn't Trent Streey where the taxi rank don't think they will use the paved biti assume they will go out of Station Street onto London Roaf.
Not sure it's "moving" as such, just not serving the Broadmarsh for those services - i.e. if you want to be able to use either go up to Mount Street, while Skylink can still serve people from the train station.
You are unable to access Station Street from London Road (and even if you could I doubt a Coach would manage to do a three point turn anyway!) - it's all blocked off now - no option to reinstate either as the lanes are being reallocated to allow the Southern Relief Road to flow.
Trent Street is all paved nowadays and is the only way to access Station Street - i.e. the NAT Ex coaches will be running on the paved area.
You've got similar in parts of Hockley where the road is fully paved with lorries and what not running over it all day and that's stood up well. Trent Street was always intended to be an access route for Loxley House, Capital One, and the train station drop off and has had rail replacement bus stops since day one so presumably has been designed to cope.
Looks like the buses using the bus station will be relocated as far away as Mount Street. i imagine it will be particularly annoying for people going to Chilwell area that the Indigo will go from Friar Lane and the Skylink will stay in the Broadmarsh area, rather than going from adjacent stands at Broadmarsh as they do today.
Yes partly.
Trent 102 ran Bingham-Victoria-Derby every 20minutes in the 80s.
Barton 4 ran Broadmarsh-Sandiacre every 20minutes in the 80s (with Hourly extensions to Jackson Avenue or Ilkeston).
Combined 10 minute frequency with interchangeable tickets.
The same map shows coaches arriving via Trent Street and departing from Station Street to London Road, so I agree the turning lanes won't be needed but there will have to be a right turn out of Station Street (and preferably a left as well). I've lost track of what is there now, as it has changed several times.
Just seeing the mention of service 102 reminded me that from 11 December, 1977 a few journeys on service 102 ran from Burton on Trent to Derby, Nottingham and Bingham, a journey time of about two and a half hours! The service is shown in the timetable book dated 25 June 1978 but 102 just ran from Derby in the book dated 1 July 1979.
The Skylink (Skylink LE on this map: https://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/t...rsh/broadmarsh-regeneration-bus-stop-changes/ ) will serve Collin Street instead of Broadmarsh bus station, yes, but will still serve Friar Lane as now. So Friar Lane will be the location you can catch both Indigo & Skylink services from. The map shows ALTERNATIVE stops for Broadmarsh not the other stops they already serve. Skylink EXPRESS via the A453 will depart from outside the Courts. If you want the Airport and just miss an Express you will have to trek to Collin Street for a slow bus rather than it being in the same bus station.
That may be so I suppose, it sort of makes sense, but it's not very clear.
This morning I've seen two coaches and one bus (one of the Shopper routes I think) with Premiere branding and livery. Have they returned or did they never quite go away?
This morning I've seen two coaches and one bus (one of the Shopper routes I think) with Premiere branding and livery. Have they returned or did they never quite go away?