This is a list of bus routes operated by Trent Barton, a bus company in Derbyshire, England.
Many of the routes are branded with their own bus livery and name, with the route brand name registered as the service number. The 'rainbow' services are a group of frequent, high density services radiating from Nottingham to its outer suburbs from every 6-12 mins:
The less frequent 'connection' services run from Nottingham to some of its smaller suburbs every 15-30 mins, for example the Ruddington connection, Keyworth connection and the Calverton connection. A few services with conventional numbering still remain on smaller services around local areas, for example the 23 in Ilkeston.
In Derby, trent barton run some urban services, such as the non-stop 'spondon flyer' service, and 'the Mickleover' and 'the allestree'. There are then a number of longer distance services for example 'swift' to Uttoxeter and 'the sixes' to Belper and Matlock with their unusual numbering system: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 and 6.X. the 'villager' services run south to Burton on Trent with another unusual numbering system, V1 V2 V3 V4 and a number of services run north towards Ilkeston and Heanor such as the 'black cat' and 'H1'.
trent barton then operate a number of express services around the East Midlands, such as the 'red arrow' service that takes customers (the emphasis at Trent Barton being on them not just being passengers) from Nottingham to Derby faster than they could go by car or even train. 'pronto' connects Nottingham, Mansfield and Chesterfield up to every 15 minutes (operated jointly with Stagecoach), and the X38 connects Derby and Burton on Trent in just 25 minutes. Now the X38 runs every 15 minutes to comply with Arriva's Town Linx (operated jointly with Arriva Midlands), and services like the Bingham 'xprss', Long Eaton xprss and commuter xprss run direct from Nottinghams outer suburbs into Nottingham. The transpeak service is trent barton's longest distance service, from Nottingham through Derby, Belper, Matlock, Bakewell, Buxton and Stockport to Manchester.
Towards the northern end of the transpeak route, trent barton also operate a small number of services around Buxton town, and the 'skyline 199' service from Buxton to Stockport and Manchester Airport.
Many of the more popular services operate through to 3am on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
From 24 July 2011, Indigo will become the UK's first commercial 24 hour bus route. Operating up to every 30 mins (not all of the route) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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