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Trent Barton

 
Description: Trent Barton is one of a very small number of significant independent bus operators in the UK.

Newest Review: ... and they are also spoken by an East Midlands newsreader so you know when to get off. Other Trent Barton buses include the red 'Trent Barton' bus, which follows a similar route into town as a couple of the rainbows, and costs the same price. There's also the 'red arrow', which is a coach-like bus for longer journeys from Derby to Nottingham and back, and is more expensive but still cheaper ... more

 ... than the train. The price of the buses typically goes up by 10p a year, which is quite reasonable considering the amount that the service improves each year. I think it's the sign of a good company when they completely upgrade their buses and services de...more

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jennikitten
Premium Review Trent Barton: Leather seats and reasonable prices (609 words)
by - written on 26/10/09 (Very useful, 139 readings)
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Trent Barton is one of my local bus companies, and probably the best-known company in Nottingham, I would say. They operate a range of bus services both within Nottingham and as far out as Derby, and a lot of bus services could learn a thing or two from them! One of the most well-known set of buses are the 'Rainbow' buses. Each is a different colour on the outside, and they follow common routes from the outskirts of Nottingham to the city centre and back. There used to be five of them, but the Rainbow 5 has now been renamed 'indigo' for some reason, which I'll cover in a minute. The Rainbow buses and the indigo cost £1.60 for a single journey within a certain ...  Read the complete review

elaine+tina+roberts
Express Review on Trent Barton
by elaine tina roberts - written on 24/04/07
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i now live in the usa after living in nottinghamshire for over 30years and the thing i miss about the uk and nottingham is the bus service which i beliveis the best in the uk. i live in a small town called chastworth g.a. and we dont have a bus service at all so that for the best service in the uk elaine tina roberts.

rachels_ratty
Premium Review Trent Barton: The Wooden Spoon Award 2003 Goes To... (2178 words)
by - written on 30/11/03 (Very useful, 991 readings)
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Trent Barton (by their own claim) is one of the few remaining independent bus companies left in the UK and they have been around in one guise or another for the best part of a century. With a fleet of over 300 buses and employing roughly 1,000 local people, they are based in Henor, Derbyshire and run routes throughout Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and as far to the north as Manchester. This leads them to the belief that they can offer a better and more personal service than their rivals. But does it work like that in practice? ~ Routes/Timetables ~ As a generalisation, Trents buses cover the vast majority of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire ...  Read the complete review

 
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