Trentbarton announces bus service boost in Notts and Derbyshire

The bus company is promising to be there when customers need to travel, as more people return to work and other activities.

The changes from Sunday onwards include:

Black cat is coming back, with a two hourly service Monday to Saturday

The calverton increasing to every 30 minutes, Monday to Saturday

The cotgrave running every 20 minutes, Monday to Saturday

The keyworth increasing to every 30 minutes, Monday to Saturday

The sixes increasing to every 30 minutes Derby-Belper, hourly 6.1 to Bakewell and to Belper estates and Ripley, Monday to Saturday

The two increasing to every 15 minutes, Monday to Saturday

Skylink Derby and skylink Nottingham increasing to every 20 minutes, Monday to Saturday, and every 30 minutes on Sundays

Jeff Counsell, managing director at Trentbarton, said: “As more people start travelling with us on our Covid-secure services, we’re putting in extra capacity to enablecustomers to travel safely.

“To follow the Government’s new rules, customers will need to wear a face covering on buses from Sunday, which we had been recommending since early May. We’d like to thank all our customers for playing their part in keeping everyone safe.”

On its website at trentbarton.co.uk/coronavirus there is a series of questions and answers about how to travel, the latest timetable information and a guide to making a mask: trentbarton.co.uk/userfiles/coronavirus/make_a_mask.pdf