Revised start date announced. Major changes to Ashfield area buses starting 17th June 2001. Details Trent Buses are spending over two million pounds on new buses for routes in and around Mansfield, Kirkby, Sutton and Hucknall. The new buses provide a comfier ride and are buggy and wheelchair friendly. The company have analysed their timetables, and have come up with a whole range of improvements for introduction in June 2001.
Reliability is the biggest challenge to bus operation on today s roads.
Timekeeping is often difficult, but in many cases companies have adjusted timetables or made routes more direct by taking out some less well-used sections to help customers get to their destination more reliably. Most of the old Trent service numbers are be replaced by a new Rainbow 3 family of routes and the new Hucknall Flyer. The new services are to be worked by team of regular drivers and are backed by Trent's money back guarantee if anything should ever go wrong. Plans now finalised Hundreds of people responded to a recent consultation exercise. This replaces service 41 and is operated by new easy access buses.