Nottingham Area Bus Society ORC 545P
This time at Ruddington’s bus event I really committed to going for rides of stuff. The first bus I rode on was NABS’s open top Atlantean ORC 545P in its faux Trent livery, which is also the Notts TV bus used for broadcasting at Splendour. Because they ran out of timetables I had no idea where this was going, so by complete surprise it took us to Rushcliffe Halt station, in East Leake.
Normally buses to here would connect with the heritage trains, but seeing as the trains weren’t running it just ended up being a visit to the station for a look around. A small portacabin was serving tea and snacks, and there was a piece of artwork showing different trains at Rushcliffe Halt made by artists in East Leake. The station itself seems to look different to when I last saw it, though that’s possibly just down to the vegetation being cut back. There’s two platforms and a small wooden waiting shelter on each side, decorated with period parcels, suitcases and a bicycle. Inside one of the shelters was a 00 scale model of the station.
Since I visited trains have begun running at GCRN again, but as far as I can tell they’re only able to use the short spur between Ruddington Fields and the 50-steps footbridge a few hundred yards down the line. Hopefully when trains are back to running the full length of the line, they can run the intense timetable (which I think they used to before?) where two service trains cross in the loop at Rushcliffe Halt.
21.7.24
Nottingham Area Bus Society ORC 545P
This time at Ruddington’s bus event I really committed to going for rides of stuff. The first bus I rode on was NABS’s open top Atlantean ORC 545P in its faux Trent livery, which is also the Notts TV bus used for broadcasting at Splendour. Because they ran out of timetables I had no idea where this was going, so by complete surprise it took us to Rushcliffe Halt station, in East Leake.
Normally buses to here would connect with the heritage trains, but seeing as the trains weren’t running it just ended up being a visit to the station for a look around. A small portacabin was serving tea and snacks, and there was a piece of artwork showing different trains at Rushcliffe Halt made by artists in East Leake. The station itself seems to look different to when I last saw it, though that’s possibly just down to the vegetation being cut back. There’s two platforms and a small wooden waiting shelter on each side, decorated with period parcels, suitcases and a bicycle. Inside one of the shelters was a 00 scale model of the station.
Since I visited trains have begun running at GCRN again, but as far as I can tell they’re only able to use the short spur between Ruddington Fields and the 50-steps footbridge a few hundred yards down the line. Hopefully when trains are back to running the full length of the line, they can run the intense timetable (which I think they used to before?) where two service trains cross in the loop at Rushcliffe Halt.
21.7.24