Two + Two = 2
Trent Barton, ADL Enviro 200 MMC, 157 followed by sister 151 head for Ilkeston on the 'Two' service from Nottingham. This 10-minute service frequency was thrown into chaos due to the insane levels of Christmas traffic congestion along the route. This resulted in the clumping of buses and gaps in the service. A 50-minute gap had elapsed by the time these buses appeared, only to be followed by a third bus, 155 right behind. Unfortunately, there are no on-foot inspectors to regulate services these days, everything done by GPS location and radio communication, which doesn't seem to cut it when it gets this bad.
Interestingly, this was the second day of these buses operating on this service, their launch on this route being on Sunday 21st December 2025, ousting Volvo B8REs from 2015. The replacement 2020 ADLs have come from Kinchbus of Loughborough where they had been used on their Skylink service.
Additionally on the day of this photo, there were at least three stand-in buses working the route (Volvos 723, 747 & Versa 821); I don't know why that was? I did witnesses one of the ADLs (156) blowing off excess air pressure, sounding like an angry rattle-snake as it went down the road. It's never a good idea to mass change things outright before Christmas, it generally only adds to the seasonal chaos and frustrations for passengers and drivers alike.
Photo - Monday 22nd December 2025.
Two + Two = 2
Trent Barton, ADL Enviro 200 MMC, 157 followed by sister 151 head for Ilkeston on the 'Two' service from Nottingham. This 10-minute service frequency was thrown into chaos due to the insane levels of Christmas traffic congestion along the route. This resulted in the clumping of buses and gaps in the service. A 50-minute gap had elapsed by the time these buses appeared, only to be followed by a third bus, 155 right behind. Unfortunately, there are no on-foot inspectors to regulate services these days, everything done by GPS location and radio communication, which doesn't seem to cut it when it gets this bad.
Interestingly, this was the second day of these buses operating on this service, their launch on this route being on Sunday 21st December 2025, ousting Volvo B8REs from 2015. The replacement 2020 ADLs have come from Kinchbus of Loughborough where they had been used on their Skylink service.
Additionally on the day of this photo, there were at least three stand-in buses working the route (Volvos 723, 747 & Versa 821); I don't know why that was? I did witnesses one of the ADLs (156) blowing off excess air pressure, sounding like an angry rattle-snake as it went down the road. It's never a good idea to mass change things outright before Christmas, it generally only adds to the seasonal chaos and frustrations for passengers and drivers alike.
Photo - Monday 22nd December 2025.