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Tipped into the city's 1939 Official Handbook is this folding plate that shows the Transport Department's motor omnibus and trolleybus route map. Nottingham, originally a tram operator since 1897, had like many other undertakings chosen to look to replace the first generation tramway system with more flexible and 'modern' means of transport duringt he late 1920s and early 1930s. The city's first trolleybuses ran in 1927 and although there was early enthusiasm for a complete changeover from one form of electric traction to another, the council seems to have increasingly hedged their bets as the technology of motor buses improved dramatically during the '30s. Nevertheless other trolleybus routes followed - however the last two tram route abandonments, including the final service to Mapperley, saw conversion complete by September 1935.
This map therefore shows the municipal trolleybus system at its fullest extent - but not all trolleybus routes int he city. The privately owned Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Tramways Company, an almost inter-urban affair, unusually decided to convert its lengthy route to Ripley from tram to trolleybus between 1931 and 1933. This connected with the City system at Cinderhill (route 41) and took a more direct trajectory into the city centre. Nottingham's system lasted until 1966, the company's offering having been replaced by motorbuses in 1953.
Mention should also be made of another 'missing link' on this map - the strongly independent and neighbouring West Bridgford Urban District Council who, slighly unusually for a UDC, had its own Transport undertaking than ran buses from 1914 until being sold to Nottingham in 1968. Competition from private operators in the 1920s had forced Nottingham and West Bridgford to agree to joint operation of routes across Trent Bridge and these appear on the map as services 11 - 15 and 24.
In recent years Nottingham has been one of the most succesful UK cities in reintroducing a tramway system - here's hoping it lasts longer than the 39 years both the first generation tram system and trolleybus network lasted!
My ride from Nottingham was the sole branded short wheelbase E200 left in the NCT fleet for a run out to Lambley the longer way round via Woodborough.
386 is pictured at Ross Lane in Lambley with a 46 to Nottingham via Mapperley Plains and Mapperley.
It appears someone got their wires crossed today, with 473 appearing on the 45 and 437 going on the 89. Remarkably they both lasted all day without being swapped too!!
473 exits Queen Street unusually with a 45 to Gedling via Woodborough Road and Mapperley.
At last, my first catch of an NCT Demo!!
999, registered as LC71EFE, has returned to the streets of Nottingham to trail for Nottingham City Transport (again!). I must admit, I am a fan of these vehicles. Hopefully, the company will introduce them as part of their electric single decker fleet in 2023!!
999 passes down Woodborough Road with a 46 to Nottingham from Lambley and Woodborough via Mapperley Plains and Mapperley.
After getting a message from Dan that he finally got the 87/47 board and also had something interesting for it, I decided to have a walk from mine up to Mapperley Plains to join him for a quick blast round the countryside.
384 picks up a passenger at Woodborough Church with a 47 to Nottingham via Mapperley Plains, Mapperley and Mapperley Park.
Against a backdrop of some beautiful architecture, Nottingham City Transport Scania N280UD / Enviro 400 City 438 - YN18 SVW arrives at the City Centre, South Sherwood Street on Skyblue Line 45 from Gedling which runs at frequent intervals of up to 7 minutes.
As luck would have it, just behind 604 on the 87, the 57 was actually an E400 Scania too!!
603 passes Mapperley Hall Drive with a 57 to Plains Estate via Sherwood, Daybrook and Arno Vale.
Catkins by streetlight.
1st February 2021 — GBR, Nottinghamshire
Ilford Delta 3200 Professional (pulled to 1600)
Voigtländer Bessa R3M
Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f/1.2 VM aspherical
B+W 022 medium yellow filter
My partner was in the area after I finished work, so she told me to make my way over to Woodborough Road and she'd pick me up. Whilst heading over that way I found a spare on the 45 I needed.
426 leaves Nottingham on a 45 to Gedling via Woodborough Road and Mapperley.
In order to get buses back to Nottingham quicker for peak services outbound, in a two to one ratio, the buses show 25B and terminate at Mapperley, running back via Woodborough Road out of service.
429 is seen climbing Westdale Lane with the first afternoon 25B to Mapperley.
I just liked the textures of the peeling paint on this one. I hope everybody has a great New Year! Taken in Mapperley, Nottingham 2011
Whilst waiting for a new 27, a required Biogas spare became the test shot on the 25.
431 climbs Carlton Road with a 25 to Arnold via Carlton, Gedling and Mapperley.
1988 Volvo 240 GLT.
Suppled by Speeds of Mapperley (Volvo).
Photo with kind permission of succulent95.
General view of 08814 at West Hallam Disposal Point, Mapperley, Langley Mill, Derbyshire. 18th September 1985.
Queen Street, Upper Parliament Street, Milton Street, Mansfield Road, Woodborough Road, Plains Road, Westdale Lane West, Holyoake Road, Shelford Road, Wollaton Avenue.
Nottingham, Queen Street George's Fish & Chip Kitchen
Nottingham, York House (4mins)
Nottingham, Huntingdon Street (5mins)
St. Ann's, Ransom Road Top (12mins)
Mapperley, Shops (17mins)
Gedling, Holyoake Road (20mins)
Gedling, Wollaton Ave Shops (25mins)
Frequency
7/8 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime
15-30 minutes Monday to Saturday morning
20 minutes Sunday daytime
30 minutes every evening
30-60 minutes Sunday morning
GO2 Night N27
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King Street, Queen Street, Upper Parliament Street, Lower Parliament Street, King Edward Street, Huntingdon Street, Lower Parliament Street, Southwell Road, Sneinton Road, Dale Street, Sneinton Dale, Cardale Road, Carlton Road, Carlton Hill, Burton Road, Gedling Road, Westdale Lane East, Westdale Lane West, Holyoake Road, Digby Avenue, Shelford Road, Wollaton Avenue, Shelford Road, Digby Avenue, Holyoake Road, Westdale Lane West, Plains Road, Woodborough Road.
Nottingham, King Street Zizzi's
Nottingham, Victoria Centre Argos (3mins)
Nottingham, Boston Street (5mins)
Nottingham, Ice Arena (6mins)
Sneinton Dale, Windmill Lane (8mins)
Sneinton Dale, Edale Road (10mins)
Sneinton Dale, Cardale Road (12mins)
Carlton, Shops (15mins)
Carlton, Tesco (17mins)
Gedling, Westdale Tavern (20mins)
Gedling, Holyoake Road (24mins)
Gedling, Wollaton Avenue Shops (27mins)
Gedling, Holyoake Road (30mins)
Mapperley, Shops (33mins)
St. Ann's, Ransom Road Top (36mins)
St. Ann's, Shelton Street (39mins)
Frequency
60 minutes Friday and Saturday nights
About half an hour later, I snapped the same bus on the 46, the service alternating two hourly with one bus at night, this time on the opposite end of the diversion.
Between Plains Road and Mapperley Plains after 8pm, the 46 and 47 are diverting via Somersby Road, Arno Vale Road, Ramsey Drive and Coppice Road.
377 is seen climbing Ramsey Drive in the Plains Estate with an off route 46 to Lambley via Woodborough.
The S11 is still running, offering an hourly bus from Mapperley, Arnold and Bulwell.
921 passes on Plains Road in Mapperley having just set off on an S11 to Bulwell via Plains Estate, Arnold and Top Valley. This had just been returned to service after repaint.
As the A612 has been shut to allow for highway drains to be installed for the new relief road which will run up to Mapperley Plains from Carlton-le-Willows.
Because Stoke Bardolph was deemed an inappropriate diversion for buses, the route has instead been sent from Burton Road to operate via Shearing Hill, Gedling Church, Lambley Lane, Spring Lane, Lambley Village, Park Lane, Lambley Road, Ton Lane and Epperstone By Pass to rejoin the normal route at Lowdham War Memorial.
388 climbs Spring Lane out of Lambley with an off route 26 to Nottingham via Gedling and Carlton.
Before the changes take hold to the 46/47 at the end of August, I wanted to get a good cross-section of photos from these largely rural routes.
One of the rarest displays you'll see on the 47 set of services Monday to Saturday, the 1640 departure off Nottingham runs only as far as Woodborough, which then runs back out of service via Nottingham Road and Mapperley Plains to commence a short from Spring Lane at about half 5. It's worth noting that from the service change, this will be the actual route of the 47, running to and from Lambley and Woodborough as a circular service.
386 climbs Green Lane leaving Lambley behind with the short 47B to Woodborough.
Having arrived in on the 26 from Gedling, an afternoon of 25Bs beckoned!!
988 lays over on King Street with a 25B to Mapperley via Carlton and Gedling.
Hoping to get a good shot of this on the 25, I didn't realise they'd tweaked the daytime service to leave a couple of minutes earlier, it's been 18, 38 and 58 off Front Street for as long as I can remember!!
432 caught me off guard a little earlier than I'd expected, seen passing Asda on Arnold High Street with a 25 to Nottingham via Mapperley, Gedling and Carlton.
Although not many OmniDekkas featured on the 25/56 circuit, this one seemed to be a popular candidate for them, making a few appearances over the month the special timetables operated.
902 calls at Arnold Sainsbury's with a 25 to Nottingham via Mapperley, Gedling and Carlton.
After getting this on the 46 back in December, now I've got this on both of the Sky Blue routes.
309 picks up on Upper Parliament Street on Sky Blue 47 to Woodborough and Lambley via Mapperley Plains.
A chance encounter on my lunch saw me catch up with a spare 63 plate on the 45. These make more appearances now than they used to, however they’re still not exactly common either.
605 turns into King Street with a 45 from Gedling, Mapperley and Mapperley Park.
This is what happens when I borrow Paul (natural diversity)'s 500mm Nikon prime lens...well this and the hernia!! Thanks Paul :)
A chance grab whilst in Mapperley, I thought I'd include this just in case the cascade plan goes accordingly. There's talk of this joining 442-5 on the Purple circuit....
441 leaves Mapperley Shops with a 45 to Nottingham via Woodborough Road.
At afternoon peak time, the 26 comes in quite handy, as it bridges the gaps in the timetable when some of the 25s run empty back to Nottingham to do another outbound trip, as highlighted here...
619 calls at City College Nottingham on Carlton Road whilst 418 passes out of service, ready to take another 25B out the City to Mapperley.
After chasing a branded Sky Blue single decker, I finally managed to catch 386 on a beautiful evening - the Sky Blue colour represents its name here!
386 heads for Nottingham with a 46 from Lambley, Woodborough and Mapperley.
An unusual candidate to find on GO2 Sky Blues, one of the trio of OmniLinks puts in a graft on 45s!!
306 approaches the end of Shelford Road with a 45 to Nottingham via Mapperley and Woodborough Road. Are the Sky Blue OmniDekkas already in paint for their next role perhaps??
Stanton Gate 31-7-97 56047 has drawn the loaded rake of pipe wagons out of the temporary loading point on the former Stanton steelworks site and is now reversing the empties onto site through the bridge under the M1. This branch used to run through to West Hallam pit which actually was nearer Mapperley and also up to Shipley
From V reg to 64 plate over a weekend!!
961 is part of a batch of seventeen new Optare Solo EVs for use predominantly on services L3, L4, L9, L12, L22 and L23.
961 climbs Moore Road in Mapperley with a Locallink L9 to Bestwood Park via Sherwood and Arnold, with the sprawling Duncan Macmillan House seen in the background on Porchester Road.
Took a trip to DWT Mapperley Wood reserve for my first wildlife foray of 2014. A pleasant morning it was!
Nottingham City Transport 437 at Westdale Lane on Sky Blue 45 to City via Mapperley. 26th September 2018.
This is what happens when I borrow Paul (natural diversity)'s 500mm Nikon prime lens...well this and the hernia!! Thanks Paul :)
This young Springer spaniel was rather interested in the Mute swan armada. Harness, lead and hand strength were tested. The swans were, I think, more interested in seeing if any food was going to be offered.
A nice incident - but a horribly distracting background.
I have a puerile desire to draw a witty a speech bubble above the rearmost pair of swans.....
Having done a 25B to Mapperley, it's a case of straight back to Nottingham to do a full 25 outbound!!
420 passes John Lewis in Nottingham out of service between 25s.
An unusual allocation, even for a spare bus, is the sight of a 63 plate Enviro 400 Scania on the 25, which is some nine years newer than the buses branded for it!!
605 climbs the tough slog up Breck Hill Road in Woodthorpe with the last 25 of the day (on Sundays the last full 25 is 1630 from Arnold!) to Nottingham via Mapperley and Carlton.
On my commute to Nottingham, I passed the single car 45 morning working.
640 waits time at Mapperley Shops with a 45 to Gedling. It'll be a shame to see these go back to Gotham, it's been nice to have more E400s at Nottingham.
Shipley Country Park
The park has earned the Green Flag Award for the quality of its green spaces every year since 2008. The Green Flag Award is the national standard for parks and green spaces in England and Wales.
In 2011 the park also achieved Country Park Accreditation from Natural England for its facilities and services.
Whatever the season, there's always lots to see and do in the park - walking, cycling, horse riding, bird watching, angling, picnicking, kite flying, jogging, wayfaring, photography, exploring the park and much more.
Entry is free but a pay-and-display parking charge applies in the main car parks at the visitor centre and next to Mapperley Reservoir.