Network Improvements from 1st September 2024!
7 months ago
We’re making network improvements from Sunday 1st September 2024, including:
- New services to Edwalton Fields, Calverton and Jubilee Campus
- Better bus services for West Bridgford, including reinstating the 5 minute Monday to Saturday daytime service between City and West Bridgford Central Avenue
- Doubled Monday to Saturday daytime frequency on Green 8 and 9 for Compton Acres and Wilford Hill
- Improved service for Lambley and Woodborough, including reinstating daily link to Calverton
- Extra journeys at the end of the school day on busy routes to provide more capacity
A summary of all services which change are shown below and you can download the PDF timetable to preview the new times.
The full stop-by-stop and journey-by-journey timetables are available online and in the NCTX Buses app by selecting your service then a date from 1st September 2024. Printed timetable leaflets will be available from week commencing 12th August 2024.
South Notts 1
Revised timetable, including more journeys to/from Gotham on Sundays.
On Schooldays, an extra bus will operate in the afternoons towards Clifton to provide more seats at the end of the school day.
Journeys from Nottingham which finish in Gotham will now operate along Kegworth Road, Gypsum Way and Leake Road to terminate outside the former bus garage.
Navy 3
On Schooldays, the 15:30 from Wilford Lane to City will no longer run.
Navy 4
From Monday 16th September 2024
Revised timetable, to improve reliability.
In the City Centre, buses towards NTU Clifton Campus will be re-routed to use Market Street, Angel Row and Mount Street rather than along Upper Parliament Street. This new route will help minimise delays caused by roadworks in the City Centre.
The current bus stop on Upper Parliament Street (coded U4) – will be replaced by a new stop on Mount Street (coded X2).
NightBus N4 will continue to use Upper Parliament Street.
Green Line
Improvements at a glance…
- Every 5 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes between City, Railway Station, Trent Bridge and West Bridgford Centre
- New service to Edwalton Fields
- Green 8 and 9 frequency doubled on Monday to Saturday daytimes for Compton Acres and Wilford Hill
- Gamston served all day, every day by Green 6, providing improved service
Here's how Green 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 will look (Green 10, 11 routes are unchanged):

Green 5
Green 5 will be the bus for Abbey Park and Edwalton.
Buses will operate from City to Central Avenue then Davies Road, Brockley Road, Buckfast Way, Rufford Road, Alford Road to Edwalton (Wellin Lane).
Buses will operate every 30 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes and hourly evenings and Sundays.
If you normally travel from Abbey Park to Gamston, we’ve timed the Green 5 and 6 to allow a change of bus on Alford Road, with the connecting bus typically 5 minutes behind from the same stop.
Green 6
Green 6 will now serve Gamston, instead of Edwalton.
Buses will operate from City to Central Avenue, Gordon Road and Alford Road as they do now, then along Beckside to Ling’s Bar Hospital and Gamston.
Buses will continue to operate every 15 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes and every 30 minutes in the evenings and on Sundays.
Green 7
Green 7 is the new service for Edwalton Fields.
Buses will operate from City to Central Avenue then Rectory Road and the full length of Melton Road to reach Edwalton Fields.
Whilst the development is built, buses will temporarily operate along Rose Way, left Jasmine Gardens, right Lily Grove, right Rose Way to return to Melton Road. The longer-term plan is to extend the service further in to Edwalton Fields, as turning facilities and access allow.
Buses will operate every 30 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes. In the evenings and on Sundays, buses will operate hourly, which are financially supported by Nottinghamshire County Council.
Green 8, 9
We’re doubling the frequency on Green 8 and 9 to reinstate 4 buses per hour between City, Compton Acres and Wilford Hill on Monday to Saturday daytimes.
There’s a revised timetable, with buses every 30 minutes on both the 8 and 9 on Monday to Saturday daytimes.
Green 10, 10C, 10X
Revised timetable, to improve reliability.
The current Shuttle Bus arrangement for Ruddington Fields Business Park will continue until the Kirk Lane works are completed.
Pathfinder 26
On Schooldays, the 26B from City at 07:38 is re-timed to run 3 minutes earlier as far as Carlton Hill. In the afternoons, the 14:38 from Carlton-le-Willows Academy will run 2 minutes later.
Pink Line
Improvements at a glance…
- Every 5 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes between City, Ilkeston Road and Jubilee Campus
- New service on to Jubilee Campus
Pink 29
From Monday 16th September 2024
New service Pink 29 reinstates the on campus bus between the City Centre and the University of Nottingham’s Jubilee Campus.
Buses will operate every 20 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes, entering and exiting the Jubilee Campus through the Triumph Road Entrance.
On campus, buses will stop near Newark Hall and outside The Exchange Building.
Orange 34, 34C
From Monday 16th September 2024
Revised timetable, to improve reliability.
Red 43
On Schooldays, an extra bus will operate in the afternoons along Sneinton Dale to provide more seats at the end of the school day.
Sky Blue 45
Sky Blue 45 will become Sky Blue 60.
There is no change to the route, but some early morning journeys on Mondays to Saturdays are re-timed.
The renumbering of the service helps free up service numbers for future network opportunities.
Sky Blue 46, 47
Sky Blue 46 and 47 are replaced by new Sky Blue 61 – see below.
Lime 57X
On Mondays to Fridays, the 07:45 from City will run 5 minutes later throughout.
Sky Blue Line
Improvements at a glance…
- New service through to Calverton
- Simplified service for Lambley, Woodborough and Spring Lane
- Renumbering of services for future network opportunities
Sky Blue 60
Sky Blue 60 is the new number for Sky Blue 45.
There is no change to the route, but some early morning journeys on Mondays to Saturdays are re-timed.
Preview new timetable here>>>
Sky Blue 61
New Sky Blue 61 replaces Sky Blue 46, 47, which will also serve Calverton.
The current circular services have been prone to reliability issues and we’re sorry to customers for the inconvenience and delays they’ve experienced.
New Sky Blue 61 will follow the same route in both directions, replacing the current circular arrangement that’s in place. This simplifies the service in Woodborough, Lambley and along Spring Lane with buses to Nottingham picking up from the same stop all the time, instead of being on different sides of the road depending on the time of the day.
All buses will operate from City to Mapperley, Mapperley Plains, Spring Lane, Gedling Country Park, Lambley, Woodborough and then to Calverton.
The extension to Calverton follows discussions with Nottinghamshire County Council and responds to customer requests for improved daily links between Lambley and Woodborough with Calverton.
Buses will run every 30 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes and every 90 minutes in the evenings and on Sunday daytimes.
In Calverton, buses will use Bonner Hill, right Bonner Lane, left Park Road, left Crookdole Lane, left Mansfield Lane to terminate at St Wilfrid’s Square. Buses will then return to Nottingham along left Main Street, right Bonner Hill.
Calverton will be covered by the £2 Single Fare cap and will also be in NCT’s Outer Zone, with Easyrider Further passes offering unlimited travel on Sky Blue 61 and all NCT buses in Nottingham for £28.30 a week or £102.50 a month (31 days).
The poorly used section of route along Bank Hill and Mapperley Plains (Travellers Rest, Coppice Road Top) will no longer be served.