Bus passengers face diversions in West Bridgford, Arnold and Carlton during the week beginning Monday 5 October, alongside continuing changes linked to Nottingham’s Maid Marian Way demolition works.
The following roundup covers key NCT and trentbarton disruptions affecting journeys between Monday 5 and Sunday 11 October, based on notices available on Sunday 4 October.
Gordon Road, West Bridgford
Gordon Road works run from 5–16 October. Towards Nottingham, NCT’s Green 5/A diverts via Davies Road and Radcliffe Road; Green 6 uses Stamford Road, Melton Road, Musters Road, Rectory Road and Central Avenue. Green 12/C/E stays on Radcliffe Road towards Trent Bridge.
Trentbarton’s mainline, the cotgrave and rushcliffe villager will also miss stops towards Nottingham at Brockley Road, Cyril Road, Davies Road, Tudor Square, Central Avenue, Co-op, Hound Road and Cricket Ground.
Passengers can use Radcliffe Road instead. Journeys travelling away from Nottingham will continue to serve Central Avenue.
Nottingham city centre
NCT’s temporary city-centre arrangements remain in place throughout the day until the demolition works finish.
Orange 34/C terminates on Milton Street, with University Park departures using the Orange 35 and 36 stops there.
Turquoise 77/C, 78/A/B and 79/B terminate beside The Cornerhouse on Burton Street and depart from stop T7. Their usual stops on Maid Marian Way, Broadmarsh, George Street, Fletcher Gate and at Victoria Centre are suspended.
Trentbarton also lists Burton Street stop T8 as unavailable to the two and rainbow one until 4pm on Monday 12 October.
Rectory Road and Bathley Street
Until 9 October, city-bound Green 7, 8 and 9 miss Central Avenue Shops, using Bridgford Road and the Co-op stop.
Lady Bay-bound Green 11/C diverts via Meadows Way and London Road until 9 October; city-bound buses follow their normal route.
Arnold High Street
From 6–9 October, 9.30am–3.30pm, buses miss the High Street stop behind Asda. Routes 25, 53, 54, 55 and 58 use the stop near High Street Avenue; 56 uses Front Street and also misses Croft Road and Ravenswood Road towards Nottingham.
Hallam Road, Carlton Valley
Blue 39 diverts from 8am–4pm on Thursday 8 October, missing Hallam Road and Porchester Road stops between Moore Road and The Punchbowl.
Nuthall Road
NCT diversions continue on weekday evenings, 7pm–6am, through Wednesday 14 October.
Bulwell-bound 71/B uses Bagnall Road, serving stops along the diversion; city-bound 71 follows its normal route.
The 79/B towards Bulwell and Arnold, and 79 towards Nottingham, divert via Melbourne Road, Aspley Lane and Broxtowe Lane without serving stops along the diversion.
Trentbarton also lists overnight disruption to rainbow one during the Nuthall Road works.
Hucknall and Westwood
Christchurch Road in Hucknall closes on Tuesday 6 October from 8am–3.30pm. Connect Green and Blue will miss Eelwood Road, Roughs Wood Lane, Astral Grove and Knoll Avenue.
At Westwood, rainbow one will miss Main Road and Wilhallow Lane in both directions during closures from 9.30am–3pm, continuing until Wednesday 7 October.
Long Eaton and Ilkeston
Overnight closures at Long Eaton Market Place affect my15 and skylink Nottingham from 7pm–5am until 14 October. Stops missed in both directions include Long Eaton railway station, Sycamore Road, Oakland Avenue, Wyvern Avenue, Nelson Street, Brooklands Court and Broad Street.
In Ilkeston, Derby Road closures continue from 7pm–5am until Friday 9 October. Affected services include ilkeston flyer, my15, the two and routes 31–34, with Ilkeston Health Centre on South Street unavailable.
Kirkby-in-Ashfield
The threes remains affected by the Thoresby Avenue closure until Friday 16 October.
Stops missed in both directions are Laurel Grove, Farm View Road, Glenside, Thoresby Avenue Top, Thoresby Avenue, Nest Avenue and Roseberry Street.
East Bridgford, Shelford and Gunthorpe
Long-term junction works continue to affect rushcliffe villager, which cannot serve Shelford or Gunthorpe.
The villages are served by Nottsbus Connect 747 instead. Free connecting travel between Radcliffe and Shelford or Gunthorpe is available to passengers transferring to or from rushcliffe villager or mainline, who should tell the 747 driver.
Passengers should check NCT service updates and trentbarton travel alerts before setting off, as arrangements may change.
