Trentbarton brings back night buses

Trentbarton is bringing back late night bus services following the easing of most Covid-19 restrictions.

The bus company has reinstated night services on Fridays and Saturdays to help get customers home after trips out to pubs, theatres and cinemas.

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With venue capacity limits coming to an end and nightclubs allowed to reopen, the firm expects extra late-night demand, particularly at weekends.

Services seeing the return of night journeys include red arrow, the allestree, H1, i4, ilkeston flyer, the nines, the sixes, swift and X38.

Jeff Counsell, managing director at trentbarton, said: “With nightclubs opening and more people able to visit other night-time destinations such as pubs, restaurants, theatres and cinemas, we want to be there for them to get safely home.

“To cope with the extra demand, we are reinstating lots of night buses either in their pre-Covid form or with slight timetable changes.

“We are ready to support our customers’ personal decisions on whether to continue wearing face coverings as there is no evidence that public transport is any less safe than other indoor venues.”