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  • 51 of 51 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    rachels_ratty

    3 Stars The Wooden Spoon Award 2003 Goes To... 24/11/2003
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Excellent drivers on the whole, new buses, value for money ticketing

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Litter strewn buses, AWFUL Customer Services, poor timetable availabilty

    Trent Barton (by their own claim) is one of the few remaining independent bus companies left in the UK and they’ve been around in one guise or another for the best part of a century. With a fleet of over 300 buses and employing roughly 1,000 local people, they are based in Henor, Derbyshire and run routes throughout Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and as far to the north as Manchester. This leads them to the belief that they can offer a better and more personal service than their rivals. But does it work like that in practice? ~ Routes/Timetables ~ As a generalisation, Trents’ buses cover the ... more
  • 10 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    shortiebabes999

    4 Stars Worth a ride? 24/02/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Comfortable and Clean Busses, Comprehensive Routes

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Time keeping often terrible, expensive compared to other operators in the area

    Trent Barton are a private company, that run bus routes throughout Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. They mainly service the towns and villages that are set apart from the main town centres. I have used Barton busses for many years and having lived in the north, east, and south of nottingham i have been able to experience the service being run in many different regions. ~The Fleet~ None of the busses that the company use ever get particulalry old as they are always bringing out new models with better gadgets! Due to the fleet being renewed on a fairly regular basis they are always mechanically ... more
  • 8 of 8 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Mattnottm

    4 Stars Regional Services for Nottingham and Derby 02/04/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Frequency of some routes is excellent, fairly new bus fleet

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Fares can be expensive

    Trent and Barton buses are the main operators of buses in the Nottingham and Derby areas. They also operate long-distance services to Chesterfield, Manchester and Leicester. The company have been upgrading and altering routes, in order to get the best service possible to some places. This has meant the removal of services, or retiming. They seem to have the most modern fleet of buses that I have seen in recent times. The Rainbow Routes are proving to be very popular. Rainbow 5 and Rainbow 1 routes serve main commuter areas, and run services every 6 and 10 minutes respectively. These don't ... more
  • 10 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    musicmaker2904

    2 Stars Trent Barton - A Real Mixed Bag 14/01/2005
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Polite Drivers, relatively new buses

    Disadvantages Disadvantages poor punctuality, low customer care, VERY expensive

    I live on the outskirts of Nottingham and, as i have no car, busses are often the only way I can get around. The ONLY bus service that operates through my area is Trent Barton (the rainbow 4 service and the 15, 18/32 and commuter express services). It is fair to say that travelling with Trent Barton is like playing the lottery, if you get lucky things are very good....but if you aren't lucky it can be really frustrating. For example, here's a little itinery of two days this week when I used Trent Barton. DAY ONE Arrive at the bus stop five minutes before the bus is due. Having waited fifteen ... more
  • 0 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 1 scottbob9

    Member since 03/04/2012

    Reviews written: 1

    5 Stars Trent Barton 04/04/2012
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good Customer Service, Friendly Drivers and Good bus

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Sometimes Late

    Trent Barton are a bus company in East Midlands owned by wellglade.Very friendly bus company, great drivers, they have great upto date busses.Fares are all right but sometimes a little to much on short hops such as on the My15 But the busses are allright, great on services such as Skylink Nottingham and indigo and my15 but services like 21 and the spare busses as well as the Rainbow 1.As far as drivers go, they are great, some are a little un-sociable but mainly a "really goog bus company" Timetableingwith timetables, some routes are let down a bit with services such as indigo new sawley (they ... more
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