A new bus service is being introduced to serve passengers between Nottingham, West Bridgford and Cropwell Bishop.
Nottingham Community Transport’s trading arm, CT4N, is introducing the service to start following the Spring Bank Holiday on Tuesday, May 28.
The new service - the 33 - will replace the current 822 service operated by Yourbus for Nottinghamshire County Council, which is due to be withdrawn on Saturday 25 May, 2019.
It will serve passengers stops in Cropwell Bishop, Cropwell Butler, Cotgrave, Tollerton, Gamston (Morrisons), West Bridgford and Nottingham (Friar Lane).
In addition, journeys which operate only in the morning and evening will be extended during the day to serve Langar and Sutton Cum Granby.
Ian Combellack, general manager of Nottingham Community Transport, which runs the link bus network run on behalf of Nottingham City Council as well as commercially operated services, said: “It is extremely rewarding to be able to launch another new service.
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"We’ve been listening to feedback about the existing 822 service and we know that passengers in outlying villages served miss the direct link to Nottingham throughout the day, so we’re delighted to bring this valued connection back to communities in Nottinghamshire.”
The 33 will also provide direct links between Nottingham city centre and the Spire Hospital at Tollerton as well as the new housing estate on Hollygate Park at Cotgrave.
A selection of single, return and weekly tickets will be available, as well as a monthly ticket which can be bought through a mobile app.
Further details about the fares will be released in the next few weeks.
Nottinghamshire County Council’s group manager for highways and transport, Gary Wood, said: “The county council welcomes the decision by CT4N to operate the new 33 bus service from the Vale of Belvoir to Nottingham. This replaces much of the current 822 route which is funded by the council.
"A new 833 service for the other villages on the current route, offering connections with the local services and to West Bridgford and Nottingham, will also be introduced. We hope the new services will encourage more passengers to use the service to help reduce congestion and air pollution in the area.”
CT4N will also be accepting tickets from the county council’s service 833.
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