DSCF4693 Trent Barton (trentbarton) 258 (YX66 WMG) in Sutton-in-Ashfield -12 Sep 2018

Wednesday 12 September 2018 (1125) – Trent Barton (trentbarton) 258 (YX66 WMG), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC new in December 2016, seen in Sutton-in-Ashfield bus station. It carries branding for ‘the nines’ Derby to Mansfield service. The company has a penchant for varied brandings and an out of the ordinary way to identify local route variants. ‘The nines’ uses a decimal point followed by a further digit. Service 9.1 detours from the main road to serve Kilburn (Elm Tree Avenue) and later serves the East Midlands Designer Outlet at South Normanton. Service 9.3 stays on the main road at Kilburn and after South Normanton travels via Pinxton and Kirby Cross.

In the background is 681 (FJ55 ABK), a Wright Solar bodied Scania L94UB, in Trent Barton fleet livery which was working service 141 to Nottingham via Skegby, Mansfield, Rainworth, Blidworth and Hucknall.

I travelled on both these buses one after the other first riding on 258 to Mansfield and from there on 681 for my return to Blidworth managing to buy a snack between the two rides.