The bright green bus pulls up, the doors open and the driver greets me by saying: "Oliver Pridmore?" Having your full name read out by the driver is far from the usual start to a bus journey, but this was no ordinary trip.
Nottinghamshire County Council recently unveiled its new on-demand bus service, allowing passengers to select a pick-up and drop-off point before being matched up with the nearest bus. This process is carried out either by phone or by using the 'Nottsbus On Demand' app, which Nottinghamshire Live decided to download so that we could hop on and try the new service.
'Nottsbus On Demand' does not follow a fixed route or timetable, with buses instead travelling anywhere within three operating zones where there is not already a scheduled service running. The three operating zones comprise North Ollerton, South Ollerton and Mansfield.
