Nottingham City Transport has announced a new and improved bus service between the city centre and Clifton. The new 3A service will operate hourly from Monday to Saturday during the day, running through Silverdale and Wilford village.
The 3A replaces the existing CT4N services 2, 22 and 23 which currently serve Silverdale and Wilford, which will finish on Friday, September 16. Officials at NCT say the new bus service, which will begin on September 19, will offer an improved service for residents.
Anthony Carver-Smith, NCT head of marketing, said: “Our new 3A service provides an improved, six-days-a-week service for the residents of Silverdale and Wilford village, maintaining their important daytime links to the city centre and Clifton."
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Barry Allitt, CT4N operations director, said: “CT4N stepped in to save these services back in 2019, however the effects of the covid pandemic and rising operating costs, including fuel and salaries, have now made these services commercially unviable for us to continue operating. I’m pleased to advise that Nottingham City Transport will be making changes to their number 3 service from Monday, September 19, to maintain links to Wilford village and Silverdale.”
The 3A will be partially funded by Nottingham City Council on a trial basis. Nottingham City Council’s portfolio holder for highways and transport, Councillor Audra Wynter, said: “Following a difficult few years for the bus network through the pandemic, we were pleased to work with Nottingham City Transport to secure a replacement bus service for Silverdale and Wilford village. Service 3A will operate hourly between 8.30am and 3.30pm and will continue to provide an important link between these areas and the city, Trent Bridge and Clifton.”
Concessionary passes and all NCT’s standard tickets and passes will be valid on the 3A service. From the same date, NCT’s 3 will have a revised timetable, from 9.30am to 3.30pm Monday-Saturday, where buses will operate hourly via Ruddington to Clifton. The peak-time service will continue unchanged with buses up generally every 30 minutes.
It comes after NCT announced fares are going up from August 28. NCT officials said fuel and staffing costs were to blame, highlighting diesel was costing the company 50 percent more and gas prices had doubled. While competitor trentbarton has confirmed a number of its services across the county will be withdrawn.
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