A number of Nottingham City Transport buses are diverting due to the heavy snowfall. A yellow weather warning for snow remains in place across Nottinghamshire through to 2pm on Friday, March 10.
The weather has caused a number of NCT buses to be diverted and make temporary route changes due to the condition of the roads.
The NCT buses that have been affected are the Lilac 25, Blue 39, 40, 42 and Sky Blue 45, 46 and 47 services. However, NCT reports that all other services are currently operating their normal route.
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As of Thursday March 9, at 11.15pm, these are the buses and their diversions:
- Lilac 25 - Diverting via Woodthorpe Drive and Mansfield Road instead of Breck Hill Road and Thackeray's Lane.
- Blue 39 - Diverting and are unable to serve Carlton Valley or regular stops on Porchester Road. Buses are operating a one way loop from City to Thorneywood Mount Top then turning right on to Porchester Road, right on to Carlton Road, right on to St Matthias Road, left Beacon Hill Rise and back to normal route. In Thorneywood and on Gordon Road, catch buses on the opposite side of the road to normal for the City.
- Blue 40 - Diverting via Woodthorpe Drive and Mansfield Road in both directions and unable to serve Winchester Street, Winwood Heights or Sherwood Shops. In Sherwood, use stops near Sherwood Manor.
- Blue 42 - Not serving Brewsters Road. Buses using The Wells Road and Ransom Road in both directions
- Sky Blue 45 - Operating between City, Mapperley and Westdale Lane/Holyoake Road only. Buses not serving Shelford Road or Wollaton Avenue.
- Sky Blue 46, 47 - Operating between City and Mapperley Shops only. No service to Mapperley Plains, Woodborough or Lambley
Nottingham City Transport said: "There are weather related diversions on Lilac 25, Blue 39, 40, 42 and Sky Blue 45, 46, 47. All other services are following normal route, but subject to delays."
Officials at CT4N also said one service was affected. In a tweet, officials said: "Due to the adverse weather conditions, Service 19 is unable to serve Sherwood Vale and Winchester Court. Buses from Arnold will instead terminate at Mapperley Top. Apologies for any inconvenience caused." A number of trentbarton buses are affected by staff shortages as well as the weather.
Meanwhile, all flights have been held at East Midlands Airport as work takes place to clear the runway.
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