Bus on Chandos Street, Netherfield – 1986
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Bus on Chandos Street, Netherfield – 1986
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 1 May 1986
In the run-up to the deregulation of bus services in October 1986, City of Nottingham Transport introduced a series of ‘Accessline’ services using small buses to reach areas that could not be served by full size buses. The idea was that these areas would not be attractive to possible competitors after deregulation and that passengers would be attracted to use these localised services rather than walk to main roads. These services were never economically viable and in most cases services were withdrawn soon after deregulation and have not been replaced since. Chandos Street is one of the few sections where a limited service has been maintained, although the route is substantially different from the Accessline service. The railway bridge carried the line up to Gedling Colliery, at that time still operational. Originally it formed part of the Great Northern Railway’s very roundabout route from Nottingham to Derby, via Colwick, Basford, and Ilkeston.
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