The running on the road of free classic Barton bus rides as part of the highly popular annual Heritage Open Day on Saturday September 13th, has this year been partially hit by the delays in the construction of Nottinghams tram extension to Beeston and Chilwell. Ironically the popularity last century with the regions public of Barton buses (Established 1908) helped send the unpopular original Nottingham Corporation Tramway system to the scrapyard in 1936. I often have the feeling the Authorities of City of Nottingham to our east still havent quite got over their original disappointment says current Managing Director, Simon Barton, of the original Barton Transport of Chilwell. That they converted their obsolete tram system to buses, copying us but nearly 30 years late, shows how far behind the curve the authorities can sometimes be. Barton Transport sold its massive transport operations to the owners of Trent Motor Traction in 1989, allowing the amalgamation to form the popular Trent Barton buses of today. Bartons of Chilwell are an entirely independent business, and remain family run 106 years after their inception in Beeston. Read the rest of this article on our website: bartonsplc.co.uk/index.php/info/bartons-news/item/silence-of-the-trams-and-now-buses
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:29:20 +0000
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