Nottingham/Public Transport
Bus Routes
This is a manually created list of the bus routes and their relation id in OpenStreetMap. It may not be a complete map but could be used to show how well mapped the route is. If you believe the map to be completely mapped in the relation, please mark it as such.
See [1] for a list of all bus operators in Nottingham.
Nottingham City Transport
NCT's own list of buses is here
Green Line - #00945E
- 5 - Gamston / City Loop - 1189991 1189991
- 6 - Edwalton / City Loop - 1189992 1189992
- 7 - Gamston / City Loop - 1189993 1189993
- 8 - Wilford Hill / City Loop - 1189994 1189994
- 9 - Compton Acres / City Loop - 1189995 1189995
- 10 - Ruddington / City Loop - 158908 158908
- 11 - Trent Boulevard / City Loop - 59496 59496 - Complete
- 11C - National Water Sports Centre / City Loop - 59822 59822 - Complete
Maroon Line
Along Castle Boulevard to Beeston /Chilwell
- 13 - maroon - ceased service summer 2013
14 - maroon - 165552 165552withdrawn 30 March 2014
Brown Line
Core route from City along Mansfield Road, Hucknall Road to Bestwood, Top Valley and Rise Park
Lilac Line
Core route from City along Carlton Road to Carlton, Gedling and Mapperley Top
Pink Line
Core Route from City along Ilkeston Road to Wollaton and Bilborough areas
- 28 - Ilkeston Road, Beechdale Road to Bracebridge Drive shops - 165557 165557
- 30 - Ilkeston Road, Wollaton Road, Wollaton Village to Bramcote Lane shops - 165564 165564
- 31 - unilink to Jubilee Campus, term times only - 1302031 1302031
Orange Line
Core route is from Victoria Centre (outside John Lewis) down Derby Road to QMC.
- 34 - Victoria Centre / University Park - unilink service, term times only - 71286 71286
- 35 - Victoria Centre / Bulwell - 121614 121614
- 36 - Victoria Centre / Chilwell (Inham Nook) - 71278 71278
- 37 - Victoria Centre / QMC - 3282645 3282645
Blue Line
- 39 - blue line - 1301897 1301897 Queen St, along Beacon Hill Rise and Gordon Road to Thorneywood & Carlton Valley Loop
- 40 - blue line 165372 165372 Queen St, along St Ann's Well Road, The Wells Road, Mapperley Park Road, Mansfield Road, Edwards Lane, Valley Road to City Hospital Loop
- 41 - blue line - 165373 165373 Queen St, along St Ann's Well Road to Kildare Road terminus
- 42 - blue line - 2813382 2813382
Red Line
Core route from King Street towards Mapperley and Sneinton. 44/45 used to be a circular route the numbers denoting clockwise/anti-clockwise, but they have now been separated into two routes. The defunct Premiere 7 was added as 47 to this group. The 45 given the sky blue colour.
- 43 - King Street to Bakersfield (Tally Ho) - 3405844 3405844
- 44 - King Street to Gedling (Phoenix Estate) - 115995 115995
Sky-blue Line
- 45 - sky blue - 115996 115996
- 46 - 2870243 2870243
- 47 - to Calverton (route is of former Premier Red 7) 1942958 1942958
Lime Line
Core route from the City along Mansfield Road to Arnold area
Yellow Line
Core route from City along Mansfield Road, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham Road to Bulwell area. Routes 70 & 71 continued to Arnold, but these routes were curtailed in 2012 and the route 79 extended as a replacement service.
- 68 - 165362 165362
- 69 - 165363 165363
- 70 - 3059548 3059548
- 71 - 165365 165365
- 72 - route was to Assarts Farm Estate, route withdrawn 2012 165366 165366
Turquoise Line
Core route from City along Alfreton Road, and either Aspley Lane or Nuthall Road to Aspley, Strelley, and Broxtowe
- 76 - 2907994 2907994
- 77 - City to Strelley 165579 165579
- 78 - City to Strelley 165581 165581 and 1778099 1778099
- 79 - Alfreton Road, Nuthall Road, Broxtowe Lane, Bar Lane to Bulwell, extended to Arnold 2012 165364 165364
Purple Line
Pathfinder
- 100 - 3405840 3405840
Night
- N4 - 3316265 3316265
- N6 - 1189996 1189996
- N27 - 2870248 2870248
- N28 - 1994616 1994616
- N34 - 2826640 2826640
- N36 - 563485 563485
- N48 - 2052832 2052832
- N58 - 3847652 3847652
- N68 - 3405846 3405846
- N77 - 3330504 3330504
- N89 - 3405847 3405847
- N100 - 3405845 3405845
City Link
Local Link
- L1 - 2052830 2052830
- L2 - 269430 269430
- L3 - 165558 165558
- L4 - 165559 165559
- L5 - 2036709 2036709
- L6 - 3791878 3791878
- L7 - 3343028 3343028
- L8 - 2870246 2870246
- L9 - 2903670 2903670
- L10 - 165565 165565
- L11 - 271483 271483
- L12 - QMC / City Hospital (Hucknall Lane) - 2808180 2808180
- L13 - 3343027 3343027
- L14 - serves Heathfield Estate - 2903658 2903658
- L33 (Nottingham Community Transport) - 2981880 2981880
- L53 - Arnold / Clifton around the Ring Road - 71285 71285
- L64 - 3282644 3282644
Work Link
School Buses
Other NCT
- Medilink - 190424 190424
AOT Coaches
- 8 - 3405839 3405839
Doyles
- 331 - 3330505 3330505
Kinchbus
- 9 - 3316409 3316409
Littles
- 228 - 3791877 3791877
Marshalls Coaches
- 90 - 3316264 3316264
Nottingham City Council
Shop Link
Operated by Silverdale on behalf of Nottingham City Council
- S1 - 2052833 2052833
- S10 - 3779020 3779020
- S11 - 165374 165374
- S15 - needs confirming - 165560 165560
- S34 - 3717147 3717147
NottsBus
- 63 - 3330986 3330986
- 65 - 552497 552497
- 110 Toton Connect Plus - 2764927 2764927
- 111 Stapleford Shopper - 563486 563486
Paul Jones (Veolia)
- 19 - - 214959 214959
Trent Barton
- Rainbow 1 - - 165582 165582
- The Two - yellow - 1646609 1646609
- 3A - 3006938 3006938
- 3B - 554278 554278
- 3C - 2416702 2416702
- i4 - (previously Rainbow 4) - 71283 71283
- 15 - Ilkeston/Stapleford/Long Eaton - 410546 410546
- 18 - Nottingham Broadmarsh to Stapleford (Mon-Sat) - 75243 75243
- 20 - Nottingham Broadmarsh to Heanor (Sundays only) - 536478 536478
- 21 - 410630 410630
- 22 - 3316266 3316266
- 141 - 165371 165371
- Calverton Connection - 165367 165367
- centrelink - red - 240306 240306
- Cotgrave Connection - 3316267 3316267
- club class - Sandiacre/Nottingham express commuter service - 410631 410631
- Indigo - (previously Rainbow 5) - 71262 71262
- Keyworth Connection - 215707 215707
- Pronto - 319325 319325
- Rapid 1 - 3405848 3405848
- Red Arrow - 366750 366750
- The Rushcliffe Greens (formerly Radcliffe Line) - 3316268 3316268
- Ruddington Connection - 3316269 3316269
- Sawley Xprss- 1970884 1970884
- Skylink - Nottingham Broadmarsh / Long Eaton / East Midlands Airport - 2123790 2123790
- Xprss - Nottingham-Bingham - 3316270 3316270
Premier
Fortunately we'd failed to map many of Premier's routes before they went bust in January 2013!
Stagecoach
- Sherwood Arrow - 1231702 1231702
YourBus
- 82 - 271477 271477
- Y5 - 3308549 3308549
- Y28 - 3323959 3323959
- Y36 - 1994617 1994617
- Citylink - Nottingham to Derby - 2942341 2942341
To be sorted
Please move these to the appropriate operator and fill in any missing details.
- 73 - operator tagged as NCT, but this is probably incorrect - 2870244 2870244
- 73A - operator tagged as NCT, but this is probably incorrect - 2870245 2870245
Tagging Routes
Create a relation with the following tags
- type = route
- route = bus
- network = NCT Go2, NCT Ntwk, NCT Link
- name = Go2 #, Bridgford Bus, Network #
- operator = Nottingham City Transport
- ref = # - Number shown on destination blind - e.g. 11, 11C, Skylink
- wheelchair = yes/no - Is the route generally wheelchair accessible?
- colour - The routes colour
I've also been adding destination:in and destination:out with the text displayed on the blinds in-case an official tag comes along.