(02 Jan 2016, 9:32 am)Dan wrote As I've said before - all operators have good sides, and bad sides too.
I know enthusiasts who live further down that way who can give a list as long as their arm about how bad Trent Barton are, and regularly make fun of their "really good" slogan. Their 'mango' ticketing system used to be (not sure if it still is) an absolute farce, according to these enthusiasts.
I can't really comment having never experienced either operation for myself, but Yourbus have a fairly modern and presentable fleet. I see fewer photos of Yourbus' fleet looking scruffy than I do Trent Barton's. Trent's investment last year into new coaches and Volvo B8RLEs was, for lack of a better compliment, 'really good', though, and these buses really do look the part. I'd imagine it would massively improve reliability of the services, too.
Of course they do, that's common knowledge.
I can list many of TrentBarton's negatives having lived a few years in Tutbury in Hatton. However, in my opinion the positives outweigh the negatives. I could list negatives for each operator in the North East arm long if I wanted to, however, I won't because it will give you something else to criticise me about ;-)
I myself have a Mango card and use it every time I am down there, including on Thursday, have I ever had any problems with it? No.
YourBus if I'm honest to appear to be flagging. They run a service down every coridor TB do, including 'indigo', 'Red Arrow' and Heanor's H1' (Which won Brand of the Year)
Their fleet is quite tatty, and their drivers presentation doesn't appear to be too good. Let's have a comparison....
I'd also like to point out that I didn't see a single 'odd' panel whist in Nottingham, Hucknall, Heanor or Derby.
