It was in 1928 that a Nottingham City Transport bus first ventured across Trent Bridge and into the operating territory of the erstwhile West Bridgford Urban District Council. 94 years later and NCT’s operations in Bridgford are among the operator’s most successful. STUART RENDER examines the story behind that success.
On the southern edge of Nottingham sits Trent Bridge, the structure crossing the River Trent, the boundary between the city and county.
The town of West Bridgford, which sits at the southern end of Trent Bridge, is often seen as a suburb of Nottingham. In reality, Bridgford is a market town in its own right and the administrative centre of Rushcliffe Borough Council.
I mention all this because Trent Bridge, as the physical barrier between city and county, has played a recurring role in the development of Nottingham City Transport’s (NCT) route network in Bridgford.
I’m no stranger to Bridgford. I attended West Bridgford Grammar School and my mother used to live in Bridgford.
Readers with long memories, or a good library, may recall a comprehensive feature written by Roy Marshall in the March 1989 issue of Buses that told the story of the West Bridgford Urban District Council Passenger Tra…
