New on demand buses to link Nottinghamshire and villages

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The service is also to be available to park and ride and East Midlands Airport passengers

A new on demand bus service is to connect villages in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire.

A phone line or app will allow passengers to call a mini-bus to their bus stop, rather than the service following a fixed route and timetable.The on demand buses will replace the 865 service and will also serve the Clifton park and ride site, East Midlands Parkway railway station and East Midlands Airport.

Head of highways and transport at Nottinghamshire County Council Gary Wood said: "The key concept is that we send our buses to stops where we know passengers are waiting for them, rather than the bus travelling a fixed route past stops where there's nobody to collect.

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