August Bank Holiday Buses

This Bank Holiday Monday, the 28th of August 2017, a Sunday timetable will operate on all Nottingham City Transport services, including Ruddington’s Navy 3 and Green 10. This means you can get direct access to and from Rushcliffe Country Park all day by catching a new, eco-friendly Green 10C bus. Grouprider tickets will be available all day, offering unlimited travel for five people (minimum 1 adult, maximum 2 adults). You can also buy them through the NCTX Buses app. So why not come and see us for a #RuddyGoodDayOut?

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NCT’s Ruddy Good Guide!

Have YOU got the latest edition of the handy booklet about places to visit in Ruddington – and where to eat and drink in the village? This FREE guide has again been produced in a partnership between Nottingham City Transport (NCT) and the creative team here at RUDDINGTON.info. Look out for NCT’s ‘Ruddy Good Day Out‘ printed booklet available in the featured venues and other outlets throughout Ruddington – as well as local libraries and the NCT Travel Centre. Or you can download a PDF version >>HERE<<. Visitors to our village can hop on and off NCT buses Navy…

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Travel Voucher

The Navy 3 or Green 10 buses from the city run by Nottingham City Transport can be caught directly to The Green or to any of our village venues. For the first time this year, there’s a special downloadable “RuddFest” discounted travel voucher (just click on the image below). All you need to do is either print it off, or show it to the driver on the screen of a mobile device, when you board the first NCT bus and ask for an “Eventrider”. It will then cost you just £2.50 rather than the usual £3.70 for an…

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Our Bank Holiday Buses

On Bank Holiday Monday, the 29th of May 2017, a Sunday timetable will operate on all Nottingham City Transport services, including Ruddington’s Navy 3 and Green 10 buses. This means direct access to and from Rushcliffe Country Park all day by catching the Green 10C. Grouprider tickets will be available at £5 all day, with concessionary passes also valid before 09.30am and after 11.00pm. Then, from the 1st to the 4th of June, to encourage visitors to leave their cars at home, NCT has created a special downloadable “RuddFest” discount travel voucher (click on the image below) for this year’s Ruddington…

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Eco Buses For Green 10 Service

Nottingham City Transport has confirmed that Ruddington will be one of the first places to benefit from its brand new eco-friendly buses. Several will be introduced on our Green 10 route early next month. They’re among 53 low emission, bio-gas powered, double deckers being added to the operator’s fleet following the award of a £4.4m grant from the Government’s OLEV Low Emission Bus Scheme last year – which was added to an investment of £12.4m from NCT itself. “We’ve always taken our environmental impact responsibilities very seriously and have long had one of the youngest and…

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Ruddington’s Easter Buses

If you fancy a #RuddyGoodDayOut over the Easter weekend then here’s the situation on Ruddington’s Navy 3 and Green 10 buses run by Nottingham City Transport:- Good Friday 14 April – Saturday service Saturday 15 April – normal Saturday service Easter Sunday 16 April – normal Sunday service Easter Monday 17 April – Sunday service Tuesday 18 April – normal service Also, if you’re planning to be out late in the city on Good Friday or Easter Saturday night, there’s the usual hourly N48 Nightbus back to Ruddington from the city until…

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Ruddington Bus Operator Breaks Records

Ruddington’s main bus operator had a day to remember at this year’s UK Bus Awards ceremony as it took home the awards for both Top City Operator and UK Bus Operator of the Year. Securing ‘UK Bus Operator 2016’ means that Nottingham City Transport has set a new record, being the very first to win the accolade four times following successes in 2004, 2012 and 2014. This year, the annual UK Bus Awards marks its 21st year of recognising and rewarding the many achievements across the bus industry. Today’s winners were announced…

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Cheaper Ruddington bus travel for 16 & 17 year olds!

Ruddington’s main bus operator has announced that passengers aged 16 and 17 will shortly be able to take advantage of lower fares.  This comes as the age threshold for adult rates on Nottingham City Transport increases from 16 to 18 this weekend. From Sunday 28th August anyone aged 17 or below catching our Navy 3 or Green 10 NCT services to or from Ruddington will be able to pay just £1 – in a move designed to help apprentices, college and sixth form students across the city.  The same fare will also apply across other…

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Our Ruddy Good Launch with NCT!

Ruddington’s new web site, run by village resident Graham Wright (pictured above left with NCT’s Anthony Carver-Smith), was heralded in style today thanks to a preview event kindly promoted by the Ruddington Business Partnership, hosted by The Ruddington Arms, and sponsored by our launch partners Nottingham City Transport (NCT). Dozens of business networkers came along early this morning to find an NCT bus awaiting them in the pub car park – and details of “NCT’s Ruddy Good Day Out” campaign aimed at promoting our village to potential visitors.  This is by way of ongoing…

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NCT’s Ruddy Good Day Out | Promotion

Fancy a “Ruddy Good Day Out”? We have got together with NCT Nottingham City Transport Buses to highlight the best things to see and do during a visit to our thriving and pretty South Nottinghamshire village. Are you looking for rich local history? Do you enjoy strolling around a country park? How about browsing dozens of small independent shops and visiting somewhere you can come on your own or bring all the family? See Places of Interest HERE Maybe you’d like to stop off at a traditional tearoom, eat in a classy…

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