Announcement
East Midlands - Tour of Britain 2024
1 month ago
Stage 4 of the Tour of Britain is taking place on Friday 6th September, starting in Derby and finishing in Newark. This will cause significant disruption to Services 90 & 92 between Newark and Nottingham. There will also be minor disruption to Service 9 (9A, 9C) in Derby.
Service 9 - Derby
Shardlow Road in Borrowash will be closed until approximately 1300. Services 9 & 9A will divert via Victoria Avenue and will be unable to serve any stops within the Borrowash Estate until after 1300.
The morning journey on Service 9C will unfortunately be cancelled between Long Eaton and Borrowash and will start from Ockbrook (Cross Keys) at 0613.
Service 90 / 92 - Newark
Buses will divert all day via Great North Road and the Newark bypass and will be unable to serve stops along Farndon Road and Victoria Street. In addition buses on Service 92 will not serve Newark Bus Station and will operate direct from Trent Bridge (Newark) to North Gate Station.
The following named stops will not be served:
- The Ivies
- The Maltsters
- Dorner Avenue
- Boundary Road (Spring House)
- Princes Street
- Albert Street (Health Centre)
The Castle Street stops will not be served by Service 92 but will be used as a temporary stop by Service 90.
Specific Journey Cancellations
Unfortunately there will no access at all across Newark Town Centre for a period in the mid afternoon whilst the race finishes. During this time a number of journeys will need to terminate short in Farndon and will not be able to serve Newark at all. Details of specific journey adjustments are listed here:
- 1120 Service 90 ex Nottingham will terminate at Newark Bus Station and will not serve stops in Balderton or Fernwood.
- 1220 Service 90 ex Nottingham will terminate in Farndon (Marsh Lane) and will not serve any stops in Newark, Balderton or Fernwood.
- 1240 Service 92 ex Nottingham will terminate in Farndon (Marsh Lane) and will not serve any stops in Newark.
- 1300 Service 90 ex Fernwood will start from Newark Bus Station at 1315 and will not serve any stops in Fernwood or Balderton.
- 1320 Service 90 ex Nottingham will terminate in Farndon (Marsh Lane) and will not serve any stops in Newark, Balderton or Fernwood.
- 1400 Service 90 ex Fernwood will start from Farndon (Marsh Lane) at 1422 and will not serve any stops in Fernwood, Balderton or Newark.
- 1445 Service 92 ex Newark North Gate will start from Farndon (Marsh Lane) at 1501 and will now serve any stops in Newark.
- 1505 Service 90 ex Fernwood is subject to short notice delays in Newark Centre if Lombard Street is not reopened promptly after the end of the race.