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MGO Trolleybus and Bus Routes


The combined Midland General Omnibus Company and Notts and Derbys Traction, ran a large number of routes through both counties. Many of the routes remained unchanged throughout the existence of the companies (and are still being used today).

MGO bus battling with the flood water on Station Road, Langley Mill, May 1932.

The table below gives the details of all the routes operated by the two companies. Four separate years are given for the routes:

MGO/NDT Destination Route Numbers


X.1933

1938

1953

1972


No

No

No

No

Route

1

   A1



Ripley - Nottingham via Eastwood & Basford (Trolley Vehicle)



A1

A1

Ripley - Nottingham via Eastwood & Basford



A2

A3

Cotmanhay Farm - Hallam Fields




A2

Cotmanhay Farm - Kirk Hallam via Ilkeston



A3


Cotmanhay Farm - Middleton Estate



A4


Ripley - Nottingham (Limited Stop)



A5

A5

Langley Mill - Hallam Fields via Heanor




A6

New Eastwood - Hallam Field via Heanor




A7

Heanor - Marlpool Farm




A8

Heanor - New Eastwood via Langley




A9

Ilkeston - Eastwood via Heanor & Aldercar

1P

B1

B1

B1

Ripley - Nottingham via Eastwood & Cinderhill (Petrol Bus)



B2

B2

Ripley - Nottingham via Codnor, Cotmanhay & Ilkeston

2

B2



Cotmanhay - Nottingham

3

B3

B3

B3

Alfreton - Nottingham via Underwood

4

B4

B4

B4

South Normanton - Nottingham

5

B5

B5

B5

Eastwood - Ilkeston via Awsworth

6

A2/A3



Loscoe - Hallam Fields (Trolley Vehicle)

7

B6

B6


Mansfield - Ilkeston




B6

Mansfield - Larklands via Ilkeston

8

B7

B7

B7

Ripley - Mansfield

9

B8/B9


B8

Mansfield - Nottingham via Rainworth & Hucknall



B8/B9


Mansfield - Nottingham via Blidworth

10

C1



Mansfield - Bilsthorpe via Rainworth



C1

C1

Mansfield - Teversal direct

11

C2

C2

42

Alfreton - Mansfield via Pinxton




43

Alfreton - Mansfield via Fulwood

12

C3

C3

C3

Mansfield - Clay Cross via Pilsley

13

C4

C4


Ripley - Pinxton

14

C5

C5

C5

Alfreton - Nottingham via Jacksdale

15

C6



Aldercar - Ripley via Heanor & Waingroves



C6

C6

Ripley - Nottingham via Waingroves & Ilkeston

16

C7



Alfreton - Sutton



C7

C7

Alfreton - Skegby (Healdswood Estate)

17

C8

F2

F2

Ilkeston - Nottingham via Kimberley



C8


Ilkeston - Kimberley (or Watnall or Swingate)




C8

Ilkeston - Hucknall (or Swingate)

20




Heanor - Hucknall


C9

C9


Alfreton - Hucknall via Heanor & Aldercar




C9

Alfreton - Hucknall (Beauvale Estate) via Heanor & Aldercar

21

D1

D1

D1

Mansfield - Chesterfield

22

D2

D2

D2

Alfreton - Clay Cross direct


D3

D3

D3

Mansfield - Teversal via Sutton & Skegby

24




Alfreton - Chesterfield via Pilsley


D4

D4

D4

Ripley - Chesterfield via Alfreton & Pilsley

25

D5

D5


Sutton - Chesterfield

26

D6

D6

D6

Alfreton - Clay Cross via Morton

27




Heanor - Alfreton


D7

D7


Alfreton - New Eastwood via Heanor & Aldercar

28

D8

D8


Alfreton - Chesterfield via Tibshelf




D8

Alfreton - Chesterfield via Temple Normanton

29

D9



Sutton - Tibshelf via Whiteborough



D9

D9

Ilkeston - Nottingham via Wollaton Square


E1


G1

Sutton - Stanton Hill



E1


Nottingham - Strelley Lane via Wollaton Square




E1

Nottingham - Balloon Wood Flats (Wollaton)


E2

E2

E2

Alfreton - Matlock via Crich & Holloway


E3

E3

E3

Alfreton - Matlock via Tansley


E4

E4

E4

Alfreton - Brackenfield via South Wingfield



E5


Alfreton - Lea Bridge via Wheatcroft




E5

Alfreton - Wheatcroft


E6



Mansfield - East Kirkby (Derby Road)



E6


Mansfield - East Kirkby (Greenwood Drive)




E6

Mansfield - Kirkby via Skegby & Sutton


E7


E7

Heanor - Codnor via Aldercar



E7


Heanor - Marlpool Farm and Heanor - Ripley via Aldercar



E8


Heanor - Aldercar via Langley



E9


Matlock - Riber Village



F1


Mansfield - East Kirkby (Derby Road)




F1

Mansfield - Kirkby via Coxmoor Estate



F3


Nottingham - Rainworth direct




F3

Nottingham - Mansfield via Rainworth & Redhill



F4


Watnall - Nottingham via Nuthall




F4

Nottingham - Hucknall (Beauvale Estate) via Basford



F5


Nottingham - Wollaton Vale via Wollaton Square




F5

Nottingham - Wollaton Vale via Woodbank Drive



F6


Alfreton - Matlock (Seasonal Service)



F7

F7

Heanor - Matlock (Seasonal Service)



F8


Hucknall - Oxton via Calverton




F9

Nottingham - Kirk Hallam

The new fleet of MGO trolleybuses in 1949 (on the left) takes over from the 1933 models (on the right).

The information on this page has been kindly gathered by Paul Chambers.