Trentbarton

Optare Solo in Ilkeston in May 2012
Slogan	the really good bus company
Parent	Wellglade Group
Founded	October 1913
Headquarters	Heanor
Locale	Nottinghamshire Derbyshire Leicestershire
Service area	Derbyshire Leicestershire Nottinghamshire Staffordshire
Service type	Bus services
Hubs	Nottingham and Derby
Depots	5
Fleet	277 (November 2011)
Chief executive	Jeff Counsell
Website	www.trentbarton.co.uk

Trent Barton, stylised as trentbarton, is a bus operator based in Heanor, Derbyshire. It is a subsidiary of the Wellglade Group.

In October 1913 Trent Motor Traction Company was founded and commenced operating a bus service between Derby and Ashbourne. In November 1913 a second service commenced to Stapleford. By 1925 services were operating from Derby, Loughborough and Nottingham. As services expanded the business grew to seven depots.

During the 1930s some 52 smaller operators were bought out. In August 1949 Trent Motor Traction Company began to operate some services in partnership with Derby Corporation. In 1958 following the opening of the A52 an express service commenced between Derby and Nottingham. In 1969 the company became part of the National Bus Company.

As part of the privatisation of the bus industry Trent was sold in a management buyout. In 1989 the business of neighbouring Barton Transport was purchased and placed into a separate legal entity even though both subsidiaries combined their operations on a day-to-day basis. The separate Trent and Barton brands were brought together as 'trentbarton' in 2005.

Trentbarton maintains a 6% shareholding in First Leicester.

Trentbarton operate services from Loughborough, Ashbourne, Burton upon Trent, Chesterfield, Derby, Ilkeston, Mansfield, and Nottingham.

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