Welcome to Nottingham City Transport

Red line GO2


A Red Line GO2 in Service

Nottingham City Transport is the principal bus operator in Greater Nottingham, with
over 300 buses providing a comprehensive network of services across the city, 7 days
a week. Our Pathfinder and South Notts buses also travel beyond the city boundary to provide daily services between Nottingham and East Leake, Gotham, Loughborough
and Southwell.

NCT also operates flagship contract services on behalf of Nottingham City Council. These include the very popular Queen's Drive and Racecourse Park & Ride services,
as well as the Nottingham Skylink service to East Midlands Airport. In addition, many
of the Local Link services are also operated by NCT to provide an integrated transport network in the City.

NCT is also a partner with Transdev in the Nottingham Tram which enjoys through ticketing and connecting bus services with the NCT network.

Red line GO2

Passengers Boarding the Pink Line GO2

NCT was 'privatised' in 1986 and Nottingham City Council held 100% equity of the company until 2000, when Transdev PLC the UK arm of the French multi national transport operator acquired an effective 18% stake in the company.

Mission Statement


Providing those we serve with a safe, reliable, value for money, integrated, public transport network.

NCT in numbers


Some interesting facts and figures about NCT: