19-04-2025
Plan to improve bus connections to Royal Derby Hospital
Plans have been drawn up to improve bus connections from parts of Derby to the city's main City Council is working with bus firm Notts & Derby to add more Link 2 services between the city centre and the Royal Derby Hospital via Mickleover and Mackworth. The move will be paid for by government funding through the council's Bus Service Improvement Swan, cabinet member for transport, said it was hoped the changes would make it easier for staff to get to and from work.
Alterations to the existing Link 2 route will see the service head into the city centre and back to the hospital via the A52 Ashbourne service will also run every hour and "complement hospital shift times".
The council is carrying out an ongoing review of the city's bus network with priority placed on enhancing links to key destinations such as the hospital. Swan said: "As a council, we are committed to creating a greener, better-connected city. "It is enhancements like this that give our communities better, more sustainable & Derby manager Stuart Frost said: "We are really looking forward to providing a reliable service to the residents of Mackworth and Mickelover to hopefully make their connections much easier."
