CT4N, formerly known as Nottingham Voluntary Transport and then as Nottingham Community Transport, is a charity and bus operator based in the city of

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, England. The bus operator, CT4N Ltd, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the CT4N Charitable Trust, a

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that provides transport to reduce social isolation and promote community cohesion across Nottingham and

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History

CT4N was founded in 1979 as Nottingham Voluntary Transport with four vehicles. In 1988 it became Nottingham Community Transport, a limited company and registered charity. In 1998 it moved to its current headquarters at Sherwood Bus Garage, formerly the Sherwood Tram Depot. In 2016 CT4N (an acronym for Community Transport 4 Nottingham) was registered as a new business and would be the trading arm of Nottingham Community Transport. In 2018 CT4N officially launched with all contracted bus services transferring to the new commercial arm. Nottingham Community Transport purchased a new minibus for the Group Travel service, with support from the Postcode Lottery. The current headquarters of CT4N are based at the former Sherwood Tram Depot in Nottingham, originally built for

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in 1900. CT4N has additional operating bases at the Queens Drive park and ride site in Nottingham, at the East Midlands Gateway, and at

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Services

CT4N operates a number of services in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, including the Medilink bus service that connects the city's two main hospitals, the

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and Nottingham City Hospital. They also operate the Easylink door-to-door service for people who may struggle to use the existing bus and tram services in Greater Nottingham.

Criticism

In April 2020, a bus driver employed by CT4N died with

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symptoms. The firm was accused by the

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(RMT) of a "lack of care” towards staff with its general secretary Mick Cash calling for a

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investigation, amid claims by anonymous staff members to the

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that until recently, there had been almost no protocols to protect them from COVID-19, including lack of

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signage, hand sanitiser running out and drivers still accepting cash payments. CT4N said it had stopped cash handling, operated more buses at peak hours to avoid overcrowding and improved hand-washing facilities. Sherwood Tram Depot - geograph

References

External links

CT4N official website
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History

Services

Criticism

See also

References

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