Tuesday, 14 July 2026
Following a comprehensive procurement exercise, Nottingham City Transport (NCT) have been appointed as the new operator of the hopper bus service.
NCT will be taking over the service from Saturday 1 August.
Hopper buses will continue to be free service, just show your university card to the driver when boarding the bus. If you do forget your card, just let the driver know that you don’t have it with you.
The 901, 903 and 906 hopper services will continue to operate on their current term-time and vacation timetables.
To receive hopper service updates, we recommend downloading the NCTX Buses app where you can favourite the hopper services to your account and receive personalised notifications about these services.
You can also follow NCT on social media:
Travelling to Royal Derby Hospital
Due to teaching relocating from Derby Medical School to Nottingham, it has been decided to withdraw the 904-hopper service between University Park and Royal Derby Hospital Centre. The last day of service for the 904 will be Friday 31 July.
We understand that this will impact existing users of the service. If you still need to travel between Nottingham and Royal Derby Hospital by bus:
- Use the to travel between Nottingham City Centre / QMC and Derby City Centre
- Interchange at Derby Bus station for services to Royal Derby Hospital including: