6,625 Notts and Derby bus journeys followed to their destination across 61 days, 15 Aug 2026 to 24 Oct 2026. 45% arrived on time by the GB bus standard, and 39% arrived early.
That is about 109 journeys a day, 0.1% of all the bus journeys we followed on the same dates.
Its on-time share is 25 points below the 70% for every operator we followed on those dates. It ranks 69 of 71 operators with a page here.
Its buses run early far more often than late, 2.5 early arrivals for every late one, while 16% arrived late. Early running counts against the standard, so on these routes the timetable, more than the traffic, is what holds the on-time figure back.
Averaged across every journey, its buses arrived 0.1 min early, against 0.1 min early for all operators on the same dates.
Its best day was Saturday, 26 September 2026, 55% on time over 38 journeys, and its worst Thursday, 17 September 2026, at 28% over 130.
Notts and Derby in numbers
Days covered
61
15 Aug 2026 to 24 Oct 2026
Journeys followed
6,625
0.1% of 8,036,446 on the same dates
…on time
3,002
45.3% · all operators 70.4%
…early
2,582
39.0% · all operators 24.2%
…late
1,041
15.7% · all operators 5.4%
…of which more than 15 minutes late
291
4.4%
Average arrival
0.1 min early
all operators 0.1 min early
Rank by on-time share
69
of 71 operators with a page
These are the 6,625 Notts and Derby journeys we followed to within 250 metres of their last
stop in the urban areas we sample, so they describe its running where we sample rather than on
every route it operates. On time, early and late add up to every journey; "more than 15 minutes
late" is part of late. How bus punctuality is measured and why so many buses arrive early.