Kurt Cappello

Explore the historic market town of Wirksworth 🗺️ Take a scenic walk through some of the most beautiful parts of the town and surrounding countryside. This lovely walk passes the Star Disc and then winds through former limestone quarries and across fields to the High Peak Trail, a traffic-free former railway line. orlo.uk/DEz24 Hop off at the sixes bus stop on St John's Street in Wirksworth 🚏 🥾 peaklass

A little reflection It’s around this time 19 years ago that I was looking for a temporary steady job. Something different from working indoors and pushing myself out of my comfort zone. I was a very shy (no one will believe this), self-employed painter and decorator at that time, working away from home for weeks at a time on industrial units in Luton, Essex, and Basingstoke. The Monday morning and Friday evening commutes were not pleasant. However, the money was good. Here’s where I learned that money isn’t everything. With so much driving involved, I thought, why not go and drive for a living—a local family-run business 10 minutes away from home, start and finish a shift, then come home every night. Sounds steady; I’ll do that for a bit, then move on. That six months turned into 19 years… What I hadn’t planned for was becoming a team leader within 18 months, then providing depot training, relief lead driver shifts, and service delivery manager. I went on to discover how much I enjoyed leadership, management, and contributing to key decisions to drive bus services and the business forward. I never envisaged I’d end up responsible for over 200 people across multiple sites operating from Derby. The variety of the Operations Manager role ensures something new every day, and that’s what keeps the brain ticking. Leadership and development of my team, including management of products and services, along with customer and stakeholder engagement. Producing and keeping track of key KPIs and making quality decisions based on them. Direct responsibility for a service-delivery team, ensuring they are obsessed with the highest standards of delivery. Contributing to key areas across the business, from uniform standards to putting buses on the road, customer service, and marketing. Health and safety. Contributing to property development and having input into the outcome. Alongside my day to day role I’m very lucky to have a contributing hand into progressing our depot systems within our traffic offices. The list goes on (and on). It all began with one simple decision that turned into a career. Being allowed to contribute and the opportunity to do so have played a key part in sticking with this path and the trentbarton business. Best decision I ever made? Quite possibly...

Looking for something to do, whether it’s a family day out, a date night, or just an excuse to get out and about? Take a look at all the exciting events happening across trentbartonland here 👇🏼 orlo.uk/GYaLS

Our rollout of newer vehicles for the sixes continues, as our 3rd Volvo B8 enters service this afternoon 🚌 #proudteamleader

A great throwback - a great brand, with an incredible team. Proud to be a part of this. #teamtrentbarton

This #EarthDay, we’re shining a spotlight on our electric buses 🌍 Every journey you take helps cut emissions and supports cleaner air for our communities, thanks to zero-emission travel. Hop on board and make your journey a greener one💚

This Earth Day, we’re proud to be helping grow a greener future 🌍 Through our partnership with Co-Treetment, we’re supporting tree planting projects, creating woodland spaces that will absorb carbon, improve air quality and benefit communities for years to come 🌳 Every tree makes a difference; capturing carbon, helping reduce flood risk by drawing water from the ground, and making the air cleaner, especially near busy roads. A small switch can make a big impact. Just one single decker bus can take up to 45 cars off the road 🚍 #EarthDay

Have you read the latest edition of the Derby Drinker? Checkout the real ale trail on the V3 from bay 3 of Derby bus station. Grab your free copy or check out the digital version here 👇 orlo.uk/Ix4XG

@KurtCappello @theshowbus We saw 770 in Ripley yesterday and the livery refresh looks really good on the Volvos. No doubt Daniel will want to have a wander down past Derby depot for a nosey again soon.👀

@DGRBusAdventure Fantastic pic guys We’ll definitely have to have you down at the depot soon to have a good look 😉

It’s been a while, but there’s been plenty going on—sometimes it feels like there aren’t enough hours in the week. (You all know the feeling.) We’ve got some exciting brand refurbishments coming up this year, starting with the #sixes, and they look amazing. Lots of hard work, and there’s more to come on that. One of the areas I’m always proud of is leadership, and we can’t let it slip between the cracks when the workload climbs. Last week, our local depot team—operations, service delivery, engineering, got together. What a fantastic group. We reviewed morning run-out, our communications, and the quality of delivery. I’m blessed to lead a team with my engineering manager that chooses to work as one to deliver our core values. #teamwork #leadership #collaboration

The best there is - fuelling professionals The sweet part I own it 😉 #supportlocalbusiness

The end of a extraordinarily long week - what a beautiful parting shot walking out the office this evening There are three beautiful things about this picture two of which are mine… #redarrow #rainbow #derby

Creative shot of our beautifully refurbished Volvo B8 for the sixes taken by one of my talented sixes drivers #sixes #trentbarton

Beautiful shot at sunrise over Derby depot this morning from one of my team #trentbarton #buses #derby

A very unusual day of relaxing normal service will resume.. #me #time #careerbusman

Happy Easter everyone! Whether you’re heading out to see loved ones, exploring the great outdoors, or just taking it easy, we’re here to help you get where you need to go. Check out our Easter running times here.. orlo.uk/Jg10S

An evening of celebration with the best of the wonderful trentbarton team. I’m proud of the company I work for and what we represent. They’re all fantastic people. A particularly proud moment for me was seeing 7 of my drivers up for the driver of the year. Let me be clear the entire workforce and everyone invited tonight is the best of the best. I take great comfort in empowering my team and leading them through quality standards set by some of the greatest leaders in public transport to achieve such a high presence from my depot. One of my team this evening quoted me as I remind them of the character from the green mile who absorbs everyone’s problems and takes them on and that makes them feel valued and able to perform to their best they felt cared for - that hit hard and reminded me why I love this job - seeing them achieve is why I do what I do. Congratulations to all the winners tonight and thank you for making me feel a valued leader I wouldn’t and couldn’t ask for more.

Travel on the sixes to @peakrail1 this Easter 🐰 Can you follow the clues and find all the Easter Pictures that are hidden along the line and at the stations? Enjoy unlimited travel with the family using our group zigzag ticket for just £18.90 for up to 5 people. orlo.uk/tzRBG