Nottingham Express Transit

The Nottingham Express Transit (NET) is a light rail (tram) system serving the Nottingham area in England. It opened to the public on March 9, 2004, after an official opening by Alistair Darling, the Secretary of State for Transport on March 8, and at a cost of £200 million. The Nottinghamshire scheme has taken sixteen years from conception to implementation.

The tram route starts at Nottingham Station to the south of the city centre, and extends north, passing the Lace Market, Nottingham Trent University, Forest Recreation Ground, and eventually arriving at Hucknall.

The first line is 14km long, of which 4km is shared with traffic. The line splits in the city centre, with one route being used for southward trams and the other for northward ones. At the northern end of a line there is a small fork leading to Pheonix Park. There are park and ride facilities at various stations.

It has 15 trams, built by Bombardier. At peak times there are trams every 6 minutes. Plans are afoot to extend this peak service from 7.30 to 18.30 every day.

There are also plans for extensions, which would consist of two new lines from the city centre - one going south-west to Chilwell, via the University of Nottingham and Beeston, the other south to Clifton by Wilford. Work on these is expected to begin in 2006, in two phases. The tram scheme aims to take 4 million car journeys off the road per annum.

Route

• Nottingham Station
• Lace Market
• Old Market Square
• Royal Centre
• Nottingham Trent University
• High School
• Forest Recreation Ground

Eastern fork

• Noel Street
• Shipstone Street

Western fork

• Hyson Green Market
• Radford Road

Fork ends

• Wilkinson Street
• Besford
• David Lane
• Highbury Vale

spur to Phoenix Park

• Cinderhill
• Phoenix Park

main section to Hucknall

• Bulwell
• Bulwell Forest
• Moor Bridge
• Butler's Hill
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