Category Archives: Nottingham Express Transit

We don’t often feature updates on adverts carried on the trams of Nottingham Express Transit (mainly because we don’t get regular updates on them!) but we slightly remedy that in this article as we take a look at recent external … Continue reading →

The GMB Union have confirmed that they will be instructing their members to walk out on Tuesday 23rd November as the dispute over pay shows no signs of being settled. The first strike on Saturday 6th November saw no services … Continue reading →

Article updated following publication on 4th November 2021. It has been confirmed that members of the GMB Union have rejected the latest pay offer from Nottingham Express Transit with a planned strike no due to take place on Saturday 6th … Continue reading →

A special “green flash sale” to coincide with the COP26 climate summit will give anyone purchasing weekly tickets through the NETGO app discounted travel throughout November. Discounts of 26% are on offer and will allow residents to use affordable, green … Continue reading →

Nottingham Express Transit have joined the newly launched Green Rewards scheme which awards points to Nottingham residents for activities that reduce their carbon footprint. And they are offering prizes to the first 50 people to sign up to the scheme … Continue reading →

No sooner had the threat of strike action on Manchester Metrolink subsided then its reported that staff on Nottingham Express Transit are also readying to walk out, and it’s the issue of pay which is again the sticking point. According … Continue reading →

Nottingham Express Transit, along with Nottingham City Transport, have recently donated £25,000 worth of advertising space to Emmanuel House Support Centre to help cover a potential funding shortfall of £70,000 in 2020 for the local homeless charity. To thank the … Continue reading →

Multi-operator fares across Nottingham using the Robin Hood Card – which is valid for travel on Nottingham Express Transit – will see their first increase since April 2019 on Sunday 31st October to reflect recent changes to individual operator prices.

Nottingham Express Transit’s new Corporation Social Responsibility Strategy is currently being introduced and one of the first strands of this is the introduction of “Trambassadors”. Two young children from Alderman Pounder Infant and Nursey School in Chilwell have become the … Continue reading →

Nottingham Express Transit has become the latest tram operator in the UK to offer full contactless payments for travel with the introduction of “Nottingham Contactless”. This now means that anyone who wishes to purchase an adult single or day ticket … Continue reading →

Anyone found travelling without a valid ticket on Nottingham Express Transit from 1st October will be liable to a new penalty fare amount with it increasing from £50 to £70. Its hoped that this increase will help to further reduce … Continue reading →

Saturday 18th September will see around 30 runners taking on the Chase the Tram challenge in Nottingham to help raise vital funding for the Rainbows Hospice which looks after terminally ill children.

As with many transport systems in the UK the months of July and August were a challenging period for Nottingham Express Transit with high staff absenteeism (relating to Covid self-isolation) leading to a fall in reliability and punctuality. The latest … Continue reading →

There will be no trams running between Highbury Vale and Phoenix Park across the weekend of 25th and 26th September to allow for track replacement works to take place. Throughout the weekend trams from Clifton South will terminate at Bullwell … Continue reading →

Nottingham Express Transit have shown their commitment to being an Armed Forces friendly organisation by becoming the 700th organisation in the East Midlands to sign the Armed Forces Covenant.