Category Archives: Nottingham Express Transit

Nottingham Express Transit have released a range of hard-hitting graphics on trams and at stops as part of their renewed zero tolerance campaign aimed at encouraging the public to pay before travelling on the trams.

Nottingham Express Transit services are to run more frequently later into the evening in the lead-up to Christmas as part of a new festive timetable being introduced on the network. Aiming to support Nottingham’s nighttime economy this timetable will benefit … Continue reading →

Keolis Nottingham – operator of Nottingham Express Transit – was rewarded for their commitment to biodiversity at the Global Light Rail Awards. The operator were first in the Environmental and Sustainability Initiative category whilst there was also success with a … Continue reading →

Tram services in the lead up to Christmas in Nottingham look set to run as normal following news that the GMB Union have voted to suspend planned industrial action. The action had initially been planned after a Union rep was … Continue reading →

We saw a few weeks that Nottingham Express Transit 202 had been stripped of its Consent Coalition vinyls which had left the tram looking less than at its best. But its now looking a lot better following the addition of … Continue reading →

Photos in this article were taken during a trip to Nottingham and show some of the trams in service on the tram system on 5th November 2024. Steven Hughes made the visit and captured trams in fleet livery and advertising … Continue reading →

There will be engineering works taking place on the Nottingham Express Transit network impacting services from 1600 on Sunday 17th November 2024.

The GMB Union are set to ballot their members employed on Nottingham Express Transit over the potential for going on strike after a driver was suspended. The union claim that as the driver is a senior union rep Nottingham Trams … Continue reading →

Students in Nottingham are being reminded that they can still secure a discounted season ticket for travel on the city’s tram network with the deal ending on Sunday 20th October. With recent figures showing that 42% tram users who have … Continue reading →

There has been a renaming of a tram in Nottingham with 230 now carrying the name after Beeston-born designer Sir Paul Smith. This was a renaming for the tram with it having previously been named George Green (a British mathematical … Continue reading →

The latest set of accounts filed for Nottingham Trams Limited – who operate Nottingham Express Transit on behalf of the Tramlink consortium – have shown that although passenger numbers increased in the year to end of 2023, profits decreased.

Plans to add extra spaces to Park and Ride sites on Nottingham Express Transit have been abandoned as a result of reduced demand with the increase in home working. It had been planned that more spaces would be provided at … Continue reading →

Strike action by GMB union members which was set to cause major disruption for Nottingham Express Transit services during the Goose Fair ended up being suspended after just a day with a new pay deal agreed. The new deal should … Continue reading →

Nottingham Express Transit have confirmed that since their crackdown on fare evasion started in January almost 10,000 people have been fined. A total of 9.700 penalty fare notices have been handed out between January and August 2024 with 2,100 people … Continue reading →

There was significant disruption for services on the Nottingham Express Transit system on Thursday 19th September after a tram was derailed after being hit by a lorry. The collision happened at 1045 and services weren’t able to resume until just … Continue reading →

Nottingham’s famous Goose Fair could be targeted again by the GMB Union with strike action on the city’s trams after members voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking action. The dispute again centres on pay with the union stating that the … Continue reading →