Category Archives: Nottingham Express Transit

The special £5 family ticket for travel on Nottingham Express Transit will be available every day between Monday 17 and Friday 21 February in addition to remaining available at weekends. The ticket allows two adults and up to three children … Continue reading →

The eight Alstom Citadis trams already delivered to Nottingham are continuing to undergo mileage accumulation and testing with this taking place overnight whilst the other service trams are tucked up in Wilkinson Street Depot. This included at the end of … Continue reading →

The Nottingham Evening Post are reporting that the Phase Two extensions of Nottingham Express Transit are due to open to the public on 14th December 2014. Confirmation of the date was given by Chris Deas – project director at Nottingham … Continue reading →

Work on Southchurch Drive and Farnborough Road in Clifton on the route of Nottingham Express Transit Phase Two has been postponed following discussions between the construction contractor Taylor Woodrow Alstom, the Highway Authority and local bus operators. The work was … Continue reading →

The Phoenix Park branch of Nottingham Express Transit will be closed on Sunday 9th February to allow essential maintenance work to take place. Services to Phoenix Park will terminate at Bulwell with a replacement bus service in operation from there … Continue reading →

The five pound reduction of the monthly ticket valid for travel on Nottingham Express Transit has been extended until 31st March. Costing just £40 (instead of the usual £45) this ticket was originally reduced over the Christmas and New Year … Continue reading →

From Monday 27th January the platforms at Station Street will be closed at various times to enable essential works to take place in preparation for the connection of Phase Two to the current line. Only one platform will be closed … Continue reading →

Earlier this week we brought you a selection of images from Nottingham Express Transit as Citadis 222 became the seventh Alstom built tram to arrive at its new home. During the same photography session David Beardsell also took some more … Continue reading →

The weekend was a busy time for the delivery of new trams to the UK’s light rail systems because as well as another delivery to Manchester the seventh Alstom Citadis arrived in Nottingham. Breaking from the recent pattern of a … Continue reading →

The final sections of construction work to extend Nottingham Express Transit to Clifton via Wilford are expected to start on Sunday 2nd February. The works will start on Southchurch Drive and Farnborough Road and are expected to take six months … Continue reading →

Since Nottingham Express Transit opened the majority of tickets have been available to purchase on board the trams from the conductor but all that is about to change with work now starting to install ticket machines at all stops across … Continue reading →

Nottingham Express Transit services from Hucknall and Phoenix Park will terminate at Royal Centre for three hours on Monday 20th January to leave room at Old Market Square for a Freedom of the City Parade by soldiers from the Royal … Continue reading →

Back in September 2009 Nottinghamshire County Council withdrew all their support for phase two of Nottingham Express Transit which meant that Nottingham City Council were forced to go it alone with the plans but now just over four years later … Continue reading →

Nottingham Express Transit Incentro 210 returned to service at the start of January 2014 following the completion of its refurbishment. The vehicle now carries the revised mainly silver livery and means that the original dark green, black and silver has … Continue reading →

It is becoming incredibly hard to keep up with all the livery changes on Nottingham Express Transit at the moment as 209 has now received advertising vinyls to change its Christmas livery into an all over advert for Interski. The … Continue reading →

No sooner has we speculated that Nottingham Express Transit 208 was about to enter the workshops for its refurbishment than it was seen in service carrying a revised livery. You may remember that this tram has recently been stripped of … Continue reading →

The popular Group ticket which allows two adults and up to three children (or just two adults) to unlimited travel on the tram for just £5 is returning for the Christmas holidays. The ticket is available everyday from Monday 23rd … Continue reading →

As predicted at the weekend Nottingham Express Transit Incentro 206 has now received a full vinyl wrap livery for e-on, replacing 208 which is expected to shortly enter the workshops for a full refurbishment. 206’s advert is almost identical to … Continue reading →

Regular users of Nottingham Express Transit can now make excellent savings with the launch of a range of season ticket options. The tickets – offering unlimited travel on the NET system – are available for one month, three months, six … Continue reading →

The original Dark Green, Black and Silver livery carried by the Nottingham Express Transit Incentro trams from new is no more following the withdrawal of 210 to receive the full refresh and the application of red vinyls on 206, presumably … Continue reading →