Category Archives: Nottingham Express Transit

Tramlink Nottingham – new operators of Nottingham Express Transit – have announced that fares are to increase from Sunday 15th April with significant rises on day tickets, single fares and the Paypoint longer term season tickets. Despite the inevitable outcry … Continue reading →

Services on lines 1 and 2 of Nottingham Express Transit will be revised over the Easter weekend.

Nottingham City Council have heralded recent information events on Nottingham Express Transit Phase Two as a success with nearly 1700 people having attended them. The events were organised to allow people who live or work near the extensions to find … Continue reading →

In the same week that NET have revealed fare rises they have also announced that the Family Group ticket – originally offered during the February half term – will be available between 31st March and 15th April. This ticket allows … Continue reading →

The Kangaroo ticket – the multi-modal ticket available for unlimited travel in Nottingham  – is to increase in cost from the current £3.70 to £4 per day. This ticket is the only ticket which is now available on both the … Continue reading →

A further forty labouring jobs are currently being advertised to help with the construction of phase two of Nottingham Express Transit. This follows on from the initial 70 previously filled and means that the project will have created 110 jobs … Continue reading →

To allow tree pruning to take place in the Moor Bridge area services between Moor Bridge and Hucknall will be suspended from the start of service until mid afternoon on Sunday 26th February. A replacement bus service will be in … Continue reading →

Work to extend the Nottingham Express Transit system is to start on University Boulevard on Monday 30th January with the clearance of vegetation and trees from the route of line three which will serve Chilwell via Beeston.

Norman Baker MP – Transport Minister – visited Nottingham this week to congratulate the city on getting the go-ahead to construct phase two of Nottingham Express Transit and also to talk about the economic growth, inward investment and job creation … Continue reading →

Despite not yet having been introduced it has been announced that the controversial Workplace Parking Levy – which will part fund Phase Two of Nottingham Express Transit – will increase before the first charges are made! It had been expected … Continue reading →

From 2130 on Saturday 14th January until 0900 the following morning Network Rail will be undertaking essential work on the Bulwell Forest level crossing which means it will be closed to traffic and pedestrians for this period. As a result … Continue reading →

In an interview published at http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Conductors-smartcards-new-tram-company/story-14198669-detail/story.html, the Chairman of the Tramlink Nottingham consortium, Roger Harrison, has confirmed that the firm are planning to remove conductors from the trams within 18 months along with the introduction of an Oyster card type … Continue reading →

No sooner had final sign off for phase two of Nottingham Express Transit been confirmed then the first jobs for the construction of the new lines to Clifton and Chilwell were being advertised. The 70 new jobs are being recruited … Continue reading →

Pat Armstrong – the director of Nottingham’s tram network and who has been involved in the project since the beginning – is to retire from his role early next year, Mr Armstrong – who had the honour of the road … Continue reading →

Following the final Government sign off of Phase Two of Nottingham Express Transit, contracts have been signed between Nottingham City Council and Tramlink Nottingham. As a result Tramlink Nottingham took on the concession for operation of the current system from … Continue reading →