Category Archives: Nottingham Express Transit

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 →

Its that time of the year where students start to get ready to return to school/college/university and to help the cost of travelling to their various educational establishments, Nottingham Express Transit are offering discounted academic year travel.

Nottingham Express Transit have announced the appointment of a new network resilience and security manager as part of a wider initiative to increase safety for tram users. Shaun Kenneth joins the team with more than 14 years of experience in … Continue reading →

When Nottingham Express Transit celebrated their 20th anniversary earlier this year two members of staff decided they wanted to have their own anniversary in the future as they got engaged! Gary and Nicola have worked at NET for 18 and … Continue reading →

Nottingham Express Transit have announced an ongoing partnership with Nottingham Trent University (NTU) which will provide support for students at the university in their future careers. Over the last academic year NET have worked with three university departments to set … Continue reading →

Nottingham Express Transit will operate a revised service on Saturday 27th July to allow people to get to the Nottinghamshire Pride event as well as ensuring the Pride March can take place safely.

Nottingham Express Transit operators Tramlink Nottingham are planning to propose a new timetable to Nottingham City Council which would see a major rethink of when trams should be operating. The news was unveiled by Andrew Conroy at the most recent … Continue reading →

For the first time since the system opened in 2004, Nottingham Express Transit is fully embracing Pride with special vinyls applied to Incentro 213. With Notts Pride taking place on Saturday 27th July, Nottingham Express Transit have teamed up with … Continue reading →

Nottingham Express Transit have raised more than £1,000 for Nottingham Central Women’s Aid. 35 staff from the tram company walked the entire length of its 12.4 mile network raising vital funds for the charity, who are NET’s chosen charity this … Continue reading →

Nottingham Express Transit have confirmed that their fares will increase from Monday 1st July. In making the announcement they have cited that increase are required to allow continued investment in the network whilst also blaming high energy costs and the … Continue reading →

Nottinghamshire Police have launched appeal to find those responsible after a brick was dropped from a bridge in Basford which hit a tram’s windscreen leading to minor injuries for the driver. The incident happened at around 1900 on Tuesday 4th … Continue reading →

The next set of tram track improvement works in Nottingham have been announced which will see no trams running between The Forest and Old Market Square for 13 days during July. Work will be undertaken at High School and Royal … Continue reading →

Whilst everyone hopes the worst never happens, there is always the potential for there being a serious incident involving a tram which requires the emergency services to attend. To make sure that if this does happen everyone is prepared for … Continue reading →