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 meeting of the Greater Nottingham Light Rail Transit Authority which also saw general updates on NET, including the all important punctuality figures.<\/p>\n
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Reviewing the needs of Nottingham against the current timetable, it is felt that at the moment the two don\u2019t align. Its proposed that there would be more early morning trams and extra trams later at night to match the change in working hours and to assist the city\u2019s night-time economy.<\/p>\n
Currently the first time arrives at Clifton South at 0605 but this is considered too late for those living there who want to start early shifts in Nottingham and so the new timetable would cater for this. They also want to boost late night services to allow a safe and reliable way for people to get home after a night out.<\/p>\n
Ahead of the meeting it was confirmed that the February-April 2024 three month period saw reliability of the tram service at 96% and punctuality at 94%. The previous three months had seen these two figures at 94.7% and 93.7% respectively which does mean both had seen an improvement although its still not reached the levels which would be hoped for.<\/p>\n
Tram availability has continued to cause problems \u2013 including the long-term absence of 232 which as we\u2019ve seen has now gone away to Derby for repairs \u2013 along with traffic congestion. A variety of roadworks (particularly tree works around Gregory Boulevard) have caused heavy traffic flow which cause tram delays. Despite these issues the report states that performance has remained positive and stable.<\/p>\n
At the meeting Andrew Conroy, Chief Operating Officer at Tramlink Nottingham, responded to questions about the shortage of trams: \u201cWe have 37 trams and to run peak operation we need 32 and two spares. One is currently out for repairs after a derailment last year, and whenever we have collisions, suddenly passengers haven\u2019t got a tram every seven and a half minutes. Fifteen minutes is not good enough. People will walk instead.\u201d<\/p>\n
A number of serious road traffic collisions during these three months are also mentioned in the report:<\/p>\n
In addition there was an incident at Moor Bridge on 6th<\/sup> February which saw a small fire on one of the motor bogies of 213. This was reported at the time and the report confirms that all members of the public were safely evacuated from the tram. Alstom technicians attended the tram to ensure it was safe before a recovery to the depot for repairs.<\/p>\n The report also ends on a positive note with details of community engagement work. This has seen the Pythian Club receive \u00a312,000 funding with support from NET of SNCF funding for their outreach work whilst another \u00a32,000 will be donated to Pythian Club to support You vs Tram. \u00a3500 is being donated to the NET Charity of the Year, Nottingham Central Women\u2019s Aid. The latter two coming from the Crown Prosecution Service charity fund. And finally NET have donated \u00a31,000 to the Brain Tumor Charity, Alzheimer\u2019s UK, Our Dementia Choir, Star Strike FC and Phoenix FC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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