Transport in Nottingham
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Railway
History
The first railway station in Nottingham opened in 1839. It was opened by the
In 1900, the
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In 1904, the Midland Railway closed their station in Nottingham and opened a new one,
By 1967, Nottingham Victoria station had become run down; both the station, and passenger numbers on the routes through it, suffered from low demand. The station and the Great Central Main Line were closed. Nottingham Arkwright Street station, also on the Great Central main line, closed in 1969.
The
Current services
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Today, the station is served by three
- East Midlands Railway provide inter-city services to London St Pancras, via East Midlands Parkway, Loughborough and Leicester; trains on this route operate twice every hour. There are also regular services between Norwich and Liverpool; between Newark Castle, Derby and Crewe; between Leicester and Lincoln; to Skegness; and to Matlock.[4]
- CrossCountry provide hourly services to Birmingham New Street and Cardiff.[5]
- Northern provide hourly services to Leeds, via Sheffield.[6]
Future developments
There were plans to bring High Speed 2 rail services to Nottingham and the East Midlands, by constructing a parkway station, East Midlands Hub, at nearby Toton.[7]
Plans for the leg of the line between Birmingham and Leeds have since been scrapped.[8]
Trams
History
The
Nottingham Express Transit
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Nottingham Express Transit (NET) is a light-rail system. The first line opened on 9 March 2004, having cost £167 million to construct. The scheme took 16 years from conception to implementation.[11]
There are currently two lines:
- Line 1 between Hucknall and Toton Lane. The northern section runs parallel to the Robin Hood Line.
- Line 2 between Phoenix Park to Clifton.
Tickets can be purchased at tram stops.[1]
Roads
Nottingham is close to the M1 motorway and major roads the A52 and the A46. To the west of Nottingham through to Derby, the A52 is known as Brian Clough Way. There are several park and ride locations which offer connections with Nottingham Express Transit or the bus network.[12]
Workplace parking levy
In April 2012, Nottingham became the first city in the UK to introduce a workplace parking levy.[13] The levy charges businesses for each parking space made available to employees at businesses with more than ten such parking spaces. The council have used the revenue of around £10 million a year to develop the city's tram system.[14] The levy for the period 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2021 is £424 per space.[15] As of 2019, there was a 9% reduction in automobile traffic and 15% increase in public transport use since the introduction of the levy.[16]
Cycling
Nottingham benefits from a network of traffic free cycle routes, these include:
- The Derby-Sheffield section of Route 6 of the National Cycle Network passes by University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre continuing on through Wollaton and Bulwell.
- Radcliffe on Trent and Bingham.
- The Big Track is a circular cycle route which follows the Beeston Canal and Nottingham Canal.
National Cycle Routes passing through Nottingham are maintained by volunteers from
A new cycle and pedestrian bridge is being built over the River Trent to connect cycling routes on each side of the river.[18]
Scooter hire
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Nottingham was one of several trial locations arranged by the Department for Transport to facilitate local journeys by electric scooters. Started in October 2020 together with Derby City Council, in December 2023 the trial was extended until 2026. Riders must be 18 years of age minimum, hold a full provisional driving licence, must ride on roads and bus lanes only, not pedestrian footways, and pay by mobile-phone app.[19]
In late December 2023, the partner-business, US-based Superpedestrian, planned to cease trading by 31 December, and the scooters were withdrawn from their city centre locations.[20] Nottingham City Council are to seek a new provider to continue the scheme.
Air
East Midlands Airport, in Leicestershire, is served by low-cost international airlines,[21] makes the city easily accessible from other parts of the world providing daily services to many principal European destinations such as Paris, Milan, Frankfurt, Berlin, Oslo and Amsterdam; internal flights to Edinburgh and Belfast; and limited services to transcontinental destinations such as Barbados, Mexico and Florida.
Birmingham Airport is about an hour away and provides flights to most principal European cities, New York, Boston, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai and locations in India.
Buses
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Nottingham City Transport (NCT) operates the majority of bus services in the city. It was the first transport operator in the UK to use RFID technology for its EasyRider bus passes, introduced in 2000.[22]
Trent Barton operate some local services around Nottingham and to other nearby towns such as Beeston, Mansfield and Derby.[23]
The two operators are also frequent winners of the National Bus Operator of the Year award. NCT and Trent Barton have a good relationship and routes are designed so that they are not competing against each other. Using a Kangaroo day ticket makes it possible to use buses from both operators in a single day.
There are two bus stations in the city centre: Broadmarsh and Victoria.[24]
Broadmarsh bus station
Services that call here are operated predominantly by Trent Barton, with routes to Beeston, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Cotgrave, Kegworth, Coalville and East Midlands Airport.[25]
Victoria bus station
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Victoria bus station is situated within the Victoria Centre, at the northern edge of the city centre.
Stagecoach provides routes to Sherwood Forest, Mansfield and Chesterfield. Nottingham City Transport's routes call at nearby stops on Milton Street.[25]
Ticketing
All operators issue single journey tickets and day tickets which can be used on all the services that operator runs. The Robin Hood day ticket allows travel on any bus, tram or local train service within the Nottingham area.
Taxis
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The city has a large number of licensed
There are several designated
Jim Mortell, of Taxi Licensing at Nottingham City Council, said “The City Council has a team of uniformed late-night enforcement officers and non-uniformed enforcement officers working to detect any instances of drivers plying for hire illegally. This includes private hire drivers picking up passengers who have not pre-booked and any drivers not licensed to work within Nottingham City.”[26]
References
- ^ a b "Nottingham Express Transit, United Kingdom". railway-technology.com. Kable Intelligence Limited. Archived from the original on 5 August 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ Whishaw, F (1840). The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland: Practically described and illustrated. London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- ^ The Railway Gazette Volume 37. University of Chicago: Queen Anne's Chambers. 1922. p. 743.
- ^ "Timetables". East Midlands Railway. May 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Timetables". CrossCountry. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". Northern Railway. May 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "HS2: Plans for East Midlands transport hub link unveiled". BBC News. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "HS2 rail extension to Leeds scrapped amid promise to transform rail". BBC News. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ISBN 0-7110-1647-X.
- ^ Marshall, Roy (1960). A history of Nottingham City Transport, 1897-1959. Nottingham City Transport.
- ^ Speed, Paul (12 March 2022). "The birth of Nottingham's NET tram system and how it has evolved". Nottinfham Post. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ Ram, Phoebe (27 November 2018). "Nottingham's Park and Rides are a great way to access the city". NottinghamshireLive. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-78350-919-5.
- ^ "Council pushes parking tax plan". BBC News. BBC. 9 May 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
- ^ "Workplace Parking Levy". Nottingham City Council. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Workplace parking tax: How UK's only levy scheme works". Edinburgh News. 7 February 2019.
- ^ "Pedals. The Power behind Nottingham's Cyclists". Pedals. Pedals. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^
"New cycle and pedestrian bridge over the River Trent". Nottingham City Council. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
Plans are progressing on the new Transforming Cities-funded pedestrian and cyclist bridge across the River Trent
- ^ Nottingham e-scooter scheme extended until at least 2026 as law changes near Nottinghamshire Live, 5 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023
- ^ Disappearance of city's 'nuisance' e-scooters welcomed by residents Nottinghamshire Live, 27 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023
- ^ "Flight Timetables". East Midlands Airport. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Routes and timetables". Nottingham City Transport. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Plan your journey". Trent Barton. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Bus stations". Transport Nottingham. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Stops in Nottingham". Bus Times. 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Public urged to check taxi drivers' ID". Nottinghamshire Police (archived). Nottinghamshire Police. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2017.