Trams in Nottingham // Nottinghamer Straßenbahnen // Le tramway de Nottingham

Trams in Nottingham | Nottinghamer Straßenbahnen | Le tramway de Nottingham

Nottingham's first trams was a horse tram which opened in 1877, followed by the electrification from 1900 onwards. The tramway system was closed as early as 1936.
Trams were re-introduced to Nottingham in 2004. The so-called "Network Express Transit" (NET) was officiallyopeneedon 9th March 2004 and expanded on 25th August 2015, now consisting of :

two lines - covering 32 km
standard gauge, 1,435mm
50 stations
some 18 million passengers p.a.
overhead wire: 750 V DC
max. speed: 80km/h for the Bombardie Incentro and 70km/h for the Citadis
trams: 15 Bombardier Incentro AT6/5 (built 2004, unique to Nottingham) and 22 newer Alstom Citadis 302 - each around 32/33 meters long.
For more info see
- www.tramwaybadgesandbuttons.com/page148/page151/page193/page193.html,
- Official Website of "NET": www.thetram.net/
  Also detailed info on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_Express_Transit.

Little video of mine showing trams in Nottingham's City Centre

Here some impressions from May 2018,
photos. (c) R.H.

Click on photo to enlarge.

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