Transport in Nottingham

The first railway station in Nottingham opened in 1839. It was opened by the Midland Counties Railway and was built on Carrington Street.{{cite book|last=Whishaw|first=F|author-link=Francis Whishaw|year=1840|title=The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland: Practically described and illustrated|location=London|publisher=Simpkin, Marshall and Co.}} It was served by trains to Derby. By 1848, the station was too small and a new through station was built in Nottingham by the Midland Railway (which was formed when the Midland Counties Railway merged with two other companies). New destinations, such as Lincoln, received a direct service to Nottingham.

In 1900, the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway opened Nottingham Victoria station, as part of the new line to London which they were building. The station was served by Great Central services to Marylebone station in London. The Great Northern Railway also used the station.

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In 1904, the Midland Railway closed their station in Nottingham and opened a new one, Nottingham Midland station, which is still open today.{{cite book |author= |title=The Railway Gazette Volume 37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j1oyAQAAMAAJ |location=University of Chicago |publisher=Queen Anne's Chambers |page=743 |date=1922 }}

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 Robin Hood Line from Nottingham to Worksop was closed to passengers following the Beeching cuts in the 1960s; it reopened to passengers in stages between 1993 and 1998.

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Today, the station is served by three train operating companies:

• 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.{{Cite web |work=East Midlands Railway |title=Timetables |date=May 2023 |access-date=21 June 2023 |url= https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/timetables }}
• CrossCountry provide hourly services to Birmingham New Street and Cardiff.{{Cite web |work=CrossCountry |title=Timetables |date=21 May 2023 |access-date=17 June 2023 |url= https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/travel-updates-information/train-timetables }}
• Northern provide hourly services to Leeds, via Sheffield.{{Cite web |title=Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern |work=Northern Railway |date=May 2023 |access-date=21 June 2023 |url= https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables }}

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.{{Cite web |publisher=BBC News |title=HS2: Plans for East Midlands transport hub link unveiled |date=28 May 2020 |access-date=21 June 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-52819901 }}

Plans for the leg of the line between Birmingham and Leeds have since been scrapped.{{Cite web |publisher=BBC News |title=HS2 rail extension to Leeds scrapped amid promise to transform rail |date=18 November 2021 |access-date=21 June 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59334043 }}

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The Nottingham and District Tramways Company Limited began operating horse-drawn trams in Nottingham in 1878. A steam tram service began in 1880. In 1898, the Nottingham Corporation Tramways took over the existing tramways. Electric trams were introduced from 1901, and the last horse tram ran in 1902. The tram network in Nottingham was replaced between 1926 and 1936 by a combination of the Nottingham trolleybus systemJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). British Trolleybus Systems, pp. 108–112, 159. London: Ian Allan Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7110-1647-X}}. and a fleet of motor buses.{{cite book |last=Marshall |first=Roy |date=1960 |title=A history of Nottingham City Transport, 1897-1959 |publisher=Nottingham City Transport }}

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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.{{Cite web |title=The birth of Nottingham's NET tram system and how it has evolved |last=Speed |first=Paul |work=Nottinfham Post |date=12 March 2022 |access-date=20 October 2022 |url= https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/how-nottinghams-net-tram-system-6776715 }}

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.

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.{{Cite web|last=Ram|first=Phoebe|date=2018-11-27|title=Nottingham's Park and Rides are a great way to access the city|url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/whats-on/family-kids/nottinghams-park-ride-locations-trams-2253511|access-date=2021-06-17|website=NottinghamshireLive|language=en}}

In April 2012, Nottingham became the first city in the UK to introduce a workplace parking levy.{{Cite book |doi = 10.1108/S2044-994120140000005024|chapter = A Case Study of the Introduction of a Workplace Parking Levy in Nottingham|title = Parking Issues and Policies|volume = 5|pages = 335–360|series = Transport and Sustainability|year = 2014|last1 = Dale|first1 = Simon|last2 = Frost|first2 = Matthew|last3 = Gooding|first3 = Jason|last4 = Ison|first4 = Stephen|last5 = Warren|first5 = Peter|isbn = 978-1-78350-919-5}} 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.{{cite news |title=Council pushes parking tax plan |date=2008-05-09 |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/7391733.stm |access-date=2008-05-18}} The levy for the period 1 April 2020{{snd}} 31 March 2021 is £424 per space.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/wpl |title=Workplace Parking Levy |publisher=Nottingham City Council |access-date=2020-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103143026/https://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/wpl |archive-date=2020-11-03 |url-status=live}} As of 2019, there was a 9% reduction in automobile traffic and 15% increase in public transport use since the introduction of the levy.{{Cite web | url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/workplace-parking-tax-how-uk-s-only-levy-scheme-works-1-4869587 |title=Workplace parking tax: How UK's only levy scheme works |date=2019-02-07 |publisher=Edinburgh News}}

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.
• Route 15 of the National Cycle Network from Nottingham to Sleaford starts from Trent Bridge and passes by Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre, continuing on through Radcliffe on Trent and Bingham.
• The Big Track is a circular cycle route which follows the tow paths of the River Trent, Beeston Canal and Nottingham Canal.

National Cycle Routes passing through Nottingham are maintained by volunteers from Sustrans. Cyclists in the Nottingham area are represented by Pedals (The Nottingham Cycling Campaign).{{cite web |url=http://www.pedals.org.uk |title=Pedals. The Power behind Nottingham's Cyclists |author= |website=Pedals |publisher=Pedals |access-date=5 April 2017 }}

A new cycle and pedestrian bridge is being built over the River Trent to connect cycling routes on each side of the river.

{{cite web |title=New cycle and pedestrian bridge over the River Trent |url=https://www.transportnottingham.com/projects/new-cycle-and-pedestrian-bridge/ |publisher=Nottingham City Council |access-date=7 March 2023 |date=8 November 2021 |quote=Plans are progressing on the new Transforming Cities-funded pedestrian and cyclist bridge across the River Trent}}

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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.[https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/nottingham-e-scooter-scheme-extended-8954444 Nottingham e-scooter scheme extended until at least 2026 as law changes near] Nottinghamshire Live, 5 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023

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.[https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/disappearance-nottinghams-nuisance-e-scooters-8999512 Disappearance of city's 'nuisance' e-scooters welcomed by residents] Nottinghamshire Live, 27 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023 Nottingham City Council are to seek a new provider to continue the scheme.

East Midlands Airport, in Leicestershire, is served by low-cost international airlines,{{cite web |url=http://www.eastmidlandsairport.com/flight-information/timetables/ |title=Flight Timetables |publisher=East Midlands Airport |access-date=5 October 2016}} 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.

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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.{{cite web |url=https://www.nctx.co.uk/services |title=Routes and timetables |author= |website=Nottingham City Transport |access-date=21 June 2023 }}

Trent Barton operate some local services around Nottingham and to other nearby towns such as Beeston, Mansfield and Derby.{{cite web |url=https://www.trentbarton.co.uk/bus-information/route-finder |title=Plan your journey |author= |website=Trent Barton |access-date=21 June 2023 }}

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 Robin Hood 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.transportnottingham.com/public-transport/bus-stations/ |title=Bus stations |author= |website=Transport Nottingham |access-date=21 June 2023 }}

Broadmarsh bus station is situated in the city centre, adjacent to the former Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, underneath its multi-storey car park. It is bordered by Canal Street (A6008 road) and is close to Nottingham railway and tram stations.

Services that call here are operated predominantly by Trent Barton, with routes to Keyworth, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Cotgrave, Kegworth, Coalville and East Midlands Airport.{{Cite web |title=Stops in Nottingham |work=Bus Times |date=2023 |access-date=21 June 2023 |url= https://bustimes.org/localities/nottingham }}

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Victoria bus station is situated within the Victoria Centre, at the northern edge of the city centre.

Trent Barton manages the bus station's travel shop and operates routes to Queen's Medical Centre, Derby, Hucknall, Mansfield.

Stagecoach provides routes to Sherwood Forest, Mansfield and Chesterfield. Nottingham City Transport's routes call at nearby stops on Milton Street.

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.

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The city has a large number of licensed taxi companies operating. There are also dark green London-style Hackney Carriage taxis, which can be hailed on the street.

There are several designated taxi ranks in the city centre, including at Nottingham station, Wheeler Gate, the Victoria Centre, Broadmarsh bus station and The Corner House.

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".{{cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/newsandevents/news/2008/november/11/public_urged_to_check_taxi_drivers/ |title=Public urged to check taxi drivers' ID |author= |website=Nottinghamshire Police (archived) |publisher=Nottinghamshire Police |access-date=5 April 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717010755/http://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/newsandevents/news/2008/november/11/public_urged_to_check_taxi_drivers/ |archive-date=17 July 2011 }}

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