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NOTTINGHAM

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9 March 2004

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The Nottingham tram network after its reopening.




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Nottingham 2004 tram map


TRAM ROUTE

Operator: Nottingham Express Transit

   Nottingham Station - Old Market Square - Hyson Green - Basford - Highbury Vale [Branch: - Phoenix Park] - Moore Bridge - Hucknall


CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

  • Tramway: 14.5 km.


HISTORY

Tramways

  • Horse tramways: 17 Sept. 1878 - 30 Apr. 1902
  • Steam tramways: 1884 - 1885
  • First-generation electric tramway: 17 Nov. 1900 - 6 Sept. 1936.
  • Revived tramway (Nottingham Express Transit): 9 March 2004 - today.

GAUGE

  • Tramway (First-generation tramway): ? mm.
  • Nottingham Express Transit: 1435 mm.

SOURCES

PRINT

  • Bett, W.H. & Gillham, J.C. Great British tramway networks. London: Light Railway Transport League, 1962.
  • "Nottingham Express Transit - Light rail operator of the year" Tramways & Urban Transit, June 2008 (71: 846), p.225-232.
  • "Nottingham: First tram is almost ready to roll" Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 2002 (65: 777), p.329-332.

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