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Timetable information can now be found at www.thetram.net and also along with other detailed information at The unofficial website for NET
Pictures of work in progress can be seen here (Updated 10 April 2002).
A second picture page has now been added here (Updated 3 September 2002).
Pictures of the first trams have been added here (24 August 2002)
A fourth picture page has now been added here (Updated 8 September 2003)
Proposals which form the case for NET Phase Two, the proposed extension of Nottingham’s tram system to Clifton and Chilwell, have been submitted by Nottingham City Council and Nottinghamshire County Council, as joint Promoters, to the Government and have gone on display to the public this week.
The application documents are available for viewing for a six week period ending on 7th June 2007 at a number of venues close to the proposed route and on the NET Phase Two website, www.netphasetwo.com.
It is expected that a Public Inquiry will be held, which is likely to take place approximately six months after the application has been submitted. The whole process, leading to a decision by the Secretary of State, is expected to take up to 18 months from the date of application.
If the TWAO application is approved by the Government then the NET Project Team can ask private companies to bid for the work of building and running NET Phase Two. The successful company, whose appointment will have to be approved by both the City and County Councils, would take over running NET Line One as well as building and running NET Phase Two. Construction could start in 2010 with trams running on the extended NET system by 2013.
NET Phase Two has reached another milestone with Nottingham City Council voting in favour of applying for the powers to build and operate the tram extensions to Chilwell and Clifton by a majority of 31.
Nottinghamshire County Council had previously voted to support the application on 22nd February. As joint Promoters for the scheme the City and County Councils will now apply to Government for a Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) to obtain the legal powers to buy land, build and run NET Phase Two. The application is expected to be formally submitted in April.
From March 9th, tram tickets will be available from over 100 agents in the Nottingham and North Notts areas. This is due to a new partnership between NET and PayPoint.
PayPoint is the UK's leading branded retail network for the convenient local payment of household bills, mobile top-ups and transport tickets. They also handle payments for the London congestion charge and recently won the contract for TV licensing payments.
A customer will receive a ticket from the special PayPoint terminals at the agents, this is then sealed in a wallet. Payment is taken by the retailer, dependent on their set-up, which may or may not include facilities for accepting credit/debit cards.
In the Nottingham area, paypoint has 134 outlets, 43 of them very close to tramstops and include independent shops and groups such as Londis and the Co-op. A locator is available on the NET website and a special leaflet with a map of agents will be available on trams.
Customers who purchase tram tickets via Paypoint will receive a discount, when compared with buying their ticket on the tram. Furthermore, the current ticketing system does not cater for tram-only users who wish to travel on a ticket longer in validity than a week.