NET routes 2 and 3 get legal go ahead

Discussion relating to the operations of real railways together with the experiences of the people who work (or have worked) on them.

Moderator: Moderators

Locked
dkightley
Very Active Forum Member
Posts: 9802
Joined: Sat May 08, 2004 8:52 pm

NET routes 2 and 3 get legal go ahead

Post by dkightley »

Good news from yesterday about the Nottingham Express Transit:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nott ... 972888.stm


The ironic thing is that building these tram routes will see the GCR bridge that used to span over Nottingham Midland Station being reinstated!
Top
User avatar
thenudehamster
Very Active Forum Member
Posts: 5029
Joined: Wed Sep 10, 2003 7:56 pm
Location: Somewhere in cyberspace
Contact:
Contact thenudehamster

Re: NET routes 2 and 3 get legal go ahead

Post by thenudehamster »

dkightley wrote:The ironic thing is that building these tram routes will see the GCR bridge that used to span over Nottingham Midland Station being reinstated!
It's amazing that parts of the bridge system were left standing for thirty years or more, yet are now to be rebuilt after less than five.
I always said that closing Victoria Station was the worst move BR made.
BarryH - thenudehamster
(nothing to do with unclothed pet rodents -- it's just where I used to live)
-----------------
Any opinion expressed above is herein warranted to be worth exactly what you paid for it.
Top
User avatar
AlistairW
Very Active Forum Member
Posts: 1465
Joined: Sat Dec 24, 2005 6:44 pm
Location: London North Eastern

Re: NET routes 2 and 3 get legal go ahead

Post by AlistairW »

Fantastic news, but didn't the DfT say last year that tram schemes were a bad thing? I assume Leeds and Liverpool city councils aren't too impressed after the fight they had to try and bring trams back to their respective cities. Does this mean theres a chance trams could return to Leeds and Liverpool as well or is it because its an extension rather than a completely new system?
Top
User avatar
jbilton
Very Active Forum Member
Posts: 19267
Joined: Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:08 pm
Location: At home ..waiting to go to Work.
Contact:
Contact jbilton

Re: NET routes 2 and 3 get legal go ahead

Post by jbilton »

"The city council said it proposed to generate the funding from the introduction of a workplace parking levy. "

Nice..... that should go down a storm for those workers travelling from areas, not serviced by the trams.

Cheers
Jon
------------------------Supporting whats good in the British community------------------------
Image
Top
geezertronic
Getting the hang of things now
Posts: 46
Joined: Wed May 14, 2008 3:57 pm

Re: NET routes 2 and 3 get legal go ahead

Post by geezertronic »

I don't see why they can't extend the Clifton branch past East Midlands Parkway and to East Midlands Airport. Then they could do away with the bus that goes between Parkway and the Airport and have a dedicated link
Top
User avatar
tigermon
Well Established Forum Member
Posts: 736
Joined: Wed Jul 03, 2002 5:23 am

Re: NET routes 2 and 3 get legal go ahead

Post by tigermon »

geezertronic wrote:I don't see why they can't extend the Clifton branch past East Midlands Parkway and to East Midlands Airport. Then they could do away with the bus that goes between Parkway and the Airport and have a dedicated link
You'd probably need an interurban tram for that. Since you'd want more seats than standing room. Plus it'd probably be highly unlikely to happen without a lot of funding and subsidy from the airport, as it'd be highly unlikely to ever see a return on the money.
Top
Locked

Return to “Real Railway Discussion”