Clifton South | |||||||||||
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Nottingham Express Transit tram stop | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Clifton, City of Nottingham England | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°53′48″N1°11′34″W / 52.896662°N 1.192695°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Nottingham Express Transit | ||||||||||
Operated by | Nottingham Express Transit | ||||||||||
Line(s) | 2 | ||||||||||
Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At grade; on reserved track | ||||||||||
Accessible | Step-free access to platform | ||||||||||
Key dates | |||||||||||
25 August 2015 | Opened | ||||||||||
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Clifton South is a tram stop and Park & Ride site on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network. It is situated in the Borough of Rushcliffe, just to the south-west of the large City of Nottingham suburb of Clifton, on the A453. The Park & Ride site has a capacity of over 1000 cars. There is also an interchange with local bus services. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The tram stop is the terminus of line 2 of the NET, to Phoenix Park via Clifton, Wilford and the centre of Nottingham. The stop comprises a pair of side platforms flanking the twin terminal tracks, with one of the platforms being long enough to accommodate, if necessary, two trams. Trams run at frequencies that vary between 4 and 8 trams per hour, depending on the day and time of day. A half-hourly express bus service, the Skylink Express, links the stop to East Midlands Airport. [1] [2] [5]
The Clifton South stop opened on 25 August 2015, along with the rest of NET's phase two. [6]
In 2023, extension of the NET to Clifton South was listed in the Department for Transport's list of projects to be funded by the cancellation of Phase 2 of High Speed 2, despite the tram stop already being operation for nearly a decade by that point. [7]
Nottingham Express Transit (NET) is a 20-mile (32 km) tram system in Nottingham, England.
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