Meadows Embankment tram stop

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Meadows Embankment
Nottingham Express Transit tram stop
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General information
Location The Meadows, City of Nottingham
England
Coordinates 52°56′20″N1°09′13″W / 52.939009°N 1.153695°W / 52.939009; -1.153695
Owned by Nottingham Express Transit
Operated by Nottingham Express Transit
Line(s)  2  
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade; on roadside reserved track
AccessibleStep-free access to platform
Key dates
25 August 2015Opened
Services
Preceding station NET Following station
Queens Walk
towards Phoenix Park
Line 2 Wilford Village
towards Clifton South
Location
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Meadows Embankment
Location in Nottinghamshire, England

Meadows Embankment is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network. The stop is situated in the Meadows area of the city of Nottingham just to the north of the Wilford Toll Bridge across the River Trent. It is situated on reserved track and comprises a pair of side platforms flanking the tracks. The stop is on line 2 of the NET, from Phoenix Park via the city centre to Clifton, and trams run at frequencies that vary between 4 and 8 trams per hour, depending on the day and time of day. [1] [2]

Meadows Embankment opened on 25 August 2015, along with the rest of NET's phase two. [3]

The stop is situated near the junction of Queens Walk and Victoria Embankment, and in the original plans for NET phase two, the stop was known as Queens Walk tram stop. However, by popular demand this name was transferred to the next stop north on Queens Walk, nearer the Queens Walk Park and Community Centre, and the current name adopted as a synthesis of The Meadows and Victoria Embankment. [4]

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References

  1. "Extending your Tram Service" (PDF). Nottingham Express Transit. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  2. Skelsey, Geoffrey (2015). Nottingham's growing tramway - Building on NET's success. LRTA. pp. 69–70. ISBN   978-0-948106-49-1.
  3. "Nottingham Express Transit Phase 2 opens". Railway Gazette. DVV Media UK Ltd. 25 August 2015. Archived from the original on 28 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  4. "New names proposed for tram stops in the Meadows". Councillor Michael M Edwards. 20 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

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