Queen's Medical Centre tram stop

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Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham Express Transit tram stop
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General information
Location Queen's Medical Centre, City of Nottingham
England
Coordinates 52°56′33″N1°11′02″W / 52.942577°N 1.183767°W / 52.942577; -1.183767
Owned by Nottingham Express Transit
Operated by Nottingham Express Transit
Line(s)  1  
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeViaduct
AccessibleStep-free access to platform
Key dates
25 August 2015Opened
Services
Preceding station NET Following station
Gregory Street
towards Hucknall
Line 1 University of Nottingham
towards Toton Lane
Location
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Queen's Medical Centre
Location in Nottinghamshire, England

Queen's Medical Centre is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network. The stop serves the Queen's Medical Centre, a hospital in the city of Nottingham. The stop is on line 1 of the NET, from Hucknall via the city centre to Beeston and Chilwell. Trams run at frequencies that vary between four and eight trams per hour, depending on the day and time of day. [1] [2]

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The tram stop is situated on a viaduct that rises alongside the campus of the University of Nottingham, crosses the Nottingham Ring Road (A52), runs between the South Block of the Queen's Medical Centre (to the north) and the Nottingham Treatment Centre (to the south), crosses the River Leen, and finally descends back to street level. The tram stop is on the section between the hospitals, and direct access bridges have been constructed from the platforms to the two buildings that will be opened once the necessary changes have been made within the buildings. Access is also available by staircase and lift from ground level in the hospital grounds, and by a walkway along the viaduct from another staircase and lift to the university side of the ring road. [2] [3] [4]

Queen's Medical Centre opened on 25 August 2015, along with the rest of NET's phase two. The adjacent bridge over the city's ring road was named the Ningbo Friendship Bridge at a ceremony attended by the Lord Mayor of Nottingham and the Vice-Mayor of Ningbo in China. The name celebrates Nottingham's links with its twin city and the presence there of a campus of the University of Nottingham. [2] [5]

The tram line through the QMC had to be specially designed to avoid electromagnetic interference which could affect hospital equipment. The overhead line masts are individually fed with power, to limit interference. [6]

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References

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