Nottingham's £570m Phase Two tram network opens
It has been four years in the making, troubled by delays and disruption, but Nottingham's £570 million Phase Two tram extension has finally opened.
QMC first hospital in country to be linked by a tram
Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham has become the first hospital in the country to be linked by a tram after the Phase Two extension was officially opened.
It is estimated 1,200 passengers will use the stop daily including staff, patients and visitors.
The service will run every eight minutes for 18 hours a day between 6:00am and midnight.
Queen's Medical Centre statistics:
- The hospital is 38 years old
- 6,300 staff work at the QMC
- It has 27 miles of corridors
- 2,263 people pass through its doors everyday
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Nottingham's new £570m tram extension: In numbers
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The long journey for businesses along the new tram lines
For the business owners along the new tram lines whose shops have endured years of disruption, it has been a long and slow journey.
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Nottingham's tram network: Timeline from 2004-2015
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