Date: 11/11/2015

A multi-million pound project to extend the Nottingham tram system to Derby is being treated as a 'priority', the BBC has learned. The tram, which currently serves the Nottingham area, would also run to East Midlands Airport and the proposed HS2 station at Toton. The 19 councils in the region described the scheme as one of several 'priority projects' in devolution negotiations. [From Richard Buckby]

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A multi-million pound project to extend the Nottingham tram system to Derby is being called a "priority" in devolution negotiations.

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The NET tram system in Nottingham uses the former route of the Great Central to approach Nottingham (Midland) station. Here a tram sits at the terminus with the station beyond and below. Just to the north was the former Weekday Cross Junction. View looks south.
Location: Weekday Cross Junction
Company: London Extension (Great Central Railway)
18/11/2006 Ewan Crawford

The Nottingham Express Transit (a tramway) under construction.
Location: Nottingham [Tram]
Company: Nottingham Express Transit
// Ewan Crawford