Nottingham Express Transit (NET)

Advantages: They'll get you from A to B (usually!), excellent customer services
Disadvantages: See review

...long and takes you between Nottingham and Hucknall. Starting at Station Street it heads through the Lace Market and the Old Market Square to Hyson Green, Radford, Basford, Bulwell and onwards to Hucknall train station. The alternative spur travels from Station Street to the Phoenix Park and Ride site, which is near junction 26 of the M1. The route from Station Street to Hyson Green is through the city streets; from Basford onwards it follows the ...
...£1 for say Bulwell to Nottingham and £1.20 for the full journey. Child single trip fares seem to be charged at a flat rate of 60 pence. There are no return tickets; instead you buy a ‘Day Tramrider’ ticket costing £2 for adults and £1.20 per child. There is also a ‘Family Tramrider’ for up to two adults and three children costing £4. Weekly passes cost £9 for adults, £5 for children, unlimited journeys. I must also point out that child fares are ... Read review

Advantages: quick, frequent, low floors, conductors, cheap
Disadvantages: only one line so far

A great system that puts your confidence back in public transport. It runs from Hucknall or Phoenix Park to the city centre and the railway station. Overall it is 14Km. The trams are new, very popular (8.4m journeys in its first year) and I was very impressed: Main benefits: Quick : gets you to the city quickly as it has its own lines and gets priority at traffic lights Frequent: every 5-6 minutes for most of the day Runs late: 6am to midnight ...
...use Conductors: good customer service, easy to pay and understand the system. Park and Ride: 5 sites along the system, 3000 FREE spaces Bus integration: can get day bus+tram ticket for £2.30! Cheap: £2.20 travel as much as you like all day. Bad point(!): can be overcrowded at busy times. Overall a superb system - check out www.thetram.net for more info. ... Read review

Advantages: Shopping, attractions, history, pubs...
Disadvantages: Crowds, disruption from the tram work.

...and then travel in on buses. The cost for this is by the carload and varies from £1.50 to £2.50. The car parks for this are all security conscious and problems are rare. Rarer still are problems with the cities many car parks for those who want to bring their cars right into the centre. Charges are reasonable to high but most of the car parks make shopping easy as they are positioned around the shopping centres. 2003 is the year of the tram for Nottingham with the first line of the NET network due to open in November. NET stands for Nottingham Express Transit and this first line will run from the railway station up to Hucknall. Much disruption has been caused with the construction work over the last few years but now the final touches are being put in place and soon the lines will be powered up and testing will begin. ~ Accommodation... Read review

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Advantages: A view of history through everyday objects in Nottingham
Disadvantages: No access for wheelchairs

...with a realistic glimpse of life over the last three hundred years including a school room and toy shop from the 1930's and a Victorian chemist. * * * * * * * * * * * * HOW TO GET THERE There are many signposts throughout the city centre directing you to Nottingham Castle, The Robin Hood Statue, the Tales of Robin hood as well as other notable landmarks of the city Located to the west of the city centre, the main entrance is accessible from A6005 Castle Boulevard with a side entrance on Castle Road from the Olde Trip to Jerusalem pub and five minutes from the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre. There is easy access to numerous multi-storey car parks and links to public transport including the new NET Nottingham Express Transit Tram system, Nottingham Midland Train Station... Read review

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Advantages: Interesting Factual Historical and Atmospheric
Disadvantages: Limited access to wheelchairs and push chairs

...street named High Pavement situated in the heart of Nottingham's historic Lace Market, the centre of the country's Lace industry during the Industrial Revolution and with the 14th century, Church of St. Mary the Virgin with its magnificently carved bell tower, across the road from the museum. Nearby is the former High Pavement Chapel now a restaurant and bar, the Nottingham Lace Centre and Broadmarsh Shopping Centre is within two minutes walk. There is easy access to numerous multi storey car parks and links to public transport including the new NET Nottingham Express Transit Tram system, Nottingham Midland Train Station and Broadmarsh Bus Station. There are many signposts throughout the city centre directing you to the Lace Market, St Mary's or the Galleries of Justice as well as other notable landmarks of the city THE BUILDING Nottingham... Read review

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