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Overview
Locale	Nottingham
Stations	23
Service
Type	Tram
Operator(s)	Arrow Light Rail
Rolling stock	Bombardier Incentro
History
Opened	9 March 2004
Technical
Line length	14 km (8.7 mi)
Track gauge	Standard gauge
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)

Nottingham Express Transit (or in short NET) is a light-rail tramway in the Nottingham area in England. The first line opened to the public on 9 March 2004. It cost £200 million to construct. It took 16 years from the first idea of the system until it was built. It is operated by Nottingham Tram Consortium, a 50:50 partnership between Transdev and Nottingham City Transport.

Images for kids

Supports for new tram bridge; the bridge awaiting sliding into position on 26 January 2013. Timelapse video of the bridge
Golden spike ceremony held on 27 November 2014 to mark the completion of trackwork on the Beeston and Chilwell line
Current Network - Geographical Map
A pair of new NET Citadis trams at Wilkinson Street depot
Number of passengers on Nottingham Express Transit from 2003 to 2018

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