Butler's Hill tram stop explained

Butler's Hill
Type:Nottingham Express Transit tram stop
Style:Nottingham Express Transit
Address:Butler's Hill, Hucknall, Ashfield
Country:England
Operator:Nottingham Express Transit
Structure:At grade; on private right of way
Platform:1
Tracks:1
Accessible:Step-free access to platform
Owned:Nottingham Express Transit
Years:9 March 2004
Events:Opened
Map Type:United Kingdom Nottinghamshire

Butler's Hill is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit network, serving the suburb of Butler's Hill, Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, England.

The station is situated on the long single line section between Bulwell and Hucknall, which runs alongside the Robin Hood Line. Like all the other intermediate stops on this section, the stop has a passing loop with an island platform situated between the two tracks of the loop.[1] [2]

With the opening of NET's phase two, Butler's Hill is now on NET line 1, which runs from Hucknall through 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.[3] [4]

The tram stop should not be confused with the former Butler's Hill railway station, which was situated on the, now closed, Great Northern Railway's Nottingham to Shirebrook line, some to the north-west of the tram stop. The Robin Hood line that passes alongside the stop was originally the former Midland Railway route from Nottingham to Worksop, but there has never been a railway station at the stop's location.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nottingham Express Transit : Tram Stops : Butler's Hill . TheTrams.co.uk . 9 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150826081525/http://www.thetrams.co.uk/net/stops/Butler%27s_Hill . 26 August 2015 . dead.
  2. Election Maps . . 14 August 2015. Viewed for appropriate area with unitary authority ward boundaries and names selected.
  3. Web site: Extending your Tram Service . Nottingham Express Transit . 5 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150807090648/http://www.thetram.net/Userfiles/PDFs/ExtendIng%20your%20tram%20network_AMENDED%20copy%20text.pdf . 7 August 2015 . live.
  4. News: Nottingham Express Transit Phase 2 opens . Railway Gazette . 25 August 2015 . DVV Media UK Ltd . 25 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150828020950/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban/single-view/view/nottingham-express-transit-phase-2-opens.html . 28 August 2015 . live.
  5. Web site: Rail Map Online . RailMapOnline.com . 14 August 2015. Viewed for appropriate area with stations and station labels active.