Meadows Embankment tram stop explained

Meadows Embankment
Type:Nottingham Express Transit tram stop
Style:Nottingham Express Transit
Address:The Meadows, City of Nottingham
Country:England
Operator:Nottingham Express Transit
Structure:At grade; on roadside reserved track
Platform:2
Tracks:2
Accessible:Step-free access to platform
Owned:Nottingham Express Transit
Years:25 August 2015
Events:Opened
Map Type:United Kingdom Nottinghamshire

Meadows Embankment is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network. The stop is situated in the Meadows area of the city of Nottingham just to the north of the Wilford Toll Bridge across the River Trent. It is situated on reserved track and comprises a pair of side platforms flanking the tracks. The stop is on line 2 of the NET, from Phoenix Park via the city centre to Clifton, and trams run at frequencies that vary between 4 and 8 trams per hour, depending on the day and time of day.[1] [2]

Meadows Embankment opened on 25 August 2015, along with the rest of NET's phase two.[3]

The stop is situated near the junction of Queens Walk and Victoria Embankment, and in the original plans for NET phase two, the stop was known as Queens Walk tram stop. However, by popular demand this name was transferred to the next stop north on Queens Walk, nearer the Queens Walk Park and Community Centre, and the current name adopted as a synthesis of The Meadows and Victoria Embankment.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Book: Skelsey, Geoffrey . Nottingham's growing tramway - Building on NET's success . . 2015 . 978-0-948106-49-1 . 69–70.
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: New names proposed for tram stops in the Meadows . Councillor Michael M Edwards . 20 February 2013 . 26 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203645/https://michaelmedwards.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/new-names-proposed-for-tram-stops-in-the-meadows/ . 4 March 2016 . live.