Southchurch Drive tram stop

Southchurch Drive, also known as Southchurch Drive North, is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network in the city of Nottingham suburb of Clifton. It is situated on street track on Southchurch Drive near its junction with Farnborough Road, and is one of four such tram stops situated on or adjacent to Southchurch Drive, the others being Rivergreen, Clifton Centre and Holy Trinity.[1][2]

Southchurch Drive
NET tram station
The tram stop
Coordinates	52.910746°N 1.170395°W
Owned by	Nottingham Express Transit
Line(s)	NET Line 1
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade; on street
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	25 August 2015
Services
Preceding station   Nottingham Express Transit   Following station Rivergreen towards Clifton   Line 2   Ruddington Lane towards Phoenix Park

The stop comprises a pair of side platforms flanking the running tracks. It is on line 2 of the NET, from Clifton via the city centre to Phoenix Park. Trams run at frequencies that vary between 4 and 8 trams per hour, depending on the day and time of day.[1][2]

To the north of the tram stop, the line continues in the street for a short distance before heading onto a new reserved track alignment across country towards the former route of the Great Central main line, which it joins for the next part of its run towards the city centre.[2]

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

References

1. "Extending your Tram Service" (PDF). Nottingham Express Transit. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
2. Skelsey, Geoffrey (2015). Nottingham's growing tramway - Building on NET's success. LRTA. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978-0-948106-49-1.
3. "Nottingham Express Transit Phase 2 opens". Railway Gazette. DVV Media UK Ltd. 25 August 2015. Archived from the original on 28 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

External links

Media related to Southchurch Drive tram stop at Wikimedia Commons