Wilkinson Street tram stop

Wilkinson Street is a tram stop on Nottingham Express Transit (NET), in the city of Nottingham suburb of Basford. The tram stop opened on 9 March 2004, along with NET's initial system. It is one of several park and ride stops on the NET network, with more than 600 car parking spaces located next to the stop. NET's Wilkinson Street depot is also adjacent to the stop, and provides storage and maintenance facilities for all the system's trams, having been expanded to cope with the additional trams ordered for phase two. The depot also contains NET's offices, staff facilities and control room.[1][2][3]

Wilkinson Street
NET tram station
Passengers waiting at Wilkinson Street
Coordinates	52.972000°N 1.178268°W
Owned by	Nottingham Express Transit
Line(s)	NET Line 1 NET Line 2
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade; on roadside reserved track
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	2004
Services
Preceding station   Nottingham Express Transit   Following station Radford Road / Shipstone Street towards Chilwell   Line 2   Basford towards Hucknall Radford Road / Shipstone Street towards Clifton   Line 2   Basford towards Phoenix Park

The tram stop is located on reserved track alongside Wilkinson Street and has two side platforms flanking a pair of tracks. To the west, the tracks cross over the Robin Hood railway line on a bridge shared with Wilkinson Street, and then curve and descend to run parallel with the railway to Basford stop. To the east of the stop, there is a triangular junction that gives access to the depot, and the two tracks then cross each other and run separately in two different street alignments. Trams heading towards the city centre next call at Radford Road stop, whilst trams coming from the city centre do so via Shipstone Street stop.[1][2][4]

With the opening of NET's phase two, Wilkinson Street is now on the common section of the NET, where line 1, between Hucknall and Chilwell, and line 2, between Phoenix Park and Clifton, operate together. Trams on each line run at frequencies that vary between 4 and 8 trams per hour, depending on the day and time of day, combining to provide up to 16 trams per hour on the common section.[2][5]

Gallery

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  Trams switch between road- and rail-side alignments
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  Bus interchange at the stop
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  Complex trackwork to the east of the stop; depot access to right
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  A city-bound tram has just left the stop and crossed the out-of-city track
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  Indoor maintenance facilities at the depot
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  Storage sidings at the depot, as expanded for phase two

References

1. "Nottingham Express Transit : Tram Stops : Wilkinson Street". TheTrams.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
2. "Extending your Tram Service" (PDF). Nottingham Express Transit. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
3. "Nottingham Express Transit : Tram Stops : Wilkinson Street depot". TheTrams.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
4. Election Maps (Map). Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2015. Viewed for appropriate area with unitary authority ward boundaries and names selected.
5. "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 Wilkinson Street tram stop at Wikimedia Commons