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By Stephen Dee

Line 1 - Station Street to Wilkinson Street

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Waiting at Station Street.

Station St and up to the bridge over Canal St is built on the old Great Central Railway Viaduct.

İStephen Dee

9th March 2004 - ID P3095441 STWSP01

The scissor crossover at the Throat to Station Street

The crossover is on a steel box girder bridge above Canal St.  Beyond Canal Street the formation is on a new concrete, Collin Street viaduct.  The old GCR viaduct being demolished due to the need to gain height being required.

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9th March 2004 - ID P3095442 STWSP02

At the end of Collin Street Viaduct, the tram lines join on to Middle Hill.

The junction is protected by by traffic lights.  From here until the end of Victoria Street, the tram shares the road with other traffic.

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9th March 2004 - ID P3095443 STWSP03 

Fletcher Gate approaching Lace Market trams stop.

Middle Hill, becomes Weekday Cross and then Fletcher Gate.  The tram stop is at the top end just before its junctions with Warser Gate and Victoria Street and Carlton St.

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9th March 2004 - ID P3095444 STWSP04

After leaving Lace Market tram stop, the tram line turns sharp left into Victoria St.

The van is wanting to turn R into Carlton St.  Tram 211 is heading towards Station St, blocking the junction for the van.

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9th March 2004 - ID P3095445 STWSP05

Looking down Victoria Street towards Bridlesmith Gate.

On busy Saturdays there can be streams of pedestrians crossing the trams lines at Bridlesmith Gate on route between the Broadmarsh and Victoria Shopping Centres.

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9th March 2004 - ID P3095446 STWSP06

Old Market Square tram stop.

This is located in South Parade of Old Market Square.  The tram route is in a pedestrianised area from Bridlesmith Gate to Market St.  Immediately after the stop the tram lines turn sharp right onto Beast Market Hill.  At busy times, NET will station conductors at tram stops such as OMS and the P&R stops to collect fares.  The conductors are seen in the yellow vests here.

İStephen Dee

9th March 2004 - ID P3095448 STWSP07

Beast Market Hill.

Here there is an emergency crossover.  After the crossover there is the junction with Market St (SO) and Log Row (the north side of the Market Square), controlled by tram and traffic signals.

İStephen Dee

8th April 2004 - ID P4085728 STWSP08

Market Street.

After Beast Market Hill the lines cross Long Row and into Market St, and back to shared use road.  Parts of Market Street are on a 8.5% gradient, which is the steepest on NET. 

İStephen Dee

9th March 2004 - ID P3095451 STWSP09 

Approaching The Royal Centre tram stop.

This is located across what was Wollaton Street.  The road the tram is about to cross is Upper Parliament Street.  There is speed restriction across this junction.

İStephen Dee

9th March 2004 - ID P3095452 STWSP10 

Goldsmith Street junction with Talbot/Burton Street.

From the end of the Royal Centre tram stop onwards the tram is in Goldsmith Street which has been made tram only south of the junction with Talbot/Burton Streets.  The tram is over the emergency trailing crossover at this point.

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9th March 2004 - ID P3095453 STWSP11

Goldsmith Street junction with Chaucer Street.

Goldsmith Street is now dominated by Nottingham Trent University.

İStephen Dee

9th March 2004 - ID P3095454 STWSP12

Goldsmith Street approaching Nottingham Trent University tram stop.

The section through the tram stop is tram only.  This gets ignored frequently by car drivers, as does the loading restrictions as demonstrated by the van beyond the tram stop.

İStephen Dee

9th March 2004 - ID P3095455 STWSP13

Goldsmith Street - Nottingham Trent University tram stop.

Despite or rather because of the traffic wardens the lorry is still blocking the tram's path and delays the journey.  The driver with traffic wardens consent decides to block the pavement to let the tram go by.

İStephen Dee

9th March 2004 - ID P3095456 STWSP14

Goldsmith Street approaching junction with Peel Street/Clarendon Street.

This junction is traffic light controlled with the N and S bound being signalled separately to avoid cars turning in front of the trams.  Beyond the lights Goldsmith Street becomes Waverley Street.

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9th March 2004 - ID P3095458 STWSP15

Waverley Street approaching High School tram stop.

All off Waverley St is shared road.  As you can see the tram stop is on the brow of the hill.  The High School is on the right.  A new Pelican crossing has been provided at the south end of the tram stop because of the school.

İStephen Dee

9th March 2004 - ID P3095459 STWSP16

Mount Hooton Road.

North bound Mount Hooton Road is one way shared road, whilst the south bound route to the right in red tarmac is tram only.  As you descend the hill you get a nice view over Hyson Green, Basford and Bulwell.  Parts of Mount Hooton Road is 8.5% gradient.

İStephen Dee

9th March 2004 - ID P3095462 STWSP17

Approaching the Forest tram stop.

Where Mount Hooton Road becomes Noel Street, the tram route becomes totally segregated.   The tram stop has three roads.  the central road is used for trams that are stopping short.  To the right, behind the southbound platform is the Park and Ride site.  Noel street is one way, southbound  to motor traffic at this point., on the left of the tram.

İStephen Dee

9th March 2004 - ID P3095465 STWSP18

Forest tram stop - looking across Gregory Boulevard.

The junction with Gregory Boulevard is traffic light controlled.  As the road is one way southbound, you will only see a tram signal, which is out of shot to the right, being a signal shared by the preferred left and the non preferred central road.  Noel Street is one way north bound, and tram only south bound between Gregory Boulevard and Terrace Street, where tram 202 is crossing over the crossing at the junction.

İStephen Dee

9th March 2004 - ID P3095466 STWSP19

Noel Street junction with Terrace Street.

At the junction of Noel Street and Terrace Street, the north bound track goes straight on a segregated contra flow route to one way motor traffic.  Noel Street tram stop is a short way north of Terrace Street.  The southbound route crosses from Terrace Street to gain the east side of Noel Street.

İStephen Dee

9th March 2004 - ID P3095468 STWSP20

Noel Street approaching junction with Berridge Road Central.

The One way system changes at this junction, and the tram shares the road north of the junction with other traffic.  This junction is probably the busiest junction that is not controlled by traffic lights.

İStephen Dee

9th March 2004 - ID P3095470 STWSP21

Noel Street approaching junction with Beaconsfield Street tram stop. 

The direction of the one way system was changed along this section to allow the tram to fit in.  The junction with Beaconsfield Street has been blocked off by the tram stop.

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9th March 2004 - ID P3095471 STWSP22

Noel Street approaching junction with Gladstone Street.

At the junction road traffic turns right and tram turns left onto tram only road, Gladstone Street has been closed to through road traffic, other then cycles.

İStephen Dee

9th March 2004 - ID P3095472 STWSP23

Gladstone Street.

The tram goes down Gladstone Street for a short way before crossing its junction with Fisher Street, and the descending on private right of way to Shipstone Street.  Gladstone Street continues to the left, Fisher St is to the right.  In the past Gladstone St was straight on at this point, and the road level was higher.  It was been reduced about 1.2m at this point to reduce the gradient.

İStephen Dee

8th April 2004 - ID P4085730 STWSP24

Shipstone Street tram stop.

Shipstone Street is closed to through traffic now just beyond the tram stop.  The tram continues straight on, along a short tram only section between the houses to the junction with Radford Road and Wilkinson Street, which is traffic light controlled.

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9th March 2004 - ID P3095475 STWSP25

Radford Road/Wilkinson Street junction.

Upon exiting Shipstone Street, which is controlled by lights, the tram crosses Radford Road and joins a segregated section along Wilkinson Street.  The southbound route is on the left here as it comes along Wilkinson Street before turning into Radford Road.

İStephen Dee

9th March 2004 - ID P3095476 STWSP26

Wilkinson Street diamond crossing.

Just before Wilkinson Street tram stop, the southbound route crosses on the diamond crossing followed by the delta (triangular/wye) junction for the depot on the right.

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9th March 2004 - ID P3095477 STWSP27

Wilkinson Street tram stop.

After the last points of the delta, comes the tram stop.  The depot and park and ride site are on the right.  With the depot here, this is where crew changes take place.

İStephen Dee

9th March 2004 - ID P3095478 STWSP28

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