NET Beeston Civic Society & RSA TALK - - March March 14 14 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

NET Beeston Civic Society & RSA TALK NET Beeston Civic Society & RSA TALK -

• March

March ’ ’14 14

Sarah Alton, Nottingham City Council Sarah Alton, Nottingham City Council Matt Orchard, Taylor Woodrow Alstom Matt Orchard, Taylor Woodrow Alstom Trevor Stocker, Nottingham Trams Limited Trevor Stocker, Nottingham Trams Limited

Beeston Civic Society Talks

• 2012 - Project getting the go-ahead /

start of preliminary construction

• 2013 - One year into construction / Start of

major utility works in Beeston

• 2014 - Construction update, testing of

expanded tram service, opening of full service

Project Structure

Alstom Vinci Wellglade

(Trent Barton)

Keolis

• Inward investment
• Job Creation
• Regeneration
• Employment and

transport links

• Congestion relief

Why NET?

A High Capacity System

1 tram = 3 buses = 177 cars

NET Line One

14km system - emphasis on Park & Ride (3,000+ spaces), feeder bus links, rail interchange and multi modal ticketing. Runs 6am to midnight. High frequency

• n core section at peak time - 99%

reliability and punctuality. 30% of users estimated as having transferred from car or using NET based park and ride. Public transport use in corridor up 20% in peak; congestion reduced by as much as 9%. 92% very satisfied / satisfied in Annual Customer Satisfaction Survey

NET Line One A good investment

Catalyst for regeneration and economic growth: Nottingham

• Significant increase in developments around

city tram stops.

• Regeneration of Old Market Square.
• Major investments at Nottm Trent University.
• Relocation of Nottingham City Council’s HQ,

Land Registry, etc. Elsewhere

• Major housing and retail development in

Hucknall.

• 10% rise in residential property values in

Hyson Green, Radford, and Hucknall.

Upgrading Line One – More trams

• New trams arriving every month

since Sept (eight so far)

• Testing on Line One & phased

introduction

• Increasing Line One frequency

– summer

• Up to eight trams per hour /

providing up to 150 more seats per hour

• Trams every 3-4 minutes on

main section and through city centre

Upgrading Line One / Phase Two Ticketing

New ticketing system will be introduced this spring

Pay ‘before you board’ at the ticket machine

Use cash or credit/debit cards to buy single & day tickets

We can introduce new smart card products such as Mango New season tickets from £1.23 a day for regular customers Tickets can be purchased and stored on mobile phones ‘Touch on’ concession passes at the validator Revenue Protection staff will be on trams and at tram stops

New ticket machines Validate passes here Mobile ticketing

The NETwork

Hucknall to Chilwell Phoenix Park to Clifton Predicted journey times: Beeston to QMC - 10 mins Beeston to Nottm Station

• 20 mins

OMS to Beeston - 25 mins OMS to Toton - 35 mins

NET Phase Two – Key benefits

• Take a further three million car journeys off Nottingham’s roads.
• Provide access to around 1270 workplaces, to which around

55,000 employees commute.

• Serve 20 of the 30 largest employers in Greater Nottingham will

be within 800m of a tram stop.

• Enhance accessibility to nearly 30% of the Greater Nottingham

population who will be within 800m of a tram stop.

• Integrated into the public transport network
• Links to all local motorway junctions (M1 J24 – 27)

Construction update

Approximately 90% of utilities moved All bridges in position and finishing works progressing well As at end of Jan - Nearly 14,000 metres of track installed First overhead power line poles installed – Toton Ln P&R to Eskdale Drive 1st tram test over Nottingham Station – Late spring Progressive testing of trams on new lines then onwards

Coming up in Beeston / Chilwell

• Lower / Fletcher Road - Track installation expected to be complete end May.
• Styring St traffic restrictions - reduced by July.
• Demolition of Wilkos and other shops in The Square - preparing to make good

the walls of remaining businesses.

• Greenway culvert - Progressing rapidly now. (No flooding since tram drainage

works installed and they are not yet fully complete).

• Bramcote Lane - Culvert Complete. Couple of hours closure overnight to install
• verhead wires. There will be some restrictions with shuttle working.
• Cator Lane crossing - Additional gas main works causing delays - completion now

expected May.

• Bardill’s Island & Toton Lane widening works - Summer/Autumn ‘14
• Landscaping (planting replacement trees and vegetation)

– Ongoing

Hidden gems

Archaeology:

• Trent Peak in Beeston

undertook the work

• Clifton Park & Ride Site

Bronze Age burial mound – occupied for thousands of years but activity stopped as early as 100 B.C.

• Lenton

First evidence of a Roman settlement so close to Nottingham – One A.D.

• Finds will be donated to local museums

Chilwell via QMC and Beeston

Nottm Station Tram Stop

Nottingham Station Tram Stop

Nottingham Station Tram Stop

QMC Tram Viaduct

QMC Tram Viaduct

Styring Street

Beeston Town Centre Tram Stop

Chilwell High Road

Chilwell Road Tram Stop

Phase Two – frequently asked questions

No City Centre ‘terminus’ – trams run through from Toton

through Beeston to Hucknall and from Clifton to Phoenix Park Trams will run every 7-8 minutes during the daytime and services run from 6am until midnight, 7 days a week All the current range of tickets will continue to be available Kangaroo tickets allow tram and bus travel

OAP Concession passes are valid between 9.30am – 11pm

Mon-Fri INCLUDING during afternoon peak period, all day at weekends and on Bank Holidays.

Phase Two – frequently asked questions

(cont)

Parking is free at Park & Ride sites, you just need to pay for

tram travel All trams and tram stops are monitored by CCTV linked to

• ur control room.

Customer help points at every tram stop linked to customer service staff Electronic information displays at each stop show the next tram departure times and any delay or disruption messages

Beeston Civic Society Up and Coming NET Walks

Beeston Town Centre – Toton Lane Park & Ride Sunday 1st June, 2pm – 5.30pm Beeston Town Centre – University Boulevard Thursday 5th June, 6pm – 7:45pm