Transport in Nottingham

Nottingham is the seventh largest conurbation in the United Kingdom; despite this, the city's transport system was deemed to be poor for its size in the 1980s.

In 1900, the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway opened Nottingham Victoria station, as part of the new line to London which they were building.

Today, the station is served by three train operating companies: There were plans to bring High Speed 2 rail services to Nottingham and the East Midlands, by constructing a parkway station, East Midlands Hub, at nearby Toton.

There are several park and ride locations which offer connections with Nottingham Express Transit or the bus network.

[18] Nottingham was one of several trial locations arranged by the Department for Transport to facilitate local journeys by electric scooters.

Riders must be 18 years of age minimum, hold a full provisional driving licence, must ride on roads and bus lanes only, not pedestrian footways, and pay by mobile-phone app.

East Midlands Airport, in Leicestershire, is served by low-cost international airlines,[21] makes the city easily accessible from other parts of the world providing daily services to many principal European destinations such as Paris, Milan, Frankfurt, Berlin, Oslo and Amsterdam; internal flights to Edinburgh and Belfast; and limited services to transcontinental destinations such as Barbados, Mexico and Florida.

Birmingham Airport is about an hour away and provides flights to most principal European cities, New York, Boston, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai and locations in India.

[22] Trent Barton operate some local services around Nottingham and to other nearby towns such as Beeston, Mansfield and Derby.

Services that call here are operated predominantly by Trent Barton, with routes to Keyworth, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Cotgrave, Kegworth, Coalville and East Midlands Airport.

Trent Barton manages the bus station's travel shop and operates routes to Queen's Medical Centre, Derby, Hucknall, Mansfield and Chesterfield.

The Robin Hood day ticket allows travel on any bus, tram or local train service within the Nottingham area.

Jim Mortell, of Taxi Licensing at Nottingham City Council, said "The City Council has a team of uniformed late-night enforcement officers and non-uniformed enforcement officers working to detect any instances of drivers plying for hire illegally.