Urban rail
“The bus market will adjust to the introduction of light rail, and, as we saw with Line 1, there will be an overall increase in public transport usage because the quality of the network is improved.” Chris Deas
will supply a fleet of 22 Citadis LRVs under a £294m contract, which includes a £101m maintenance package covering both the new vehicles and the existing fleet of 15 Bombardier Incentro LRVs. The 32.6m-long Citadis vehicles will be assembled at Alstom’s Santa Perpetua plant near Barcelona. Each LRV will accommodate 57 seated and 143 standing passengers. The delivery of the first Alstom
providing a frequency of 16 services per hour per direction on the city centre section. The new lines will be fully integrated with Line 1 and services will run through to the existing northern termini at Phoenix Park and Hucknall. Preliminary construction began in January and civil works are now underway at a number of locations,
while tracklaying is due to begin early next year. The concession requires Tramlink to complete construction, testing, and commissioning of Phase 2 within three years of contract signing, which means the first public services will run in December 2014. To support the expansion of the network, consortium partner Alstom
A number of major new structures will be required to thread the Phase 2 lines through the city. This view shows the bridge that will carry Line 3 across Clifton Boulevard between Queens Medical Centre and the University of Nottingham.
LRVs at the end of next year will allow frequencies on Line 1 to be stepped up prior to the opening of lines 2 and 3. NCC forecasts that Phase 2 will more than double the current ridership of 10 million passengers per year and take three million car journeys off the city’s roads. The new lines will put nearly 30% of the population and 20 of the city’s 30 largest employers within 800m of a light rail station. “A lot of trips will be through journeys onto Line 1,” says Deas. “The additional patronage will come from a number of sources. The bus market will adjust to the introduction of light rail on these corridors, and, as we saw with Line 1, there will be an overall increase in public transport usage because the
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