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{{Infobox Public transit
|name            = Nottingham Express Transit
|image           = 
|imagesize       = 240px
|image2          = nottingham-express-transit.jpg
|imagesize2      = 300px
|caption2        = An [[Incentro]] [[AT6/5]] tram destined for the former Station Street stop (now [[Nottingham Station]]) waits in the southbound platform of [[Old Market Square tram stop|Old Market Square stop]].
|locale          = [[Nottingham]]
|area served     = 
|transit_type    = [[Tram]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lrta.org/world/worldu-z.html | title = World Systems List | publisher = [[Light Rail Transit Association|LRTA]] | accessdate = 21 September 2015 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150921115910/http://www.lrta.org/world/worldu-z.html | archivedate = 21 September 2015 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|lines           = 2
|stations        = 51
|ridership       =
|annual_ridership = 16.4 million (2016/17)<ref name="16/17DfTstats">{{cite web|title=Light Rail and Tram Statistics: England 2016/17|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/623366/light-rail-tram-ending-march-2017.pdf|publisher=Department for Transport|accessdate=30 June 2017}}</ref><br>{{increase}} 35.0%
|headquarters    = 
|began_operation = {{start date|2004|03|09|df=yes}}
|owner           = 
|operator        = Nottingham Trams Ltd.
|chief_executive = 
|vehicles        = 15 [[AT6/5|Bombardier Incentro AT6/5]]<br/>22 [[Alstom Citadis|Alstom Citadis 302]]
|train_length    = 
|system_length   = {{convert|32|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|track_gauge     = {{RailGauge|sg|al=on}}
|el              = [[Overhead line]] (750 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct current|DC]])
|minimum_radius_of_curvature = 
|top_speed       = {{convert|50|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}
|map_name        = 
|map             = {{Nottingham Express Transit}}
|map_state       = open
|website         = {{url|http://www.thetram.net/}}
}}
'''Nottingham Express Transit''' (or in short '''NET''') is a [[light rail|light-rail]] [[tram]]way in the [[Nottingham]] area in [[England]]. The first line opened to the public on [[9 March]] [[2004]]. It cost £200 million to construct. It took 16 years from the first idea of the system until it was built. It is operated by Nottingham Tram Consortium, a 50:50 partnership between [[Transdev]] and Nottingham City Transport.

== Nottingham Express Transit Media ==
<gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''>
File:Ngtrambridge.jpg|Supports for new tram bridge; the bridge awaiting sliding into position on 26 January 2013.

File:Nottingham-express-transit-tram-golden-spike-ceremony-chilwell-20141127.jpg|[[Golden spike]] ceremony held on 27 November 2014 to mark the completion of trackwork on the Beeston and Chilwell line

File:Nottingham Express Transit.svg|Geographical map of the network

File:Tram at Station Street terminus in Nottingham - geograph.org.uk - 133038.jpg|Tram at Station Street terminus in Nottingham - geograph.org.uk - 133038

File:Chilwell- High Road Central College tram stop on opening day (geograph 4633181).jpg|Chilwell- High Road Central College tram stop on opening day (geograph 4633181)

File:NET Citadis 302 trams at Wilkinson Street depot.jpg|A pair of new NET Citadis trams at Wilkinson Street depot

File:Nottingham Express Transit Passenger Numbers Graph.png|Number of passengers on Nottingham Express Transit from 2003/04 to 2022/23

File:Nottingham Express Transit - Incentro - 214 - Dennis McCarthy MBE.jpg|Tram 214 as a Wedding tram in 2021
</gallery>
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[[Category:Tram transport in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Light rail in the United Kingdom]]