Two years on and NET grows at a phenomenal rate

Thursday 9th March, will mark two years of operations for Nottingham Express Transit (NET) and today, NET releases figures for the total number of trips in the second year.

This time last year, we announced that 8.4 million trips had been made in the first 12 months of operation – significantly above the prediction of between 7.5 to 8 million.

And in this second year, we hoped for 9 million trips – there have been 9.7 million.  This is a 15.5% increase year on year and is well ahead of even our most optimistic of predictions.

And passengers are pleased with the service - the recent passenger survey showed overall satisfaction with the service is 94%, with 98% of those questioned stating they would recommend using the tram to friends and family. 

Particular areas of growth have included: weekend trips, with the system timetable being improved in October to cope; Trent Barton Hucknall connect buses and Wilkinson Street Park and Ride site.

Indeed, Park and Ride now makes up 25% of tram passengers and overall, within the tram corridor, public transport trips are up 20% in the peak, compared with before the tram.

Colin Lea, marketing manager for NET said: “These results are outstanding and are a testament to the efforts our hard-working staff and our track record for reliability and top quality service.  A big thank you to all our loyal passengers, many of whom have swapped their cars to use the tram.”