Cinderhill is a tram stop on the
Nottingham Express Transit
Nottingham Express Transit (NET) is a tram system in Nottingham, England. The system opened to the public on 9 March 2004 and a second phase, that more than doubled the size of the total system, opened on 25 August 2015, having been initially ...
(NET) light rail system in the
city of Nottingham
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on the boundary between the suburbs of
Basford and
Bulwell
Bulwell is a market town in the City of Nottingham, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is south-west of Hucknall and to the north-west of Nottingham. The United Kingdom Census 2011 recorded the population of Bulwell at 29,771 which amounted to o ...
. It was part of the NET's initial system, and is situated in the middle of the short
single line branch between
Highbury Vale and
Phoenix Park
The Phoenix Park ( ga, Páirc an Fhionnuisce) is a large urban park in Dublin, Ireland, lying west of the city centre, north of the River Liffey. Its perimeter wall encloses of recreational space. It includes large areas of grassland and tr ...
tram stops. The stop comprises a single platform and track, situated in a cutting between two bridges and served by trams running in both directions.
With the opening of NET's phase two, Cinderhill is now on NET line 2, which runs from
Phoenix Park
The Phoenix Park ( ga, Páirc an Fhionnuisce) is a large urban park in Dublin, Ireland, lying west of the city centre, north of the River Liffey. Its perimeter wall encloses of recreational space. It includes large areas of grassland and tr ...
through the city centre to a terminus in
Clifton. Trams run at frequencies that vary between 4 and 8 trams per hour, depending on the day and time of day.
The stop is on the former alignment of the
Cinderhill Colliery Railway to the old
Babbington Colliery, which is now the site of Phoenix Park.
On 31 August 2021, a car hit a footbridge at the stop.
Gallery
File:Cinderhill Tram Stop - 4 (former colliery railway bridge) (geograph 1869456).jpg, Street level entrance to the stop
File:Cinderhill Tram Stop - 1 (geograph 1869438).jpg, Looking towards Phoenix Park
File:Cinderhill Tram Stop - 3 (geograph 1869449).jpg, Looking towards Highbury Vale
References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, Cinderhill NET stop, Cinderhill Park tram stop
Nottingham Express Transit stops
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2004