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Not sure this has been mentioned yet but on East Midlands Today the other night they had a story saying that the LRTA thinks that the Nottingham Express Transit should be extended to East Midlands Airport by use of a tram train along the Midland Main Line.
http://www.nottinghampost.com/tram-...ands-Airport/story-26757003-detail/story.html
I also note that they mention that East Midlands Parkway is not fit for purpose as it doesn't link to the airport very well although given the station was built to serve as a park and ride station and not an airport station I don't think that it really matters.
Personally I just can't see a tram train from Nottingham ever working as trams are very slow and bringing a large amount of luggage on the trams often annoys the conductors and other passengers. I also don't see how trams could be timetabled in on the Midland Main Line given that most of the trains operating are much faster that trams will ever run at.
What does everyone else think.
Nottingham Post said:A pro-tram lobby group has said it would like to see access to East Midlands Airport improved.
TramForward, the campaigning arm of the Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA), has said tram-trains should be developed to link the region's airport to Nottingham, Leicester and Derby, as well as the new HS2 station when it is built.
They said: "(The tram-trains) would run into the airport on a dedicated track, and could connect to the Midland Mainline both north and south. In the northerly direction, tram-trains could run to Toton, the site of the future HS2 East Midlands station.
"In the southerly direction, tram-trains could run to Leicester via Loughborough, operating on-street into Leicester city centre to form the basis of a larger Leicester area network. It has been proposed that the Leicester to Burton-on-Trent railway is reopened to passengers. This again would be better served by TramTrains to improve passenger distribution in Leicester."
A tram-train is a light-rail public transport system where trams run through from an urban tramway network to main-line railway lines which are shared with conventional trains.
The plans are just an idea at this stage and no proposals for funding or development of the idea are currently in place.
http://www.nottinghampost.com/tram-...ands-Airport/story-26757003-detail/story.html
I also note that they mention that East Midlands Parkway is not fit for purpose as it doesn't link to the airport very well although given the station was built to serve as a park and ride station and not an airport station I don't think that it really matters.
Personally I just can't see a tram train from Nottingham ever working as trams are very slow and bringing a large amount of luggage on the trams often annoys the conductors and other passengers. I also don't see how trams could be timetabled in on the Midland Main Line given that most of the trains operating are much faster that trams will ever run at.
What does everyone else think.