Editing Nottingham Express Transit (section)

==Future developments==

===Additional routes===
During the development of NET a number of possible additional routes around the city were considered, although there are no detailed plans for these.

However, in 2009, during the tendering process for phase two, documents contained nine possible routes:<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nottinghampost.com/Tram-bidders-told-potential-new-routes/story-12164163-detail/story.html |title = Possible future lines |work = Nottingham Post |date = 21 October 2009 |access-date = 21 January 2013 |publisher = Local World Limited |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150921145833/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Tram-bidders-told-potential-new-routes/story-12164163-detail/story.html |archive-date = 21 September 2015 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all |language = en-gb}}</ref>
* [[Hucknall]] to [[Linby]].
* [[Phoenix Park, Nottingham|Phoenix Park]] to [[Kimberley, Nottinghamshire|Kimberley]] and/or [[Watnall]]
* [[Nottingham]] to [[West Bridgford]] and then [[Gamston, Rushcliffe|Gamston]]/[[Tollerton, Nottinghamshire|Tollerton]]/[[Edwalton, Nottinghamshire|Edwalton]]/[[Ruddington]].
* [[Queen's Medical Centre]] to [[Arnold, Nottinghamshire|Arnold]], via [[Basford, Nottinghamshire|Basford]].
* Nottingham to [[Gedling, Nottinghamshire|Gedling]].
* Nottingham to [[Gamston, Rushcliffe|Gamston]].
* [[Chilwell]] to [[Ilkeston]].
* [[Clifton, Nottingham|Clifton]] to [[East Midlands Parkway]] or [[East Midlands Airport]].
* Chilwell to [[Stapleford, Nottinghamshire|Stapleford town centre]] and/or [[Sandiacre]].

The documentation also raised the possibility of [[tram-train]] lines from Nottingham to Gedling and/or [[Bingham, Nottinghamshire|Bingham]], and to Ilkeston.<ref>{{cite news |title = Tram bidders told of potential for new destinations |author = This is Nottingham |work = Nottingham Post |publisher = Local World Limited |date = 21 October 2009 |url = http://www.nottinghampost.com/Tram-bidders-told-potential-new-routes/story-12164163-detail/story.html |access-date = 21 January 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150921145833/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Tram-bidders-told-potential-new-routes/story-12164163-detail/story.html |archive-date = 21 September 2015 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all |language = en-gb}}</ref>

===Extension of route 2 to Kimberley===
Kimberley, Eastwood & Nuthall Tram Action Group (KENTAG) campaigns for an extension from Phoenix Park to [[Eastwood, Nottinghamshire|Eastwood]] and Kimberley.<ref>{{cite news |title= New campaign to extend tram line |work = Eastwood Advertiser |date = 1 December 2009 |url = http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/news/eastwood-kimberley-news/new-campaign-to-extend-tram-line-1-662315 |access-date = 21 January 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140819151742/http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/new-campaign-to-extend-tram-line-1-662315 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |url-status = live |language = en-gb}}</ref> In December 2012, [[Nottingham City Council]] agreed to seek money to conduct a feasibility study on the route.<ref>{{cite news |title = Progress made with tram link  |work = Eastwood Advertiser |date = 17 December 2012 |url = http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/news/eastwood-kimberley-news/progress-made-with-tram-link-1-5232531 |access-date = 21 January 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140819132650/http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/progress-made-with-tram-link-1-5232531 |archive-date = 19 August 2014 |url-status = live |language = en-gb}}</ref> In a major setback for tram proponents, in December 2014 [[Broxtowe Borough Council]] voted to reject a proposal to help fund a feasibility study into a line to Kimberley, due to the problems and delays of Lines 2 and 3.<ref>{{cite news |title = New Kimberley tramline suffers setback |work = BBC News |date=18 December 2014 |access-date = 5 January 2015 |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30528576 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141218105022/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30528576 |archive-date=18 December 2014 |url-status = live |language = en-gb}}</ref> Richard Robinson, Labour Councillor for Kimberley, said the plan was always to bring the proposals back to the table. He said: "The vote in December was a roadblock put in our way, but we will overcome it".<ref>{{cite news |title = Plans to extend tram to Kimberley back on the agenda |first = Alexander |last = Britton |work = Nottingham Evening Post |publisher = Local World Limited |date = 31 December 2014 |access-date = 5 January 2015 | url = http://www.nottinghampost.com/Plans-extend-tram-Kimberley-agenda/story-25787636-detail/story.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150106094612/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Plans-extend-tram-Kimberley-agenda/story-25787636-detail/story.html |archive-date = 6 January 2015 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all |language = en-gb}}</ref> Councillors voted 19 to 13 in favour of Cllr Robinson stepping down pending the outcome of an inquiry after he admitted on Radio Nottingham to encouraging a pro-tram campaigner to flood local media with positive letters, while using aliases to make them appear local.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/alias-gate-broxtowe-mp-slams-robinson-enquiry-as-delay-tactics-1-7079451 |title = Alias Gate: Broxtowe MP slams Robinson enquiry as 'delay tactics' |date = 29 January 2015 |work = Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser |access-date = 21 September 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150921152850/http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/alias-gate-broxtowe-mp-slams-robinson-enquiry-as-delay-tactics-1-7079451 |archive-date = 21 September 2015 |url-status = live |language = en-gb}}</ref>

In 2015, [[Broxtowe Borough Council]] (jointly with [[British Land]]) commissioned a £55,000 study from [[Mott MacDonald]] to look into all transport options to reduce congestion along the A610 corridor though Broxtowe. It considered four potential tram routes to the Kimberley retail park. This estimated that the cost of the extension could reach £168{{nbsp}}million.<ref>{{cite news |title = Kimberley tram plan from Nottingham to cost millions |url = http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/kimberley-tram-plans-from-nottingham-to-cost-millions-1-7444229 |newspaper = Eastwood and Kimberley Advertiser |location = England |date = 4 September 2015 |access-date = 17 February 2016 |archive-date=19 February 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160219140945/http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/kimberley-tram-plans-from-nottingham-to-cost-millions-1-7444229 |url-status = dead |language = en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-34126713 |title = Nottingham tram extension: New tramline 'would cost £168m' |date = 2 September 2015 |website = BBC News |publisher = BBC |access-date = 17 February 2015 |language = en-gb}}</ref>

===Extension of route 1 to serve HS2 at Toton and Derby===
News that a station for the proposed [[HS2]] line (the [[East Midlands Hub]]) was likely to be built on the site of [[Toton TMD|Toton sidings]], only a short distance from the Toton Lane terminus has fuelled speculation that the line could be extended to the new station.<ref>{{cite news |title = Nottingham 'must take advantage' of planned high-speed rail route |first = Delia |last = Monk |work = Nottingham Post |publisher = Local World Limited |date = 8 January 2013 |url = http://www.nottinghampost.com/Nottingham-advantage-planned-high-speed-rail/story-17790977-detail/story.html |access-date = 21 January 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150921153407/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Nottingham-advantage-planned-high-speed-rail/story-17790977-detail/story.html |archive-date = 21 September 2015 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all |language = en-gb}}</ref> In November 2015 there was a proposal for the tram network to be extended from Toton to Derby.<ref>{{cite news |title = Nottingham-to-Derby tram link backed by councils |work = BBC News |date = 11 November 2015 |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34782082 |access-date = 9 June 2016 |language = en-gb}}</ref> Two routes were later proposed by the D2N2 local enterprise partnership for the route to Derby. The first route would be via the A52 while the second would be via Borrowash and Spondon.<ref>{{cite news |title = Two options for Derby-to-Nottingham tram as part of HS2 plans |work = BBC News |date = 27 May 2016 |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-36396280 |access-date = 9 June 2016 |language = en-gb}}</ref> Land has been protected in planning application for housing developments between the Toton Lane terminus and Toton Sidings.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.broxtowe.gov.uk/media/3786/infrastructure-delivery-plan.pdf |publisher = Broxtowe Borough Council |title = Infrastructure Delivery Plan: Part 2 |date = September 2017 |language = en-gb}}</ref>

===Extension of route 2 to Fairham===
By mid-2018, a short extension southwards beyond the Clifton South terminus was being investigated, in order to serve the 3,000-home [[Fairham]] development next to the [[A453 road]].<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/new-tram-extension-clifton-could-1782529 |title = New tram extension from Clifton could be on the way – with other routes also being considered |work = Nottingham Evening Post |first = Gemma |last = Toulson |date = 15 July 2018 |access-date = 13 September 2018 |quote = £200,000 feasibility study was approved … priority being an extension from Clifton to the new 3,000-home development |language = en-gb}}</ref>