Clifton South is a tram stop and

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site 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) network. It is situated in the Borough of Rushcliffe, just to the south-west of the large

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suburb of

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, on the

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. The Park & Ride site has a capacity of over 1000 cars. There is also an interchange with local bus services. The tram stop is the terminus of line 2 of the NET, to

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via Clifton,

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and the centre of

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. The stop comprises a pair of side platforms flanking the twin terminal tracks, with one of the platforms being long enough to accommodate, if necessary, two trams. Trams run at frequencies that vary between 4 and 8 trams per hour, depending on the day and time of day. A half-hourly express bus service, the ''Skylink Express'', links the stop to

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. The Clifton South stop opened on 25 August 2015, along with the rest of NET's phase two.

Gallery

File:Clifton Park & Ride (geograph 4632143).jpg, Part of the Park & Ride site File:Clifton South Tram Stop (geograph 4791203).jpg, The tram stop seen from the bus interchange File:Bus turning area, Clifton South tram terminus (2) (geograph 4782060).jpg, The bus interchange seen from the tram stop

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Nottingham Express Transit stops Park and ride schemes in the United Kingdom Clifton, Nottinghamshire