Meadows Embankment 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) network. The stop is situated in the
Meadows area of the
city of Nottingham just to the north of the
Wilford Toll Bridge
Wilford Toll Bridge, locally referred to as the 'Halfpenny Bridge', is a tram, pedestrian and cycle bridge in Nottingham, England. It crosses the River Trent between the Meadows and Wilford. It originally opened as a toll bridge for genera ...
across the
River Trent. It is situated on reserved track and comprises a pair of side platforms flanking the tracks. The stop is on line 2 of the NET, from
Phoenix Park via the city centre to
Clifton
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, and trams run at frequencies that vary between 4 and 8 trams per hour, depending on the day and time of day.
Meadows Embankment opened on 25 August 2015, along with the rest of NET's phase two.
The stop is situated near the junction of
Queens Walk and
Victoria Embankment, and in the original plans for NET phase two, the stop was known as
Queens Walk tram stop
Queens Walk is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network, previously known as Meadows Centre. The stop is situated on Queens Walk in the Meadows area of the city of Nottingham. It is situated on reserved track and comprises a ...
. However, by popular demand this name was transferred to the next stop north on Queens Walk, nearer the Queens Walk Park and Community Centre, and the current name adopted as a synthesis of ''The Meadows'' and ''Victoria Embankment''.
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Nottingham Express Transit stops
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2015