Toton Lane is a tram stop and

park and ride A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuting, commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, Rail t ...

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 ...

network, serving the suburb of

Chilwell Chilwell is a village and residential suburb of Nottingham, in the borough of Broxtowe of Nottinghamshire, west of Nottingham city. Until 1974 it was part of Beeston and Stapleford Urban District, having been in Stapleford Rural District until ...

and town of Stapleford, Broxtowe in

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

, England.

History

The stop opened on 25 August 2015, following the opening of the second phase of the network from Station Street, with branches to Clifton South and Toton Lane. Covering a total distance of , the extension saw the opening of two branch lines, as well as the addition of 28 tram stops to the network. 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. It is situated to the west of

, north of

Toton Toton is a large village in the Borough of Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England. The electoral ward of Toton and Chilwell Meadows population of this ward was 7,298 in the 2001 census. It increased to 8,238 at the 2011 census. Until 1974 Toton ...

, and south of Stapleford, and is just along the Stapleford bypass (A52) from junction 25 of the

M1 motorway The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the UK; the first motorway in the country was the Preston By-pass, which lat ...

. The park and ride site has a capacity of 1,400 cars. There is also an interchange with local bus services, and a kiosk.

Services

As of January 2022, services operate at a 7–15 minute frequency between

Hucknall Hucknall, formerly Hucknall Torkard, is a market town in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies 7 miles north of Nottingham, 7 miles south-east of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 9 miles from Mansfield and 10 miles south of Sutton-in ...

and Toton Lane. Rolling stock used:

Alstom Citadis The Alstom Citadis is a family of low-floor trams and light rail vehicles built by Alstom. , over 2,300 Citadis trams have been sold and 1,800 tramways are in revenue service throughout the world, with operations in all six inhabited continents ...

and

Bombardier Incentro The Bombardier Incentro (sold as the ADtranz Incentro until 2001) is a model of tram manufactured initially by Adtranz and later by Bombardier Transportation. It is a five-section, low-floor articulated tram, built for bi-directional operation ...

Gallery

File:Our new NETwork is open (geograph 4633190).jpg, The tram stop looking towards Nottingham File:Toton Lane Park and Ride (geograph 4631588).jpg, The tram stop seen from across part of the park and ride site File:Toton Lane Park and Ride (geograph 4631598).jpg, A connecting bus File:The Platform - Food drink & everything else (geograph 4631587).jpg, The kiosk

References

External links

* {{commonscat-inline, Toton Lane NET stop, Toton Lane tram stop Nottingham Express Transit stops Transport in the Borough of Broxtowe Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2015