Travel update in Nottingham 7 October - 14 October
Roadworks
Monday 5 September - Monday 10 October: Coventry Road - between Sellers Wood Drive & Haswell Road
Temporary two way lights for emergency Cadent Gas works
Monday 5 September - Wednesday 30 November: Willow Road
Road closure with access maintained for footway and carriageway resurfacing works
Monday 5 September - Wednesday 30 November: Parkdale Road from Oakdale Road to City Boundary (just after Dovedale Road)
Road closure with access maintained for footway and carriageway resurfacing works
Monday 19 September - Friday 11 November: London Road / Station Street
Outbound lane closure on London Road incorporating Station Street for GAS mains replacement works
Wednesday 5 October - Wednesday 26 October: Ridgeway - junction Flaxton Way and junction Old Farm Road to outside Tesco Delivery Entrance
Three way and two way lights to lay fibre cabling in the footway and carriageway
Thursday 6 October - Tuesday 11 October: Falcon Street between Falcon Grove & Alma Street
Road closure for urgent Severn Trent Water works. Alternative route: Alma Street, Beech Avenue, Sherwood Rise, Falcon Street
Thursday 6 October - Tuesday 11 October: Nuthall Road - between Aspley Lane & Homefield Road
Bus lane closure for emergency Cadent Gas works
Friday 7 October - Wednesday 12 October: Beeston Road junction of Lace Street
Lane closure and contraflow for urgent Cadent Gas works
Saturday 8 October 9.30am-3pm: Queens Road
Lane closure for BT cabling/ducting works
Saturday 8 October 8am-6pm: On the junction with Bennerley Road
Multi way lights to repair and replace telecoms equipment
Sunday 9 October - Monday 10 October: Western Boulevard – Junction Nuthall Road
Lane closures for City Fibre works
Monday 10 October - Tuesday 11 October: Colwick Level Crossing – Colwick Road
Two way lights for fault repair works
Monday 10 October - Thursday 13 October: Hucknall Road between Haydn Road and Mansfield Road south and north bound
Lane closures (10-11 Southbound, 12-13 Northbound) for tree maintenance works
Monday 10 October - Friday 14 October: Plantation Side, whole length
Road closure and no stopping for footway and carriageway resurfacing works (local diversion in place)
Monday 10 October - Wednesday 26 October: Frinton Road between Alwyn Road & Shipley Road
Road closure and no stopping for footway and carriageway resurfacing works (local diversion in place)
Tuesday 11 October - Friday 28 October: Eltham Drive between Broxtowe lane & Amesbury Circus
Road closure and no stopping for footway and carriageway resurfacing works (local diversion in place)
Wednesday 12 October - Friday 14 October: Nuthall Road – outside Commodore Court
Lane closure for City Fibre works
Thursday 13 October 9.30am-3pm: Sneinton Dale junction with Ipswich Circus
Three way lights for Severn Trent Water works
Thursday 13 October - Friday 14 October: Opposite Milton Street, Upper Parliament Street Nationwide 49 to 51 Junction of Clumber Street
Three way lights for engineering work to underground structure
Thursday 13 October - Tuesday 18 October: Outside 512-514 Berridge Road
Three way lights for Severn Trent Water works
Ongoing roadworks
Friday 23 July 2021 - May 2023: High Cross Street (city centre)
Road closure between Heathcoat Street and Western Street due to demolition works.
Monday 9 May 2022 - 31 March 2023: Hucknall Road improvements
Construction of new cycle route between Kersall Drive & Bestwood Road.
A52 Nottingham junctions (National Highways) End date: 2023/24
National Highways have identified junctions for improvement, see here.
Click here to read National Highways newsletter about the changes they're making to improve the A52 Nottingham junctions.
 Last weekend of Goose Fair! 🎡
The Nottingham Goose Fair 2022 is open 30 September - 9 October at the Forest Recreation Ground and is free for all who wish to attend!
Goose Fair is easily accessible by bus or tram, take a look at our guide for the best way to get to Goose Fair. Parking for blue badge holders at Gate 12 on Forest Road East. You can plan your journey here.
The Forest Park and Ride will be closed for Goose Fair 25 September - 13 October. For other P&R sites, take a look here.
Walking and cycling
Colwick Country Park Access Improvements
Work is due to start on a new multiuser path to improve access into Colwick Country Park and improve existing paths within the park.
The scheme includes a new multiuser path adjacent to Racecourse Road; on an existing informal path through the park to improve pedestrian and cyclist access from the west and widening/resurfacing of the existing paths around the southern and eastern edge of the West Lake.
The park will remain open to users during construction and the works will be delivered in phases to minimise impacts to users. Works are commencing on Tuesday 20 September and are expected to last 18 weeks.
Public transport
Bus user survey closes TODAY!🚌
Bus user satisfaction survey closes TODAY (7 October)!
Shape the future of public transport in Nottingham and potentially win a £50 bus travel card by completing this short survey on your travel habits and what our bus network can do for you 🚌
Click here to take the survey.
Price changes to Robin Hood cards and tickets
Some Robin Hood prices will change from Sunday 28 August 2022. This is due to cost pressures being faced by Robin Hood group operators, particularly fuel. Despite these pressures, the average cost increase is 1% and the maximum 4%, which is considerably lower than the current rate of inflation of over 10%.
Cards and tickets with price changes include:
- Adult Season card
- Adult PAYG fares
- Flexible Days card
- Adult on the bus tickets
Robin Hood Flexible Days Card
For more details about Robin Hood Flexible Days click here.
Did you know that you can purchase and top-up most of our Robin Hood products online or on the Robin Hood Ticketing app?
You can:
- Buy Season and PAYG cards online
- Top up any Robin Hood card online
- Top up any Robin Hood card on the app
Bus services🚌
NCT: Timetable changes to some services from Sunday 28 August. Find out more here.
There might be disruption to services due to driver availability issues. Please check service providers for the most up to date information.
We’re excited that Trentbarton are going to be resuming operation of bus services from Broad Marsh Bus Station from Monday 3 October!
Services serving the bus station will be:
- Bay 8 – mainline
- Bay 7 – rushcliffe villager
- Bay 6 – the cotgrave
- Bay 5 – the keyworth
- Bay 4 – Kinchbus 9
- Bay 3 – skylink express
- Bay 2 – skylink Nottingham
Rail services🚃
⚠🚨STRIKE ACTION 🚨⚠
Rail strikes have been called between 1 - 8 October. Severe disruption is expected on strike days and the advice is to only travel by rail if absolutely necessary. Depending on the unions involved, the strikes days for certain operators differ. Please check your journey before travelling.
For information on how strikes may affect your journey, please check with your operator:
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East Midlands Railway
- Services on 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 October impacted. See EMR's website for information.
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Northern
- No service 1, 5, 8 October with disruption expected on 2 and 9 October. See Northern's website for information.
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Cross Country
- No service on 1 or 5 October with a significantly reduced timetable on 8 October. Some services on 2 and 9 October will be affected. Please see Cross Country's website for information.
Please check your operator's website or social media for the latest information.
Disruption/Engineering works🚧
East Midlands Railway: There are a number of minor service disruptions & changed train times across the EMR network over the next few weeks due to engineering works. The disruption will mostly affecting early or late trains.
See their website for details: Planned engineering works | EMR (eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk)
Please check your journey with EMR for the latest information.
Northern: Buses will replace journeys between Sheffield and Nottingham on Sunday 16 October.
Up-to-date timetables for the current service can be found at:
www.northernrailway.co.uk/timetables
Timetables for services affected by engineering work are at available at:
www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/improvement-works
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