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NET confirms service brought to standstill 'due to technical fault'
A similar incident happened in October where a communications issue stopped trams for a day
All Nottingham tram services were withdrawn on Sunday evening, 8 November, after a communications fault left Nottingham Express Transit (NET) unable to contact its trams, the operator said.
An update on NET’s website at 8.15pm said all services were being withdrawn because of the communications issue. The notice said the fault meant the operator could not communicate with its trams.
The withdrawal covered nine zones: Hucknall, Bulwell, Hyson Green, City Centre, Wilford, QMC, Beeston, Clifton and Bramcote. NET said a bus replacement service was in place.
The operator cautioned that not every tram stop was close to a Nottingham City Transport (NCT) bus stop, although many were within a short walking distance of tram stops. It also said tram tickets and passes would not be accepted on NCT buses without an additional charge unless NCT had given permission.
That ticketing condition applied to travel on NCT buses. NET’s notice separately said replacement buses were operating; the conditions for NCT buses do not establish the terms applying to those replacement services.
The disruption came after a similar communications failure on 22 October. According to the Nottingham Post’s account, that earlier issue resulted in communications with trams being lost. Services resumed the following day, 23 October, after technical teams resolved the problem.
The two incidents were reported less than three weeks apart. The latest notice described the immediate cause as a communications issue and said the operator was withdrawing all tram services, rather than identifying a fault affecting only a particular zone.
NET’s listed zones span the network, from Hucknall and Bulwell in the north through the city centre to areas including Wilford, Beeston and Clifton. The operator’s update also listed Hyson Green, QMC and Bramcote among the affected zones.
The service withdrawal and replacement-bus arrangements were current in NET’s 8.15pm update on 8 November. No later service status is available in the verified information used for this report.
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- 8 November 2026, 23:08
- Updated
- 9 November 2026, 00:07
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