'Significant travel disruption' is expected over the weekend due to emergency maintenance works taking place to the north of the tramlines. Currently there are no services running between Highbury Vale Branch and Phoenix Park, with no service between Highbury Vale and Hucknall.
It means all Phoenix Park and Hucknall services will terminate at the Highbury Vale Branch stop. Trams will depart from Highbury Vale Branch towards Toton Lane and Clifton South.
The works are taking place across Saturday and Sunday (June 17 and 18) and operator NET has warned of 'significant travel disruption'. A replacement bus service will be in place, travelling between Hucknall and Bulwell Bus station.
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Customers can use tram tickets and passes on the NCT Turquoise and Yellow line buses between Bulwell Bus Station, Cinderhill and the city. NET tickets and passes can also be used on East Midlands Railway (EMR) trains between Hucknall and Nottingham.
Customers using the Phoenix Park and Ride are advised to use the Wilkinson Street Park and Ride if possible. The announcement comes after a pole crashed into a carriage, in Bulwell, causing disruption on the tram network serving those in Hucknall and Bulwell.
There had been multiple unconfirmed reports that Monday's extreme weather, including heavy rain and lightning, had caused a tram to derail. But NET has confirmed the tram did not derail - and that it is too early to say if the weather was a factor in the incident.
Confirming the details of what happened, an NET spokesman on Tuesday said: "Following Monday's incident at the Bulwell stop involving one of our trams and a pole supporting overhead line equipment, services were suspended between Wilkinson Street and Hucknall.
"Although an investigation into the incident is ongoing, we understand that a set of points diverted one of the carriages onto a different section of line than the rest of the tram. Before the tram could come to a stop one of the carriages came into contact with the pole.
"Once all passengers were safely evacuated we began a tram recovery operation, although this may take some time to complete due to the overhead line damage." Replacement buses had been arranged amid the disruption throughout the week.
The NET spokesman added: "At this stage it is not possible to say if the extreme weather in the area was a factor, and we cannot offer further comment on the circumstances surrounding the incident until the conclusion of the investigation."
As well as the disruption caused by the pole, all trams were suspended on Tuesday while the police and emergency services responded to the Nottingham attacks. For more info on replacement buses, maps and directions, please visit https://hubs.la/Q01TQPPY0
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