Local history

On 9 March 2004 the first members of the public took to the trams in Nottingham.

Since then the trams have been used 46 million times and they have travelled six million kilometres back and forth along the 14 kilometres of track between Hucknall and the city centre.

A decision on Nottingham's second tram route, set to be built between Clifton and Chilwell, is expected in the coming months.

In the news

The tram is both loved and loathed by the people of Nottingham.

Plans for the new extension met with more than 1,000 objections (as revealed at the public inquiry in November 2008) whilst the the people of Kimberley have been petitioning to be linked to the network (BBC News, January 2009).

One thing is for sure is that it's become one of Nottingham's most photographed attractions. There are nearly 800 photos of the tram on the online photo management and sharing application Flickr. We've published some of the best.

The tram has also made it to film. In March 2007 police contacted YouTube requesting that they remove a video showing a teenager 'tram surfing' in Old Market Square.

There have been very few tram accidents. However, Matthew Dear, a labourer from Hucknall became the first person to be killed by a tram in October 2007.

Whilst one of the worst instances on a tram saw a man attack a passenger with a meat cleaver which he pulled out of a pram. He was jailed for at least four years in 2007.