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Bestwood Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG15 7PT

Two houses in a Victorian terrace escaped the bulldozer when the new road to the housing estate was constructed.

The track crosses both tramway and railway, and the stricter railway requirements apply.

Seen from near the junction with Green Close (right).

This spans the Nottingham to Mansfield railway (Robin Hood Line) and the tram to Hucknall (NET)

Opened in 1882 by the Great Northern Railway on the line from Nottingham (Victoria) and Colwick to Shirebrook, this station closed to passengers in 1931. The site was eventually redeveloped for housing. View south east towards Bestwood Colliery and Nottingham from a similar position to Image] taken some 53 years earlier. The Robin Hood railway line and NET tram tracks are behind the houses to the left and Butler's Hill tram stop is just beyond the houses in the distance.

The tram runs on single track with passing loops at stops between Bulwell and Hucknall

Butlers Hill tram station

A Hucknall bound tram departs from Butlers Hill. 201 was the first of Nottingham's new trams. The choice of fleet number was made to provide continuity with the old electric tram fleet, which just reached the number 200, and ceased operation in 1936. This was continuing the tradition set by Croydon Tramlink, where the new trams continued the old series used by London Transport.

View southward, towards Nottingham (Victoria) and Colwick Yard etc.; ex-Great Northern Leen Valley line, Nottingham and Netherfield & Colwick - Shirebrook. The station closed to passengers when the service was withdrawn on 14/9/31, but coal traffic still ran over this stretch until 1968. There is now a 'Butler's Hill' tram-stop near here on the Nottingham Express Transit system.