Video: How the new QMC tram bridge looks six-to-seven weeks ahead of completion
A new bridge linking the QMC tram stop with the hospital is nearing completion and is expected to open next month.
The bridge will provide direct access for passengers from the stop to the south side of the hospital.
Since the stop at the hospital opened in August 2015, more than 140,000 trams have passed through.
Work started on the £1.4m bridge in February this year.
Speaking then, Peter Homa, chief executive of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust which runs the QMC, said: “It [the stop] continues to grow in popularity, with some 2,200 passengers choosing the tram to get to and from our hospital daily.
“The commencement of construction work on this much-needed development is good news for everyone.
“We look forward to the opening of new bridge this summer and the even better access it will provide to tram passengers.”
The development has been supported with £300,000 funding from Nottingham City Council.
Also speaking in February, portfolio holder for business, growth and transport Nick McDonald said: “Nottingham has one of the best-integrated public transport networks in the country and QMC was the first UK hospital directly on a tram route.
“As one of the key locations on the network, the new link bridge will provide quicker and easier access for patients, visitors and staff travelling to the hospital.”
