Hopper buses

Hopper bus parked on University Park campus

The University of Nottingham provides free hopper bus services that run between the main University Park Campus and Jubilee, Sutton Bonington and King's Meadow campuses, and the Royal Derby Hospital.

The hopper buses use a ‘tap-on’ system, so if you have your university card with you, please tap the card reader machine next to the driver. If you don’t have a card, the driver will manually record your journey.

Staff and students travelling to Nottingham City Hospital are also able to travel free of charge on Medilink - simply show your University card. Medilink now operates as two services - medilink 1 runs between the QMC and City Hospital, and medilink 2 runs between QMC and Queens Drive Park & Ride.

Upcoming road closure - impacts on bus services

The Northern Quadrant of QMC Roundabout is the be closed overnight Mondays to Fridays during following weeks: Monday 9 December - Friday 13 December 2024 and Monday 16 December - Friday 20 December 2024. The closure will be between 8pm and 6am each night.

During these periods when the roundabout is partially closed, the 903 Jubilee Campus service & the 906 Evening service to Jubilee will exit University Park via the South Entrance and continue on Beeston Road, then Abbey Road and then turn left on to Gregory Street and then on to Derby Road before continuing its normal route to Jubilee Campus via Triumph Road. While this diversion route is in operation overnight, 903 & 906 services will be unable to serve the Hillside stop on Derby Road.

Citybound NCT 34/34C/N34, 35 and 36 services will also be impacted by the overnight closures - see NCT's website for further information. For information on the impacts on trentbarton's i4, indigo and red arrow citybound services see trent barton's website .

Hopper bus timetables over Christmas and New Year

All hopper services will operate on term-time timetables until Friday 13 December.

Saturday 14/12/24 – Friday 20/12/24:

Year Round Timetables on services 901 & 902
Non Term Timetable on services 903 & 904
No 906 services

Saturday 21/12/24 – Wednesday 01/01/25: No Hopper bus services

Thursday 02/01/25 – Sunday 12/01/25:

Year Round Timetables on services 901 & 902
Non Term Timetable on services 903 & 904
No 906 services

Term Timetable commences on Monday 13/01/25

Timetables for all hopper bus services are available below.

902 Request only bus stop to connect with Gregory Street tram stop

On route from KMC to University Park, the 902 hopper bus can drop off passengers at the bus stop next to Gregory Street tram stop. This is a request only stop so on boarding please make the bus driver aware that you would like to get off the bus at the Gregory Street tram stop.

901 Service update – NET Parking Enforcement at Clifton Park & Ride car park

We have been made aware that NET (the Nottingham tram operators) are taking enforcement action (vehicle clamping with a £140 release fee) against people that are parking at Clifton Park & Ride (P&R) and catching the 901 hopper bus.

Reminder to all UoN students and staff that parking at the Clifton Park & Ride car park is NOT free for Hopper bus users.

Clifton P&R is a tram-based P&R which means that free parking is for tram users not bus users.

NET have advised UoN that any Hopper bus users who want to use the Clifton P&R as a car park will need to buy a day pass for the tram. Users will need to provide evidence that they have a valid tram pass for the day they are parking if challenged by NET’s car park attendants at Clifton P&R. The latest advice from NET states that if you purchase your tram pass via the NET GO app, then you can register your vehicle registration plate on the app - see the NET Support website for more information.

The Hopper bus primarily stops at Clifton P&R to provide Sutton Bonington Campus with a public transport connection to the Tram which can be used to connect to Nottingham City Centre.

If not being able to park for free at Clifton Park & Ride impacts your ability to get to work / study then you can look for alternative ways to travel via a free Personalised Travel Plan, and eligible students and staff can apply for a UoN car park permit .