Hopper buses
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.
Changes to Medilink from 28 May 2024
From Tuesday 28 May, Medilink will operate as two separate services:
Medilink 1:
- Operates between Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) and City Hospital
- Operates Monday- Friday, every 12 minutes throughout the day
Medilink 2
- Operates between Queens Drive P&R and Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC)
- Operates Monday- Friday, every 12 minutes throughout the day
This change means that anyone wishing to travel from Queens Drive to City Hospital will need to change buses at QMC.
Staff and students travelling to the Clinical Sciences Building (CSB) / Nottingham City Hospital will still be able to travel free of charge on Medilink - please show your University card to the driver when boarding.
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 .
Read more about the purpose of the University's hopper bus service [PDF]