NET Line One runs from Nottingham Station to Hucknall, with a spur to Phoenix Park at Cinderhill.

A fleet of 15 trams will provide a peak-time, city centre service every six minutes, running from 6am to 12pm every day of the year except Christmas Day, and between 8am and 11pm on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

Arrow Consortium designed, financed, built and now operate NET Line One, through a £200 million Private Finance Initiative with the Government. This consortium comprises civil engineers Carillion, tram builders Bombardier (formerly ADtranz), tram and bus integration experts Transdev and major local bus operator Nottingham City Transport.

The Bombardier-Carillion Consortium constructed the system, having started on-street in June 2000. Approximately a year of utility diversions and a year of track laying were needed before overhead cables and other infrastructure were put in place. There was then a period of energizing the system, a commissioning period and trial running of trams, running to a 'shadow' timetable, so that the vehicles and system can be tested and approved by Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate well ahead of public services being provided in March 2004.