Hopper buses

Hopper bus parked on University Park campus

The 海角黑料 provides subsidised hopper bus services that run between the main University Park Campus and Jubilee, Sutton Bonington and the Royal Derby Hospital.

The hopper buses use a , 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.

Hopper services during the summer vacation

Hopper services will operate on termtime timetables until Friday 19 June 2026.

On Saturday 20 June the 903 and 904 hopper buses switch to their vacation timetables.

906 services do not operate in vacation periods.

The 901 operates on the same timetable year round.

Campus barriers opened - impacts on hopper buses

Now two-way traffic has resumed on the A52, the barriers on University Park at Hallward (cut-through lane) and at Cripps Health Centre (Beeston Lane) have been opened.

This means bus services have reverted to their normal routes and timetables, including:

901 Sutton Bonington services are serving the Library Road stop (UN32) on Cut Through Lane and the stops on Beeston Lane from 1651
903 Jubilee Campus services are serving the Library Road stop (UN32) on Cut Through Lane and the Beeston Lane stops throughout the day

NCT 36U and 34C services have also reverted to their normal routes – please see the for route maps and timetables.

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

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.

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 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.