She drove off to ironic cheers from the gathered crowd in Nottingham

The driver eventually reappeared and was given a ticket by waiting officer

Passengers exit blocked trams to collectively lift the vehicle off the tracks

This is the astonishing moment a group of frustrated tram passengers picked up and moved a Mini off the road after its driver blocked two trams when she parked it across tracks.

The fed-up bystanders shifted the car after two trams were delayed for 15 minutes by the red Mini which had been left clumsily parked in their way.

Incredibly, the female driver had left her motor illegally parked on double-yellow lines on the tram line in Nottingham at 11.10am yesterday.

Dozens of people gather on the pavement after the parked vehicle (pictured) blocks two trams from passing

The group of passengers and bystanders then collectively lift the Mini off the tram tracks

It is lifted and then pushed out of the way of the trams, much to the delight of stranded passengers

Trams couldn't get around the parked vehicle, which was left sitting across the curb and sidewalk

The woman then failed to return to the car despite hundreds of people gathering near it.

A group of passengers eventually decided to lift and move the Mini off the tramlines and out of the way when she showed no sign of appearing 20 minutes later.

The red-faced driver eventually returned to her car from a nearby coffee shop shortly afterwards and was given a penalty ticket by a waiting Nottingham Community Protection Officer.

She was then greeted by ironic cheers from the gathered crowds as she performed a U-turn in the road and drove off.

Nottingham Trent University student Billy Taylor, 20, captured the moment the frustrated passengers moved the Mini out of the way.

His video shows the tram blocked by the red car before the bystanders managed to wheel it onto the pavement.

Mr Taylor, who is from Newham in London, said: 'The car was parked half on the pavement and half on the tram lines, and the tram was unable to get past.

'There was a long stand-off. The tram was beeping its horn and no-one came to get the car.

The driver was given a ticket by a waiting Nottingham Community Protection Officer upon her return

'It was about 11am and we waited for about 20 minutes before people got fed-up and started to move it.

'It did cause quite a lot of disruption because the people on the tram weren't allowed to get off, because they weren't at the stop.

'There was another tram behind it as well, so there were two trams stuck at one point. The driver turned up shortly after her car got pushed out of the way because I think someone had alerted her.

'She seemed quite calm and collected considering the dozens of people that were outside and the fact she was holding up this big tram.

'She drove off and did a U-turn in the middle of the road and everyone started cheering.

'She was a middle-aged woman, I think she was very embarrassed.'

The stand-off between the Mini and tram even trended on Twitter under the hashtag #TramVSCooper, with hundreds of people posting comments.

The incident even trended on Twitter under the hashtag TramVSCooper. Pictured is when the driver returned and did a U-turn in front of an amused crowd

Bystanders gave off an ironic cheer when the driver eventually returned and moved her car (pictured)

One onlooker said the woman was heard telling the Community Protection Officer: 'I'm not from Nottingham.

Tram operators Nottingham Express Transit said all of its services between the city centre and Phoenix Park and Hucknall were delayed for about 15 minutes.

A spokesperson said: 'From around 11.10am all tram services between the city centre and Phoenix Park and Hucknall were delayed for around 15 minutes as a result of an unattended car blocking tram tracks in Goldsmith Street, just outside Nottingham Trent University.