LIGHT RAIL UK

Promoting better light rail and tram networks across the UK

The All Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group brings together Parliamentarians, industry and stakeholders to promote the development of light rail as an important part of the UK's transport future.

WHY LIGHT RAIL?

Connecting people, communities and places.

Light rail and tramways can provide fast, reliable and sustainable transport while helping to shape the communities they serve.

Light Rail UK brings together experience, research and practical knowledge from across the light rail and transport sector.

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OUR WORK

Supporting better transport

From research and industry knowledge to practical project experience.

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Light Rail

Knowledge and experience relating to light rail systems, tramways and modern urban transport.

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Industry

Research, articles and information covering manufacturers, operators and the wider light rail industry.

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Environment

Research into sustainable transport, pollution and the environmental benefits of light rail.

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Research & Knowledge

Presentations, reports, historical documents and research from our archive.

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KNOWLEDGE & RESEARCH

Explore the Light Rail UK archive.

Our archive contains research, presentations, industry information, historical documents and other resources relating to light rail and sustainable transport.

1034 documents in the archive
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Schweizer Electronic Ltd 1 → Aberdeen 4 → Aberdeen South Harbour 4 → Air Quality 6 → APPG - Light Rail 7 → APPG - Climate Change 1 → APPG - Hydrogen 3 → APPG Air Pollution 1 → Articles 40 → Asthma UK + British Lung and British Lung Foundati 1 → Basildon 1 → Bath 3 → BCIMO 3 → BCIMO Dudley 4 → BCP Bournemouth C/Church P/Mouth 2 → Besancon France 1 → Blackpool 1 → Blackpool - Fylde Coast 1 → Bristol 6 → Brookville USA 1 → Bus Rapid Transit 1 → Cambridge 2 → CaMkOx 1 → Campaign for Better Transport 1 → Canvey Island 1 → Cardiff 1 → Cardiff Metro 6 → Cases 1 → Centre for Cities 1 → Centro West Midlands 11 → Chard 1 → Cirencester and Kemble 1 → Clean Air Fund 1 → Client Earth 1 → Conferences 39 → Consultants 1 → Coventry 3 → Coventry VLR 1 → Cppg Sustainable Transport 5 → Cross River 1 → Derby 1 → Devon 1 → Directors 1 → Disclaimer 1 → Docklands LR VLR 2 → Dorchester & District 1 → Draisy ULR SNCF 1 → Dundee 2022 1 → East Midlands 1 → Eastbourne 1 → Edinburgh 16 → Edinburgh South Suburban 2 → Edinburgh Suburban Circular Line 2 → Exeter 1 → Gadgetbahn Look a Likes 1 → GAZA Palestine 1 → Glasgow 2 → Glasgow and District 5 → Halton Liverpool CR 5 → Hurontario 1 → Hydrogen (3rd Generation) 2 → Hydrogen as a Service 5 → Hydrogen Trams 2 → Hydrogen2 6 → Industry 78 → International 97 → IOM 6 → Kilmarnock E Ayrshire 1 → Leeds 2 → Leeds City Region 1 → Leicester 2 → Leigh Guided Busway Update 1 → Light Rail 13 → Lightweight Community Transport 1 → Liverpool Waterfront Shuttle 2 → LRSSB 1 → LRTA 3 → Lytham St Annes 2 → Manchester - Metrolink 17 → Manchester Metrolink VLR 1 → Media 2 → Meeting Reports 38 → Milton Keynes 1 → Milton Keynes MRT (VLR) 1 → Mission 1 → Morecambe Bay Coastal 1 → Mums for Lungs 4 → Nexus 1 → North Cheshire 5 → Nottingham 1 → Oxford 2 → Partners 2 → Peace Tram 2 → Political Reports 8 → Pollution 60 → Presentations 201 → Publications (1) - Modern 2 → Publications (2) - Historic 1 → PW & Track 1 → Schweerbau International 1 → Scottish National Strategy Feb 2022 1 → Scottish Parliament 6 → Severn Lamb - ULR 1 → Sheffield 1 → Slough to T5 Heathrow 1 → Southend on Sea 2 → Sponsor - Donate 1 → Stagecoach Group 1 → Starter Lines 12 → Starter Trams 2 → Stefconfer Trackwork 4 → Stoke Metro 1 → Stoke on Trent 1 → Story Contracting Ltd 1 → T48 Newport - Cardiff 1 → T57 Hydrogen Tram Project 3 → T57 Irlam Two Bridges 1 → Thames Estuary - Kenex 4 → Tourist Tramways 10 → Tramtrain 47 → Tramway & Urban Transit 5 → Transform Scotland 1 → Transport Scotland SPTR 2 Report 1 → Triton Hydrogen 5 → UK Legislation 1 → Ukraine 1 → UKTram 8 → United Kingdom 30 → UTG - Urban Transport Group 5 → Very Light Rail 9 → VLR 2 → VLR/ULR 1 → Vortex IoT 1 → Warrington 8 → Warrington / Halton 5 → Who Are We? 4 → Who We Are? 2 → Who We Were 44 → Wigan Makerfield 1 → Wirral Streetcar 1 → Wirral Streetcar 2 1 → York City 1 →
LATEST FROM THE ARCHIVE

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VLR

VLR City Class Oct 2026

In the world of rail vehicles, there are also medium and quite small companies next to production giants. And this is one of these small companies we ...

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Halton Liverpool CR

Runcorn Busway Upgrade September 2026 v.3

There is now an urgent need to progress this project. Runcorn faces worsening environmental pressures from road traffic, emissions, poor air quality a...

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Hydrogen as a Service

Hydrogen Flyer Proposition Flyer Sept 2026 v.8

Hydrogen Trams as a Service (HTaaS) is the UK’s first fully integrated, zero emission, whole system hydrogen mobility platform, enabling rapid deplo...

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Gadgetbahn Look a Likes

CRRC ART Guided Bus

Autonomous rapid transit (ART)[a] is a lidar-guided[b] bi-articulated bus system intended for urban passenger transport. Developed by CRRC through C...

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Halton Liverpool CR

Halton Strategic Review Update 2026 V.4

This Version 4 copy has been updated for the exclusive use of Councillor Pamela Wallace, and colleagues only. It is provided as a discussion documen...

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Morecambe Bay Coastal

Morecambe Bay Coastal Flyer Aug 2026

Morecambe Bay Coastal Benefits Improves coastal connectivity between Carnforth, Morecambe and Heysham Eden Project Morecambe, Heysham and park-and-r...

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