Industry

Industry: Launch of a BioMethane tram: 22 July 2020: Long Marston

Industry; First of a Kind: UK Launch of a BioMethane Tram 19 June 2020

ULRG Letter 2019

Ultra-Light Rail, Very Light Rail and other abbreviations and terms cover the smaller type of tram operation with its lower cost, easier to install and is now a significant tool in the armoury to combat increasing poor air quality in our cities and towns as well as having the range of benefits enjoy...

Industry; Ultra Light Group : Jan 2020

Ultra-Light Rail, Very Light Rail and other abbreviations and terms cover the smaller type of tram operation which is lower cost, easier to install and a significant tool in the armoury to combat increasing poor air quality in our cities and towns as well as having the range of benefits enjoyed by s...

PreMetro Stourbridge October 2019

Industry lightweight Community Transport: Septermber 2019

A Society for the Benefit of the Community LCT Limited is a Community Benefit Society - an incorporated democratic business set up as a social enterprise. It was registered in 2008 and is presently completing its preparation for trading.

Industry PCAT Slab Track Rail Live Long Marston 20 June 2019

Precast Advanced Track Savings

Message from Jesse Norman Tpt Minister June 2019

Mainspring T&AUT May 2019

A message from Tramway and Urban Transport magazine, a supporting sponsor

DfT: Future of Mobility March 2019

Through a clear and collaborative approach to emerging transport technologies and services, we can enable innovation to flourish and harness this once-in-a-century opportunity to transform mobility for the better

Anna Chang: Battery Tram Paper:20th November 2018

Battery Tram Paper Onboard energy sources reduce or eliminate the disruption, time and cost of installation, maintenance and the aesthetic impact of overhead wires for conventional trams. Different cell chemistries were summarised alongside supercapacitors and hybridised formats.

Alstom: Hydrogen Trains then Trams Jan 2018

Hydrogen for CO2 emission and "Oslo Effect " free rail traffic

LR Applrg Birmingham Extention gets UK Govt. Funding 1 Sept 2017

LR Trams reach Tallin Airport: Estonia Sept 2017

Revenue service began on an extension of the Tallinn tram network to the airport on September 1 2017,

LR Applrg : Switzerland: Basel Trams reach French Border August 2017

Basel tram operator BVB opened the first phase of an extension into France on July 31.

Applrg; Annual Tram Statistics: Up

The statistics are collected annually to inform the development and monitoring of light rail policy. Figures present information on usage, infrastructure and revenue for the 8 systems which are urban and primarily surface-running. In the financial year ending March 2017: light rail use in England ...

Report: Smart Cities: A Sustainable Stimulus Programme Jan 2017

The UK faces a range of economic, environmental and social challenges as it prepares to exit the European Union and these are inseparably linked. Three of the most pressing are climate change, housing and the pressure on our land a high population density imposes transport challenges.

Leeds Supertram

Leeds Supertram,12.12.16 11 Slides - COLIN

LR Tram Summit

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SECOND DRAFT LRPPPM

Light Rail Technology As An Option

LR UK Presentation Leeds

Roger Harrison 12Dec2016

LRUK Leeds Tram Summit

Strailastic Presentation

Merseyside: Stadler order for Mersey Rail Dec 2016

Presentation: Leeds Tram Summit: Stadler 12 Dec 2016

Stadler; Leads for Leeds

Presentation: Leeds Tram Summit Press Release 13 Dec 2016

Meeting: Leeds Tram Summit: 12 Dec 2016

Presentation: Leeds Tram Summit: Steve Barber Dec 2016

Steve Barber Bsc Vice President LRTA Chair Beeston & Chilwell for Integrated Transport Past Chair Greater Nottingham Joint Planning Advisory Board Steve_barber@ntlworld.com

Presentation: Leeds Tram Summit PR Dec 2016

Presentation: Leeds Tram Summit Leeds

To answer claims by Leeds City Region "Trams are too expensive, Take too long to build and Buses are cheaper" by the Light Rail Industry Entry by Invitation Only

Pollution: Doctors against Diesel Dec 2016

Pollution: City Pollution Warning Dec 2016

Air quality alerts have been issued at bus stops, tube stations and roadsides across London because of high pollution levels, said a spokeswoman for the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. The alerts will notify Londoners on Thursday evening during their commute home from work. Vulnerable people to stay at...

Pollution:Four more cities ban diesel vehicles: Dec 2016

Pollution: Four More Cites to Ban Diesel Vehicles December 2016

LR Applrg: Leeds: Press Release Greg Mulholland MP

Greg Mulholland, the MP for Leeds North West, has highlighted the findings of a transport study, which found Leeds was the seventh most congested city in the UK, as further reason for investment in a mass transit scheme in the city. The report by Inrix, a transport information company, found that ...

ClientEarth:Air Pollution:2nd Court Victory Nov 2016

ClientEarth has won its High Court case against the Government over its failure to tackle illegal air pollution across the UK.

LR Applrg: Greg Mulholland: Croydon Incident: Hansard 14 November 2016

Extract from Hansard 14th November 2016 Croydon Incident

Applrg Letter of Condolence: Croydon

UKTram:Tram Safety Statement 9 Nov 2016

Statement Regarding Tram Safety

TramForward Press Release: Air Pollution - Alzheimers Disease Sept 2016

TramForward once again urges the adoption of electric powered public transport to improve public health by reducing vehicle-related air pollution, which has now been linked to Alzheimer's disease

TramForward Press Release: Derby Stanton Ironworks Sept 2016

TramForward welcomes Erewash Borough Council's proposal that the redevelopment of the huge former Stanton Ironworks near Ilkeston should be connected to both Nottingham and Derby by tram.

CAF: UK Investment Jul 2016

UK: Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF confirmed to Railway Gazette on July 14 that it is preparing to open a UK assembly plant to support the contracts it has won in recent months.

DfT UK: Tram ridership 252 million 9th June 2016

Environment: Trams: A solution for poor air quality June 2016

A look at the Public Health issues in our increasingly pollution choked cities and how trams can save lives - and money!

COST Project: Operations Safety Summary 2016

Summary COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a pan-European intergovernmental framework. Its mission is to enable break-through scientific and techno- logical developments leading to new concepts and products and thereby contribute to stren...

Russia: St Petersburgh, Low cost trams, March 2016

Low cost reworked modern trams

Ukraine; Vinnytsia

A low cost tram for 160000 Euros

Glasgow : Stadler, Subway contract March 2016

Glasgow Subway Contract 2016

Canada: Ballard Fuel Cell Trams for China 1st Nov 2015

USA: El Paso Trams reworked October 2015

Siemens: To open a new Turkish Factory 22 Oct 2015

The Turkish Science, Industry & Technology Ministry that the country expects 6 500 urban rail vehicles to be procured by Turkish cities over the next eight years.

USA LRT beats BRT July 2015

Nottingham: Light Rail Conference July 2015

West Midlands: Ultra Light Centre Bid June 2015

Alstom: Build a tramway in 30 Months for 20% less

ALSTOM: The construction time for a new light rail or tram line could be reduced to just 30 months according to Alstom Transport, which launched its Attractis package at the UITP World Congress and Expo in Milano on June 8. Bringing together experience gained in the construction of 16 light rail p...

Hydrogen Tram: Dubai April 2015

Emaar Properties has unveiled the Dubai Trolley, the world's first hydrogen-powered, zero-emission street running trolley/tram.

Pesa Manufacturers in the UK?

The modern, low-floor Swing and Twist trams by PESA Bydgoszcz SA have been given a modern, harmoniously looking body and a large glazed surface. The Swing vehicles are the famous trams that in 2009 were selected by the Warsaw authorities in one of the largest tender for trams in Europe, covering the...

Cambridge: Guided Busway may be ripped up 10 April 2015

Pesa: Poland 29 April 2015

The modern, low-floor Swing and Twist trams by PESA Bydgoszcz SA have been given a modern, harmoniously looking body and a large glazed surface. The Swing vehicles are the famous trams that in 2009 were selected by the Warsaw authorities in one of the largest tender for trams in Europe, covering the...

Helsinki: Artic 16 April 2015

A new type of tram building thinking, a hard road from conception to delivery The demanding conditions of Helsinki have been taken into account with the construction of this new tram. Its construction includes a freely pivoting bogie that is able to communicate the steep curves of the tram network...

Dft U-Turn 2nd April 2015

The DfT is retaining control of the approval process for about 30 of the biggest local transport major projects in England, in a U-turn from previous thinking. Ministers had planned to fully devolve responsibility for local major transport schemes to Local Enterprise Partnerships under the Local Gro...

TramForward PR Passenger Focus 29 Mar 2015

Tram Survey Passenger Focus March 2015

Dudley R & D Centre 30 Jan 2015

Light Rail Awards 2014

See who won what at the prestigious award held in Nottingham 2014

TIG/m Hydrogen Trams Dec 2014

Is HYDROGEN the Holy Grail for Off Wire Operation by Julia Wahnsiedler describes how TIG/m is incorporating proven hybrid hydrogen/battery systems to substantially reduce capital costs and deliver a more sustainable, less intrusive tramway system

Alstom Translohr T6 Paris Dec 2014

A Rubber Wheel Tram The Translohr tram for the T6 line is 46 metres long and can carry up to 255 passengers, It offers unique ease of deployment: the tram installation has a small footprint whilst the trams themselves have an extremely short turning radius (10.5 metres).

Vossloh Karlsrhue Oct 2014

Bombardier Vienna Dec 2014

Industry; Very Light Rail Award: West Midlands 4th August 2020

Pollution: Trams the Healthier Post Pandemic Public Transport: $ August 2020

Industry: Government support for Low cost tramways: Sep 2020

In August the project attracted funding from Government allowing the project to proceed after several years in waiting in the sidings. An engineering innovation centre, which will be built at the site of the old Dudley Train Station in Castlehill, got the planning green light more than two years ago...

Industry: Repurposing underused Trunk Roads v, 14 16 November 2020

Industry; Transport Select Committee Response Feb 21

Public urban transport and active travel will be the natural first choice for our daily activities. We will use our cars less and be able to rely on a convenient, cost-effective, and coherent public transport network with some of our proposals being almost oven ready small-town starter trams.

Industry: LR55 25 Years of service

Is this a RECORD ? LR55 tram track 25years of service without needing maintenance. Replacing grooved girder rail that failed 6 months after opening, LR55 track was put in overnight in March 1996, one rail at a time, during a weekend, without interrupting tram services. Previously LR55 had been endur...

Industry: LR55 25 Years of service

Is this a RECORD ? LR55 tram track 25years of service without needing maintenance. Replacing grooved girder rail that failed 6 months after opening, LR55 track was put in overnight in March 1996, one rail at a time, during a weekend, without interrupting tram services. Previously LR55 had been endur...

Industry: Grant Shapps Over rules his Dept. and Science

Industry: First Rapid Charger

First Rapid Charger: The charge station will top-up battery powered VLR vehicles wirelessly and autonomously at scheduled three-minute stops, as a low-cost alternative to traditional overhead line electrification.