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Friday November 6, 2020
In this week’s Light Rail News Round-up – Award win for Edinburgh Trams, a song for West Midlands Metro, iconic station cube on display at Design Museum and heritage season halted due to lockdown.
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Thursday October 29, 2020
In Light Rail news this week – networks appeal to customers to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, Supertram reduces frequencies due to resource issues, Nexus launch new ‘junior’ smart card, charity run raises £1500 at NET and Crich Tramway opens for an extra weekend.
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Thursday October 15, 2020
In this weeks round-up of light rail news – engineering recruitment for West Midlands Metro expansion, Luas warns pedestrians of crossing dangers, lengthening platforms at Tyne & Wear and Government grant lifeline for Seaton Tramway.
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Wednesday October 7, 2020
In your round up of Light Rail News this week – it’s Customer Service Week in Edinburgh, the end of Sheffield track works, Luas publishes a ‘Modern Day Guide to Tram Etiquette’, and it’s free admission to Crich Tramway Village for local residents.
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Wednesday September 30, 2020
The complexities of calculating the likely costs of new light rail systems has been put in the spotlight by Matthew Taylor of the UKTram Centre of Excellence in the latest edition of a leading sector publication. In a feature article for the Tramways and Urban Transit, he says that easily available sources of information on […]
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Wednesday September 23, 2020
KeolisAmey Docklands has won a prestigious award after another year of record-breaking performance. The system was presented with the blue riband trophy for Passenger Operator of the Year at the National Rail Awards while Manchester Metrolink were highly commended in the Infrastructure Achievement category for the extension to Trafford Park. For the full story on […]
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Wednesday September 16, 2020
A new newsletter has been launched by UKTram to help keep members up to date on the organisation’s work across a wide range of projects and initiatives. In his introduction to the newsletter, Managing Director James Hammett thanks members for their contributions over the last 12 month and in helping UKTram deliver a sector-wide response […]
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Tuesday September 15, 2020
A new newsletter has been launched by UKTram to help keep members up to date on the organisation’s work across a wide range of projects and initiatives. In his introduction to the newsletter, Managing Director James Hammett thanks members for their contributions over the last 12 month and in helping UKTram deliver a sector-wide response […]
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Thursday September 10, 2020
The successful completion of a pioneering project looks set to help overcome some of the barriers to the further expansion of light rail in the UK. As part of the £3 million Low Impact Light Rail (LILR) Competition led by UKTram, innovations that could speed up and reduce the cost of network construction, or lower […]
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