Therapia Lane, where London Trams are based, has become Transport for London’s first depot to remove fossil gas usage by upgrading its heating system. It has also introduced on-site solar generation. By adapting the depot …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 8 December 2025
• Manchester-London 7am ‘ghost train’ to carry passengers after outcry to ORR (The Guardian) • TfGM Eyes Denton Rail Line for Metrolink Tram-Train Expansion (Rail Technology) • Anorak Corner (National Rail edition) (Diamond Geezer) • …
Continue readingMetrolink Trafford Park line boosting regeneration & economic growth (TfGM)
The Trafford Park Metrolink line is helping people travel more sustainably, while also boosting regeneration and economic opportunity across Greater Manchester. Since opening in 2020, the line has encouraged thousands to switch from cars and …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 17 November 2025
• Plans to run West Midlands trams to Dudley delayed: Video (Transport Matters) • Edinburgh should reopen its ghost line (A Letter from Scotland) • New Plans to Accelerate Development of High-Speed Rail Across EU …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 3 November 2025
• Exploring the hidden tunnels at New Street Station: Video (Transport Matters) • This has nearly been a Tube line three times… : Video (Jago Hazzard) • Netherlands Railway generates social profit of €1.33 billion …
Continue readingUtilities test ways of working under Very Light Rail track (RailwayGazetteInt’l)
Utility companies have trialled a variety of techniques to install new or access existing equipment underneath the trial section of Very Light Rail track on Queen Victoria Road in Coventry. These included impact moling, horizontal directional drilling, vacuum …
Continue readingVienna tramway network extension & new line (UrbanTransport)
Just in time for the start of the new school year, Vienna’s new tram line 12 began operating on 1 September 2025: It runs from Josefstädter Straße (U6) via Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof, Friedensbrücke (U4), Jägerstraße (U6) and …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 September 2025
• Why tube strikes can improve Londoners’ commutes (London Centric) • What’s the fastest Manchester Metrolink tram journey?: Video (Metrolink Insights) • Creating Northern’s new network map (Transport Designed) • How Seoul Metro Installed Platform …
Continue readingTfGM begins procurement of new multi-year Metrolink & rail infrastructure contract (RailUK)
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has started a procurement process to deliver up to £1.6bn of infrastructure that will help to maintain and grow Metrolink- the UK’s largest light rail network – and improve rail accessibility within …
Continue readingBordeaux rejigs tram network & adds electric BRT (UrbanTransport)
Over the past 25 years or so, the south-west French metropolis of Bordeaux has focused on building and expanding a modern low-floor tram system, which has reached a considerable length of 80 kilometres. The expansion …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 28 July 2025
• London Financial District Workers Face Dangerously Hot Commute (CityLab) • The end of the new UK roads? (Michael Dnes) • New Midland Metro tram line extension progress to Digbeth, Dudley & Brierley Hill: Video …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 13 June 2025
• TfL gets £2.2 billion for capital upgrades over the next three years (IanVisits) • Coventry Very Light Rail is here: Video (Geoff Marshall) • How Metrolinx’s plan to deliver European-style train service to Greater …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 9 June 2025
• ‘Cleaner, greener, and absolute reliability’: trams make UK comeback (The Guardian) • Locos and Loops Part One: Video (Hidden London Hangouts) • Uber’s new shuttles ie buses, are a deeper problem (Grist) • Finding …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 12 May 2025
• Is devolution of suburban rail to London going to arrive? (On London) • Has a tram network been ruled out of Glasgow’s Clyde Metro project? (The Herald) • Why Chicago still hasn’t fixed the …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 5 May 2025
• London Underground’s longest advert ever (London Rail) • Making a future for London’s black cab trade (On London) • The Midland Pullman Past & Present (Railway-News) • Why We Lost The World’s Only Double-Sided …
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