Light Rail

Rapid-charger for Very Light Rail awarded Engineering and Technology Innovation Award in new category. The world’s first rapid battery charger for Very Light Rail yesterday (25 November 2021) won an Engineering and Technology Innovation Award in the Future Mobility category. Judges...

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) volunteers have taken occupation of a new welfare building, which is a tasteful extension of the former Great Western Railway-built goods shed at Toddington station.  The completed new building – known as ‘The Goods Shed’...

A community group has joined forces in lockdown to knit a special birthday tribute to the Tyne and Wear Metro. The knitters, from North Tyneside, took up their needles and wool to create a colourful 12ft Metro carriage, piece by...

The Severn Valley Railway is launching an exciting new service for supporters and visitors - a network of livestream cameras with a round-the-clock feed showing rolling stock movements at key locations along the line. The camera feeds will go...

Following the High Court rejection of the planning permission for the A38 Derby Junction scheme, we need a re-think of transport in the Derby area. The scheme was rejected on the lack of environmental and climate change damage being...

Seaton Tramway among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund The award of £217,500 will directly support wages, major overheads such as track & tram maintenance and the creation...

One of Staffordshire’s largest tourist attractions has said it will not be re-opening to the public on the 12th of April. Churnet Valley Railway is waiting until June. The April date to welcome back visitors may not come soon enough...

The West Midlands Metro system is, right now, in the midst of a major expansion, and it is not letting the coronavirus pandemic stand in its way. In fact, in a subtle way, the virus has brought some small,...

A budget of more than £900m, including funding for infrastructure, regeneration and job training schemes that can support the region’s post-Covid-19 economic recovery and help protect the environment, has been approved by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) today...

A budget of more than £900m, including funding for infrastructure, regeneration and job training schemes that can support the region’s post-Covid-19 economic recovery and help protect the environment, has been approved by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) today...