Light Rail

On Thursday, 3 November, Pierre Mongin, Chairman and CEO of RATP inaugurated the commissioning of the first automatic trains on Line 1 of the Paris metro in the presence of Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transportation and Housing and Jean-Paul Huchon, President...

Almost three in four responses to the public consultation over plans for a second Metrolink line through Manchester City Centre were positive, a report to transport leaders shows. Transport for Greater Manchester carried out the 14-week consultation to ask people...

Since 1999, various tram networks around Europe have been built or upgraded using the Rheda City ballastless track system from German slab-track experts Rail One. The new Edinburgh tram uses Rheda track. The key component of this track system is...

Consorcio Linea 2 has awarded a contract worth €530 million to the Alstom-led consortium 'Grupo de Empresas' to build the second line of Los Teques metro in Miranda State, Venezuela. The line which is 12 km long and served by...

Written by Terry Whitley for the rail engineer Blackpool! Just the word brings back memories of summer holidays, donkey rides, the Pleasure Beach, and interminable Party Conferences. But this seaside resort on Lancashire’s Fylde coast is also the only town in...

Vossloh has been contracted by Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe (VBK) and Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG) to supply 25 low floor Tram-Trains. The contract is worth €75 million. Furthermore, an option for 50 additional vehicles was agreed. The new Tram-Train from Vossloh Rail Vehicles called 'Citylink...

As part of Metrolink's on-going work to divert utility pipes and cables in readiness for the new tram line through Oldham town centre, work will begin on Union Street within the next few weeks. Work to construct a new system...

Plans to 'retire' Metrolink's oldest trams have been approved by Greater Manchester's transport leaders, in a move that will lead to significant improvements for passengers. More than 60 new yellow and silver M5000 Bombardier trams have already been ordered, predominantly...

The modernisation of the Glasgow Subway is 'moving ahead at pace' with the formal procurement of new rolling stock and signalling due to begin before the end of this year. SPT's Partnership Committee heard an update recently on progress to...

More than 5 million car journeys annually are expected to be moved onto rails with the help of Bombardier Transportation’s new fleet of Bombardier FLEXITY Swift light rail vehicles for one of the largest tram networks in Europe. Transport for...