Light Rail

Using foreign made trams presents unique challenges to drivers and passengers in Manchester. When the back door of a tram in Manchester stuck open, the driver urged all passengers to congregate on one side of the vehicle. Moving weight away from...

TramForward has said it is 'encouraged' by UK Government Transport Minister Norman Baker’s interview on BBC Radio 4’s Face the Facts on 'Edinburgh’s Trams Mind the Funding Gap' on Wednesday 10th August. Mr Baker referred to a review currently underway...

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) this week launched a series of businesses engagement events, focusing on proposals for a second Metrolink line through Manchester City Centre. TfGM has developed proposals for a new Metrolink line to run from the Deansgate-Castlefield...

The temporary closure of Beal Lane in Shaw has been extended until Sunday 4 September, with the scale of work needed to strengthen the road now clear. Recent Metrolink work in Beal Lane to lay new tram track across the...

Scomi Engineering Bhd, a subsidiary of Scomi Group Bhd, has announced that it has won a second monorail tender to provide design works, manufacture, supply and implementation of the monorail system for the 20 km monorail line for the city of...

TramForward has welcomed Transport Minister Norman Baker's commitment to trams during his interview on BBC Radio 4's Face the Facts on Monday. The Minister emphasised the popularity and green credentials of tram systems and was confident that the construction costs...

Public transport services in Manchester are expected to run as normal this morning following last night's unrest in the city centre. Metrolink's South Manchester Line had to close early due to the violence, and services stopped going into the city...

Greater Manchester’s dedicated Bus Watch Specials, who have been tackling crime and anti-social behaviour on the bus network for over two years, are expanding and will now also cover the region’s growing Metrolink network. Established in April 2009, the Bus Watch...

Japanese infrastructure companies Hitachi and Mitsubishi are in talks over the Chennai Monorail project. Tamil Nadu has invited tenders in developing monorail in Chennai that covers a distance of 300 km. In the 2005-06 budget the estimated cost of the project...

It is thought the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) 'will soon accept the request' to fund the $2.26 billion Line 3 of the Mumbai Metro rail network. JICA is currently working on finalising concessional financing for the third line. Recently,...