Light Rail

As the costs of traditional light rail schemes rise, there’s more interest in smaller, cheaper alternatives. Cue the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre.

“People like trams” says former Campaign for Better Transport Director Norman Baker. So why not build more?

Now 25 years old, the West Midlands Metro has been slow to expand. COVID and inflationary pressures have meant funding issues and delays. Peter Plisner reports.

Chris Howe chronicles the latest progress with the Eastside extension in Birmingham

Here, we examine the £2.9 billion investment programme on London Underground’s Piccadilly Line.

UK Tram’s new chairman Steve Edwards discusses the role of light rail in a modern-day successful railway

Modern UK light rail has suffered from a series of false dawns, with costs and culture often blocking attempts to introduce new systems in our cities.

STEFANIE BROWNE reports as work begins on bringing a secret slice of the capital’s subterranean history into the 21st century

London Underground’s ageing maintenance fleet has become the welcome beneficiary of fresh investment. PAUL STEPHEN reports

RICHARD CLINNICK finds out how Bombardier’s bid for New Tube for London will bring global experience to a very British institution…