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14/04/2021
Tramways and Urban Transit May 2021
INSIDE THE MAY ISSUE: NETWORK EXPANSION IN WARSAW Witold Urbanowicz begins a two-part study exploring how transport investment is...
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06/04/2021
TramForward urges rethink on transport in Derby
We need a transport system that is much more environmentally friendly, and inherently energy efficient.
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25/02/2021
TramForward welcomes plans for Edinburgh tram expansion
TramForward welcomes the Scottish Government's commitment to expand the Edinburgh Tram network, especially to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh...
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17/02/2021
Tramway Review March 2021
INSIDE THE MARCH 2021 EDITION: The LRTL tour of Scottish tramways: 30 July-8 August 1955 Martin Jenkins recounts the...
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14/02/2021
TramForward supports campaigning efforts of Bath and Bristol Area Trams
TramForward extends its support to the campaigning group Bath and Bristol Area Trams Association (BBATA).
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14/02/2021
TramForward disappointed that Government delays action on air quality
TramForward is disappointed that cross-party attempts to set binding air quality targets for PM2.5 particulates were defeated....
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08/02/2021
TramForward supports call for light rail investment
The LRTA, fully endorses Alstom's call for a £10bn, 10-year investment programme made in their report, 'The UK’s New...
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01/02/2021
Transport plans for West Yorkshire welcomed by the Leeds Area of the Light Rail Transit Association
LRTA Leeds Area are delighted to know that the West Yorkshire Combined Authority has announced plans for a mass...
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13/01/2021
Future NET Extension to East Midlands Airport
TramForward welcomes the proposal to extend Nottingham Express Transit (NET) from the present Clifton South terminus to East Midlands...
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26/11/2020
Finance Minister backs light rail
TramForward is encouraged by the support given to light rail by Jesse Norman MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury,...
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06/11/2020
TramForward backs demand for more resources for light rail
In a statement issued in October, Mr Carter said: “There is a growing interest in towns and cities around...
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10/09/2020
TRAMWAY REVIEW: A 70th Anniversary Retrospective
In 1950 the LRTA’s predecessor, The Light Railway Transport League, decided to publish historical material relating to first-generation tramways...
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