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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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Tramways and Urban Transit

13/01/2021

Tramways and Urban Transit February 2021

INSIDE THE FEBRUARY ISSUE: RERAILING US TRANSIT Morgan Lyons offers a few thoughts on the challenges ahead for a...

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Press Release

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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Tramway Review

18/11/2020

Tramway Review December 2020

INSIDE THE DECEMBER 2020 EDITION: New trams for Steel CityGeoffrey Skelsey recalls the Sheffield Roberts cars, the last new...

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Press Release

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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Tramway Review

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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Press Release

05/08/2020

TramForward welcomes funding for West Midlands Very Light Rail schemes

TramForward welcomes the news that the West Midlands Combined Authority has obtained Government funding for two Very Light Rail...

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Press Release

05/08/2020

Trams for a healthier future

TramForward welcomes the House of Commons Select Committee on Transport’s Inquiry into Reforming public transport after the pandemic. Whatever...

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Press Release

14/07/2020

Clean Air Now – Sign the Petition!

Environmental Campaigners are being urged to support a Parliamentary Petition by TramForward calling on Parliament to legislate for Clean...

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Obituary: Curt M.Elmberg 1931-2020

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29/06/2020

Obituary: Curt M.Elmberg 1931-2020

On 4 June 2020, the death occurred in Göteborg, Sweden, of Curt M. Elmberg, who spent much of his...

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Press Release

22/06/2020

TramForward welcomes Transport for New Homes report

TramForward welcomes the timely report from Transport for New Homes: “Garden Villages and Garden Towns: Visions and Reality” https://www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/the-project/garden-villages-and-garden-towns/....

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Press Release

05/06/2020

Tyre particles are contaminating our oceans says Defra funded research study

Sir David Attenborough has repeatedly warned us of the dangers of plastic pollution of our oceans and especially of...

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