LRTA Member and Tram Profesional Tony Young wins Judges Special Award at Global Light Rail Awards

Tony Young received the Judges Special Award at the Global Light Rail Awards held in the Bloomsbury Ballroom in London on 2nd October for “50 years of professionalism dedication and passion”.

Host, the BBC’s Nicholas Owen, said: “Tonight, we honour someone of the high­est calibre, without whom the revival of light rail in the UK might genuinely not have happened-“

Tony, who has an autobiography titled “The Tramcar Will Return”, is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Churchill Fellow and spent much of his working life in Manchester developing the Mctrolink tram system and his expertise has been in great demand worldwide.

His success has been recorded in his local paper the Craven Herald with other Photos from the awards evening.

Tony’s Book “The Tramcar Will Return” is available from the LRTA Shop