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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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18/11/2020
Tramways and Urban Transit December 2020
INSIDE THE DECEMBER ISSUE: BUILDING BACK BETTER IN ACTION Metro CEO Phil Washington explains how LA County is driving...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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03/06/2020
£2.7B Midlands Connect Plan for the East Midlands.
TramForward welcomes the proposals for the East Midlands in a £2.7B plan submitted to government. The plan extends the...
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05/05/2020
TramForward welcomes low-cost track project
TramForward welcomes the announcement that the Coventry Very Light Rail project has received funding of £1.5m from the West...
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