Tramways & Urban Transit – August 2023

INSIDE THE AUGUST ISSUE:

CREATING THE PERFECT DEPOT
Lindsay Murphy considers what goes into creating a depot, fundamental to the success of a tramway.

INNSBRUCK
Andrew Thompson explores the Austrian Alpine city of Innsbruck, where the importance of light rail is growing.

BOUNCING BACK IN HONG KONG
A series of severe COVID lockdowns hit Hong Kong hard, but Ciril van Hattum finds the city is thriving after re-opening.

SAFETY SYSTEMS
Richard Foster asks why ATP systems are not more widely standardised.

SYSTEMS FACTFILE: MOST – LITVÍNOV
It is an industrialised region with a long mining history; Andrew Thompson provides an update on the Czech system that has just undergone modernisation.

CLASSIC TRAMS: FRANKFURT 150
Matthias Kühl reports on low-key festivities held in Frankfurt to celebrate 150 years of its tramway.

HEADLINES

Two new monorails for Bangkok;
Paris T10 opens;
LA Connector breaks records.