Tramways & Urban Transit December 2023

INSIDE THE DECEMBER ISSUE

GLRA REPORT
Another year of excellence is celebrated at this year’s Global Light Rail Awards.

MAINSPRING/DATA REPORT
Jacinta Barnicoat asks if Liverpool can prove the case for reviving Merseytram.

LA REGIONAL CONNECTOR
With the opening of the Regional Connector and Crenshaw Line, LA now has the largest light rail system in the US – but more is to come...

FIVE YEARS OF TRAM -TRAIN
Dr Rob Carroll and Simon Coulthard review the first five years of the Sheffield Tram-train pilot – and look to the next five years.

FREIBURG IM BREISGAU
Andrew Thompson reports from an expanding system near the Black Forest.

EMBRACING DIGITAL BENEFITS
Andrew Willetts explores how digital technology and AI can be used to drive efficiencies across public transport.

SYSTEMS FACTFILE: KUSTTRAM
Neil Pulling explores Belgium’s coastal tramway, often cited as the world’s longest.

CLASSIC TRAMS
Mike Russell reports on a small museum in Aberdeen and remembers Lubomir Kysela.

HEADLINES

Extension to Hilltop opens in Tacoma;
Fleet delivers start in Copenhagen;
DART switches focus from second subway;
UK light rail recovery continues.