Tramways & Urban Transit – January 2023

INSIDE THE JANUARY ISSUE:

BRIGHT FUTURE FOR PHILADELPHIA Vic Simons visits Pennsylvania, finding a legacy trolley system soon to be transformed by the region’s largest-ever capital budget.

TRAMWAJE ŚLĄSKIE ON THE MOVE Upper Silesia’s extensive interurban comes under Mike Russell's spotlight, providing a detailed update on this much-changed and still modernising Polish system.

SYSTEMS FACTFILE: BILBAO Famed for its culture and architecture, this northern Spanish city’s success is underpinned by its extensive multi-modal transit network, as Neil Pulling explains.

CLASSIC TRAMS: DRESDEN AT 150 Mike Russell reports on the events to mark 150 years of trams in the Saxony’s capital.

HEADLINES

Kiel City Council unites to approve tramway reinstatement;
Damning Ottawa LRT inquiry released; Bergen opens its second light rail line;
Praha prepares plans for up to 200 new trams;
Nantong welcomes China’s newest metro;
Work starts on Seoul’s Wirye LRT line;
Palma de Mallorca tramway construction to begin in 2023;
Central Subway launched for Muni light rail services;
UK House of Lords urges local transport funding reform;
Lausanne confirms Stadler Tramlink order.