Tramways & Urban Transit November 2023

INSIDE THE NOVEMBER ISSUE

DLR: LONDON'S NEW TRAMS
Exciting times for the UK capital are ahead, with a fleet of new trains coming – but the big question is, who will operate them? Howard Johnston finds out more.

A HEATED DEBATE
Global warming provides many challenges for transport operators. SYSTRA is helping to lead the way in fighting these.

BOLOGNA'S NEW TRAMWAY
Italy’s long-term love affair with the car could be at an end... Paolo Marchetti puts forward the case for tramways, and why their time is now.

GDA ŃSK
Andrew Thompson visits the Polish city on the Baltic coast to see what a difference the recent complete low-floor fleet conversion has made.

SYSTEMS FACTFILE: KOŠICE
Expansion and modernisation have most recently characterised the system in this Slovakian town, one of just two in the country to maintain a tramway. Mike Russell explores a Belgian renaissance.

HEADLINES

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