Trams

How will strikes affect London’s rail and Tube network?

December will see further transport strikes in the UK with heavy travel disruptions due to walkouts by rail unions, with many…

Does Hong Kong have the best transport system in the world?

It is likely that many of you will have found using your local public transport an uncomfortable experience – that…

Could trams return to the streets of Glasgow?

As our cities grew during the industrial revolutions many, such as Glasgow, built extensive tramways as an industrial means of…

Why is light rail still in the sidings? The case for trams

Transport has been the Cinderella department of almost every UK government since the Second World War. No minister of any…

Edinburgh Trams launches line extension, updating citywide connectivity

Edinburgh Trams, the operator of Scotland's capital tramway, has unveiled a three-mile line extension that spans across the city, bringing…

Which London Underground line is the fastest?

The average London Underground user's need for speed is a phenomenon as remarkable as the notion of shoving steam trains…

Could tram-trains finally connect Stockport to Manchester’s Metrolink network?

On the January 22, Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, announced plans to extend Manchester’s Metrolink to Stockport. The…

What’s in Edinburgh’s 10 year transport masterplan?

Edinburgh City Council has released a draft 10-year transport plan, and put it out to public consultation. The jauntily-named Edinburgh…

Edinburgh is extending its widely loathed tram network

Edinburgh City Council has given the go-ahead for the extension of the city’s tram line, despite the debacle the city…

Letter: Here’s a tram network for Newport

Editor’s note: First we made up our own Birmingham Crossrail. Then a reader emailed in his own proposal for Bristol Crossrail.…