Links


TTS Light Rail Website 

Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA) - Site

TramForward  - The Campaigning Site Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA)
 
Light Rapid Transit Association
 
British Trams - An unofficial site to the current UK operators
 
Centre for Cities
 
Smart Growth UK - An Independent Think Tank & Group

 North American Rail Transit News Link

http://www.worldlightrail.com World Light Rail, a comprehensive insight into the Light and Urban Rail industry around the world.

Casablanca Tramway

 http://www.casatramway.ma/Galerie_&_multimedias/page-10-2

 

 
 
UK Operators
 
 
Tyne & Wear Nexus
 
Docklands Light Rail - Tfl site
 
Manchester Metrolink
 
Sheffield Super Tram

Croydon Tramlink - Tfl site
 
Croydon Tramlink - The Unofficial site, (Set up by Mr Stephen Parascandolo now sadly deceased)
 
Midland Metro
 
Nottingham NET
 
Blackpool Tramways
 
Edinburgh 
 
 
 
 
UK Tourist Trams -
 
Operating 1st Generation vehicles as a transport system
 
 

Summerlee, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland                          - Tourist Trams 

North of England, Beamish, North of England,                             - Tourist Trams

Heaton Park Tramway, Heaton Park, Manchester                        - Tourist Trams (inc. Horse)

Great Orme, Llandudno, North Wales                                             - Tourist Trams (Cable)

Wirral Tramway, Birkenhead, Wirral, England                               - Tourist Trams

Douglas Bay Tramway, Douglas Ilse of Mann                               - Tourist Tram (Horse)

Manx Electric Railway, Douglas, Ilse of Mann                                - Tourist Tram (Original Tram Vehicles)

Snaefell Mountain Railway, Snaefell, Ilse of Mann                        - Tourist Tram (Original Tram vehicles)

National Tram Museum, Crich, Derbyshire, England                   - Tourist Trams

Black Country Museum, Dudley, West Midlands, England          - Tourist Trams

East Anglia Museum, Carlton Colville, East Anglia, England      - Tourist Trams

Seaton Tramways, Seaton, Devon, England                                   - Tourist Trams

Southport Pier Tramway, Southport, Merseyside England           - Tourist Tram (2nd Generation Vehicle)

Volks Electric Railway, Brighton England                                         - Tourist Tram type vehicles

 

Vehicle Manufacturers  (Not comprehensive)

Alstom

 A promoter of sustainable mobility, Alstom Transport develops and markets the most complete range of systems, equipment and service in the railway market

Bombardier

Across the world, the demand for new trams and light rail systems that beat urban congestion and improve accessibility has never been greater.

CAF, S.A.  

The streetcar is fast, safe, environmentally friendly and economical means of transport which is making a come-back for the urban environment.

Parry People Mover 

 Parry People Movers Ltd (PPML) supplies lightweight tramway systems for smaller towns, and lightweight rail vehicles for use on regional railways. 

Trampower

Tram Power is a privately owned British Company dedicated to the design, development and promotion of light rail technology that is Safe, Efficient, Reliable and Affordable

Sustraco

SUSTRACO (The Sustainable Transport Company), a transport umbrella organisation based in the United Kingdom, Belgium and Hong Kong.

Kinki Sharyon 

A 100 percent low-floor streetcar powered by e-Brid™, a propulsion technology that enables operation powered by overhead catenary or on-board lithium-ion batteries.  e-BridTMcharges the batteries while running on catenary power.  In battery mode, e-BridTMuses electricity stored from regenerative braking.  Depending on conditions, ameriTRAM™can run on battery power for up to five miles.

Tramstore21

http://http://www.tramstore21.eu/

 

The aim of TramStore21 is to ensure that the construction of tram depots - vast hangars in which to maintain and stable tramway vehicles - abides by the three aspects of sustainable development: economic, social, environmental.

The project partners are: STIB (the main public transport operator in Brussels, Belgium, and project leader), RET (public transport in Rotterdam, Netherlands), Grand Dijon, the Dijon metropolitan government (gouvernement de l'agglomération urbaine de Dijon, France), the City Council of Blackpool (United Kingdom) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Logistics and Material flux (Dortmund, Germany). Between 2008 and 2013 these partners will be cooperating and exchanging their technical expertise so as to optimising depot construction in a sustainable way.

 

 

Political Members

Lord Faulkner of Worcester - Site

Tom Harris MP - Site

Media

 Manchester Matters - Local news of Manchester Metrolink

 

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