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Thursday October 15, 2020
6:00 pm to 1:00 am

Dinner at the Roundhouse

600 guests from across the rail industry celebrate an evening of innovation and growth. Over 150 rail industry manufacturers, suppliers and service providers will be represented at the seventh Dinner at the Roundhouse

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Wednesday October 7, 2020
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Global Light Rail Awards

The Global Light Rail Awards celebrates excellence and innovation within the global light and urban rail sectors – Wednesday 7 October 2020

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LRT Excellence Days

Mainspring’s LRT Excellence Days enhance understanding and co-operation between the teams responsible for the day-to-day operation and maintenance of the light and urban rail systems, those with procurement responsibility and the supply chain.

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Tuesday May 19, 2020 to Wednesday May 20, 2020

UK Light Rail Conference

The 14th Annual UK Light Rail Conference and exhibition brings together over 250 decision-makers for two days of open debate covering all aspects of light rail operations and development.

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Wednesday June 10, 2020 to Thursday June 11, 2020

European Light Rail Congress

Forward-thinking 21st Century cities are enjoying a transport revolution. More and more are choosing fixed-infrastructure transport solutions to provide a backbone for growth, creating cleaner and less congested environments and increased accessibility to employment, housing and leisure activities for all.

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Global Light Rail Awards

Wednesday October 7, 2020
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Recognising excellence and innovation in the global light and urban rail sector

Guests from around the world gathered to celebrate another year of outstanding achievement and innovation at the Global Light Rail Awards at London’s Honourable Artillery Company on Wednesday 2 October 2019.

Well-known as the industry’s ‘Oscars’, the judging panel evaluated submissions in 17 categories, noting that “this was one of the toughest years yet to choose the winners. It was fantastic to see so many joint entries, showing that industry partners are sharing best practice and expertise as we all look to bring down costs, improve safety and sustainability and deliver the best possible passenger experience.”

The 2019 event, organised by Mainspring and supported by industry publication Tramways & Urban Transit, was hosted by respected broadcaster and journalist Nicholas Owen. The headline supporter for another year was London Trams operator Tram Operations Limited.

UK Light Rail Minister Baroness Vere said:“Light rail is a fantastic, environmentally-friendly way of getting around and I congratulate this year’s winners.

“We want to lead by example, which is why we are investing heavily to explore how the industry can continue to grow, as set out in our Call for Evidence launched earlier this year.I look forward to working with the industry to ensure it continues to thrive.”

Mainspring Managing Director Matt Johnston said: “It’s been another spectacular for light rail development around the world. We’ve seen more cities adopt light rail as a solution to the issue of growing populations, reducing congestion and tackling the related air quality issues. Hundreds of expansion projects have also been completed and thousands of new vehicles delivered.

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Preparations are already underway for the 2020 Global Light Rail Awards, so to find out how you can become part of it, call +44 (0)1733 367610 or email geoff@mainspring.co.uk

For a detailed report, see the December 2019 issue of Tramways and Urban Transit.

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