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Global Light Rail Awards

Now in its 13th running, the Global Light Rail Awards celebrates excellence and innovation within the global light and urban rail sectors – Wednesday 2nd October 2019

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Friday September 13, 2019
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LRT Excellence Days

Mainspring’s LRT Engineering 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 July 23, 2019 to Wednesday July 24, 2019

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

EU Light Rail

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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22 Dec

As a well-established mark of excellence, a Light Rail Award adds immediate cachet to your organisation
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22 Dec

New Edinburgh City Council Chief Executive Andrew Kerr has supported the idea of extending the city’s controversial tram project to Newhaven
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22 Dec

The UK's first tram-train arrives in Sheffield just weeks after the tram-train pilot was granted
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22 Dec

Kocaeli and Izmit Metropolitan Municipalities have announced contract awards for both infrastructure and rolling stock
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Tram-Pro takes tram driver training simulation to the next level. Innovative and dynamic with state of the art graphics and powerful analysis tools it has transformed the way, and the time, that training is conducted resulting in a robust, cost effective outcome.
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Throughout 2016, not a month went by without the announcement of a new driver-less automobile trial or a new record claim. The world seems to be embracing the technology to create autonomous vehicles, with all the big names you’d expect present and correct.The race is on!
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10 May

Ahead of his presentation at the 12th Annual UK Light Rail Conference, Dr Stuart Thomson considers the vital, and often overlooked role, of stakeholder engagement.
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16 May

With potentially devastating disruption seen across both public and private networks in May, Kevin Bell from Bond Dickinson examines some of the threats to transport systems.
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The UK’s first tram-train arrives

The UK's first tram-train arrives in Sheffield just weeks after the tram-train pilot was granted

The Transport & Works Act Order for the UK’s tram-train pilot between Sheffield and Parkgate was granted on 19 November, just as the first Citylink Class 399 vehicle (numbered 201) left the Vossloh works in Valencia for the overland journey to Santander and then by freight ferry on 23 November to Southampton. Final delivery to Sheffield Supertram’s Nunnery depot took place on 1 December. The TWA Order allows the construction of the 160m chord connecting the existing Sheffield Supertram Meadowhall route and the Network Rail freight line at Tinsley, plus the electrification at 750V dc of this line and the existing passenger line through Rotherham Central station to Parkgate where a siding terminal will be constructed. Seven Citylink tram-trains are expected to be delivered over the next few months with four having wheel profiles adapted for tram-train use and three being for use on the existing network. All will have the facility to operate on 25kV electrified lines when the proposed electrification of the Midland Main Line is completed in the area. It is expected that the first vehicle will enter service on the existing network in May. The line connections and electrification plus adaptations to Rotherham Central station and the construction of the terminal at Parkgate will not be ready until early 2017. The GBP58m (EUR80m) officially remains a pilot, which will run for two years to a 20-minute headway using three of the new 37m Citylink vehicles with one spare. The core objectives of the pilot are to understand the cost benefits, technical and operational challenges of running lighter vehicles on the national rail network, develop relevant technical standards, examine the practicality of tram-train operation and gauge passenger perception. The operation will continue as a local service if the pilot is successful.

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