Daily Archives: Saturday 15 February 2025

In Pictures: More photos from Black Country line construction

Posted on Saturday 15 February 2025 by Gareth Prior

The countdown to the opening of the West Midlands Metro Black Country line extension really does seem as if its on as excellent progress is now being made on various points of phase one. With the progress being made could … Continue reading →

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Around the World in Trams: Oslo 108

Posted on Saturday 15 February 2025 by Gareth Prior

Time to go “Around the World in Trams” again and we’re still in Oslo.

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Latest LRSSB guidance released on tram-train design and operation

Posted on Saturday 15 February 2025 by Gareth Prior

The Light Rail Safety and Standards Board (LRSSB) have recently released a guidance document which sets out the key principles for the safe integration of tram-train systems in the UK. This is the latest guidance released by the organisation who … Continue reading →

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Metro performance edges up again

Posted on Saturday 15 February 2025 by Gareth Prior

Having reached the lows of 65% of trains being on time in the last four weeks of 2024, there is some better news to report on the Tyne and Wear Metro as the performance stats have improved in the first … Continue reading →

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