{"id":51042,"date":"2023-09-26T20:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T19:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=51042"},"modified":"2023-09-26T17:02:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T16:02:44","slug":"edinburgh-trams-nominated-for-global-light-rail-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=51042","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Trams nominated for Global Light Rail Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a year where the award nominations for Edinburgh Trams just seems to have kept on coming and it shows no signs of ending after it was confirmed that they are up for a number of awards at the forthcoming Global Light Railway Awards, which take place on 4<sup>th<\/sup> October.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Exactly which categories they have been nominated for haven\u2019t been revealed bit award entries submitted by the firm highlight their efforts in expanding an energetic and self-motivated workforce ahead of Trams to Newhaven and its innovative approach to boosting patronage.<\/p>\n<p>Lea Harrison, Edinburgh Trams Managing Director, said: \u201cAll of our employees can be proud of the part they have played in the business\u2019 story to date. To be in line for further awards is testament to our commitment to making light rail a reliable, value-for-money option for the communities we now serve across Edinburgh\u2019s city centre and its surroundings. With a clear commitment to taking the popularity of the tram to the next level, we\u2019re confident the network can go from strength to strength and play an increasingly important role in driving the city\u2019s long-term prosperity and its plans for a net-zero future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Details of the categories available at the awards (which take place on 4<sup>th<\/sup> October at the Honourable Artillery Company in London include Operator of the Year, Most Improved System, Supplier of the Year, Manufacturer of the Year, Project of the Year and a Judges Special Award. The same document also lists those on the shortlist without naming which categories they\u2019ve been nominated in! As well as Edinburgh Trams it includes Blackpool Transport, KeolisAmey Docklands, Midland Metro Alliance, Nottingham Trams and West Midlands Metro.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More details of the awards are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainspring.co.uk\/products\/events\/global-light-rail-awards\/\">https:\/\/www.mainspring.co.uk\/products\/events\/global-light-rail-awards\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a year where the award nominations for Edinburgh Trams just seems to have kept on coming and it shows no signs of ending after it was confirmed that they are up for a number of awards at the forthcoming &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=51042\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51043,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51042\/revisions\/51043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}