“People like trams” says former Campaign for Better Transport Director Norman Baker. So why are there so few light rail systems in Britain, and what is the path to building more? Richard Foster reports.
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Fleet
Class 66 thought to be the last for the UK arrives from Europe
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News
Network Rail Class 150 to be withdrawn and disposed of
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News
Broken down Pendolino on West Coast Main Line for 33 hours after losing power
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Fleet
Chiltern Railways applies to make DMU fleet exempt from passenger display system rules
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Fleet
Pair of former DRS Class 37s return to main line duty
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News
Battery-electric trains the preferred option to replace Class 165s and 166s on GWR cross-country route
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Fleet
Southeastern Javelin unit remains in stranded six weeks after going through end of siding
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Fleet
Ex-Great Western Railway HST power cars move to preserved railway pending export
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News
New open access operation planned between London Waterloo and Fawley branch
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News
New Oxford Botley Road completion date given after “shambolic delays”
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News
Cost of Docklands Light Railway’s delayed new trains nears £1 billion
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News
Elizabeth line service involved on overspeed incident after driver became 'confused about train's location'
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News
Rail freight operators fight for paths in East Coast Main Line timetable recast
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Network
Transport for Wales' Class 756 to serve new destinations from spring
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News
ASLEF union balloting over dismissal of Hull Trains driver
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Network
Nationalisation: “a dead-end argument”
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Fleet
Class 93 undertakes first West Coast Main Line test runs
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Fleet
No decision made on Talerddig crash Class 158s as Transport for Wales accepts new units
