Light Rail, Metros and Trams
(outside London)
Nottingham Tram in Old Market Square at night
Photo © 2004 Nottingham Tram Consortium
Cities of the UK outside London have adopted very different approaches to urban transit, although several now have rail based solutions. The modern Light Rail Rapid Transit system comes in many guises, from something almost resembling a conventional railway with segregated tracks and platforms, to street running trams, and various hybrids of the two systems in between. Most of the systems below are new in the last few decades. Some of them operate over former railway tracks. Blackpool is unique in the UK in having retained its original tramway system for over a century.
Transit systems currently operating or soon to be operating in the UK are:
Nottingham Express TransitThose interested in the topic of this page will also find the website of the Light Rail Transit Association well worth a visit.
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