£76m Leigh Guided Busway on hold over cost fears – From the Manchester Evening News

Postings in other blogs have been painting an all too rosy a picture of BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) and this post should level the playing field somewhat. Just as a note, the Cambridge “Misguided Busway” is built on a former railway formation which greatly reduced initial cost estimates and as the guided bus project now stands, it [...]

Tram Berlin Linie M13 KT4D Warschauer Str. – Virchow Klinikum 4/7

The next four U-Tube Videos in the series. What we see is classic European tram operation where the tram operates as: A streetcar, operating on-street in mixed traffic. Light Rail, operating on various Reserved Rights-of -Ways [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZzfCwjPTvg] Included in video #4 is a “Gauntlet” style switch. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMez9CTmQ24] Video #5 shows operation on RRoW and a ”Gauntlet” [...]

Light Rail & Tramways Growth Continues With new Openings in 2010

From May’s issue of Tramway’s & Urban Transit comes a list of new LRT openings in 2010, almost one every six weeks. The following is a partial list of new LRT/tram and TramTrain systems. It is interesting to note the increase of TramTrain expansion, both in Europe and in North America. Also, when compared to metro [...]