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The UK used to be covered in trams, with networks in virtually every city and town, but now just eight (or six, depending on what you include) British metro areas use a light-rail system. Could they ...

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HOGMANAY revellers partying in a major Scottish city will receive a huge travel boost following the celebrations. Free ...

One piece of track part of the way between Meadowhall South, in Sheffield, and Rotherham Central is unique. As a tram makes the journey, it slides onto the special section of track that connects it to ...

As the global and economic uncertainties created by Donald Trump’s ill-informed tariffs take hold, we think now is the right time to further invest in a new Metro system in Glasgow and extend the ...

Workers on Edinburgh's tram network have backed strike action in a dispute over a lack of toilet breaks. The Unite union said late-running services mean drivers are unable to take a break ahead of ...

The company building Edinburgh's tram system wants a rates reduction of 80% for businesses on a key route closed for works in Edinburgh's west end. Transport Initiatives Edinburgh (Tie) has written to ...

Edinburgh Trams chiefs said four of the 112 accidents concerned cyclists — not including many involving riders jamming their wheels in tramlines. Another seven involved pedestrians, resulting in one ...

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND—The Scotsman reports that work to extend a tram line in Edinburgh has uncovered original brickwork and a pulley wheel. Edinburgh’s pulley wheel tram system, dated to about 1899, ...

A BURST water main on the busy Mound road in Edinburgh caused tram cancellations and major disruption, with a final repair planned for today.