Diesel Trams - a new way forward?

Light rail technologies have received closer attention in recent times as potential solutions to transport problems as well as providing alternatives to ‘traditional’ railway operation.
In light of this, a trip run by ACoRP and organised by Faber Maunsell, took eight delegates from Network Rail, the Department for Transport and Transport Scotland in December 2006 to Switzerland and Germany. The aim of this was to study developments in light rail and their applicability to the UK.

The full Modern Railways article by Charles King can be downloaded below.