Cornish Triang Paul Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Isnt the " Train / Tran " already on the European network ??? See Lint and Flirt DMU ranges. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 They are just trains Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Leaving aside the nomenclature of what is and isn't a tram or a train for a moment, and meandering back towards the thread title "...a step nearer", wasn't there meant to be an announcement this week on the Sheffield-Rotherham scheme? Did we all miss it, or are they carefully rescheduling news releases again, according to what else is going on. There's definitely no provision for different height platforms at the newly-refurbished Rotherham Central, which is almost complete (I could post some before, during and after photos if anyone's interested). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin_m Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Isnt the " Train / Tran " already on the European network ??? See Lint and Flirt DMU ranges. Some of the minor Swiss railways in particular blur the boundary between tram and train, with sections of street running but vehicles that are more train-like. I have a place name on the tip of my tongue but sorry can't recall it at present. Stadler GTW is probably the most likely to be found in this type of operation. The "true" tram-trains are found in Karlsruhe, Kassel, Saarbruecken, Mulhouse and various other places. The key difference is that tram-trains are effectively tram designs with extra bits for running on the railway, rather than trains with extra bits for running on the street. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 "Final approval" for the Rotherham tram-train scheme given today by the Transport Minister: http://www.dft.gov.u...press-20120517a and http://www.dft.gov.u...baker-20120517a for introduction in 2015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Approval may be but will theDFT start cutting back ,as they seem to on all projects,if it happens this will open real possabilities for projects all over the UK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNCF stephen Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Approval may be but will theDFT start cutting back ,as they seem to on all projects,if it happens this will open real possabilities for projects all over the UK. I doubt the DfT will welch on the deal at this stage. It is too far down the line and a lot of other schemes are eagerly awaiting the results of this trial for their TramTrain projects. £58m is peanuts for the type of scheme this is so it would represent good value for money! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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