£1000 – £1500 per linear metre of ‘Standard’ 7.3m wide highway including all civils, drainage, pavements, signs, safety barriers. Equivalent cost for LRT = circa 8 – 10 times this rate. Equivalent cost for VLR = circa 5 – 6 times this rate. Regards, Mat Taylor
See Also: 2. LR55 maintaining gauge stability with glue in road LR55 easy to install tracks See Also: 5 Low Cost Tram Light Rail Track Systems Being Demonstrated Have Potential to Minimise Traffic Disruption and the Need to Divert Underground Services Sww also: https://bathtrams.uk/damage-buses-do-to-roads-cellars-and-tram-tracks/ The load under an LR55 tram track is half that of […]
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Subject: Re: Dear experts is this true regarding the success of the Belfast glider? Dear Dave, Just to expand a bit on my remarks about Glider: You have commented many times that “car drivers will not use buses.” As a generalisation that is fine, but it’s not as clear cut as that. If car drivers are […]
FAO: Dave Andrews 22nd April 2021 Dear Dave, Many thanks to all of the organising committee and our most excellent speakers for attending the Galway Very Light Rail on 20th April. Huge appreciation was shown by many people including many of the politicians who attended. The whole event is now live on Youtube. Please like and share. […]
4 Feb 2021 After many meetings and correspondence with the mayors, politicians, and officers of WECA (West of England Combined Authority), Bath & North East Somerset Council (BANES) and Bristol City Council (BCC), BBATA (Bath and Bristol Area Trams Association) is very pleased to announce that, their recommendations for a modern tram system linked […]
“The physical permanence of the rails has a much bigger impact on developers and investors, especially in the UK where bus routes can be changed or withdrawn at such short notice” Trams are great for city transport – why doesn’t the UK have more? and can help underpin neighbourhood regeneration projects. “Think of trams as […]
(BBATA = Bath and Bristol Area Trams Association, TFGB = Transport Forum for Greater Bristol) Leading experts will be addressing this issue including Richard Briggs of Mott Macdonald, leading tram/light-rail consultants. Richard Briggs, is Light Rapid Transit Deputy Practice Leader for Mott MacDonald and a member of the UK Tram Centre of Excellence. With […]
To: The Editor (for publication) Bath Chronicle 11 November 2020 Dear Sir, I am pleased that Peter Fox (letter – 5th November) thinks trams are great. They have the potential to provide an efficient, non-polluting public transport system that can carry large numbers of passengers and get people out of their cars. The issue of cost […]
BATH CHRONICLE OPINION We have analysed cost of tram routes Peter Fox’s thoughtful letter (“Give us full picture of likely tram costs” November 5) raises some interesting and valid points that deserve answering. All the questions that Peter rightly raises have been raised before and we have answers from experts documented on the Bath Trams […]
