Lecture: Trams for Bath, Radstock Keynsham and Bristol? 12th June 7.30pm Bath Wednesday, June 12, 2019 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM (BST)

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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trams-for-bath-radstock-keynsham-and-bristol-12th-june-730pm-bath-tickets-61511509581?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing Roger Harrison who was involved at a senior level in the design, build, and operation of the very successful Nottingham tram ( it has just been agreed to extend it, as has Edinburgh) will talk about how trams may be beneficial to Bath and its connections to Radstock and Bristol. A key point he […]

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Comparative energy consumption of trams and buses

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For total life cycle comparisions see here: https://bathtrams.uk/relative-life-time-co2-enissions-of-tramways-compared-to-buses-and-busways-taking-into-account-co2-during-construction-ie-steel-and-concrete-etc/ Info from Professor Lewis Lesley:   Above: A bombardier tram in the 10th district of Vienna, Austria 2. Alternative calculation. Trams are a seemingly expensive outlay for a city. They require permanent tracks and overhead wires. At least that’s how the figures can often initially appear, but there […]

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Websites for UK Tram organisations

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UK Parliamentary Light Rail Group – https://www.applrguk.co.uk/   List of new trams under development – https://www.applrguk.co.uk/Tram-Tracker-Project   The campaigning arm of the LRTA – Light Rail Transit Association – http://www.lrta.org/TramForward/index.php   The official voice of the UK Tram industry – https://uktram.com/   Technical standards et – https://uktram.com/documents/   General facts about existing trams – https://www.thetrams.co.uk/tramsinuk.php   Light Rail […]

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Chinese guided bus busway trackless trams 9th in sequence of tram letters in Bath Chronicle. Chinese tram bus – why rubber tyred tram buses don’t work

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See Also: https://bathtrams.uk/techno-economic-reasons-why-rubber-tyred-trolley-diesel-bendy-buses-can-not-compete-with-steel-wheeled-trams/ Dear Chronicle, Colin Starkey suggests the optically guided tram bus system as used in the Chinese city Zhuzhou instead of trams This is not a new idea and was installed in France in since 2001 in Rouen and Nimes. It has a number of disadvantages compared to steel wheeled trams.  As is becoming increasingly […]

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