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ccmmick 9th December 2009 16:06

As a child living in Bradford i remember the trams a great form of transport and then the trolley bus good clean transport.
We lost ours in "GREAT BRITAIN?" and Europe kept there's.
But i am glad to see them making a come back in the cities.

ccmmick.

WatcherZero 25th February 2010 19:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by richard thompson (Post 35815)
There is the Metro from Birmingham to Wolverhampton near us. As yet there has been no expansion from the 1st line though it is in the "pipeline". I often think that reopening as a heavy railway would have given an extra corridor between Birmingham and Wolvohampton and not taken a platform from Snow Hill.
Richard.

Its because its the only tramline in the country that since opening has decreased rather than increased in passengers. http://www.pteg.net/NR/rdonlyres/D2D...FINAL15Feb.pdf

look on page 7. Nottinghams NET hasnt been too hot either.


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