THE INTERNATIONAL LIGHT RAIL MAGAZINE HEADLINES l ‘EcoTram’ aims for 10% energy savings l Croydon welcomes first newVariobahn l Moscow reveals light rail masterplan GREEN ARROW POINTS TO A MODERN MISKOLC Poland’s Euro 2012 revival: The South Lille Systems Factfile: Perfect harmony: Unique tramway How Stockholm operations and has integrated 75 pioneering VAL heritage and metro examined modern systems MARCH 2012 No. 891 1937–2012 WWW . LRTA . ORG l WWW . TRAMNEWS . NET £3.80 Contents The official journal of the Light Rail Transit Association 88 News 93 MARCH 2012 Vol. 75 No. 891 Moscow announces major metro and tramway plans; www.tramnews.net London Tramlink welcomes first Stadler Variobahn; EDITORIAL Munich’s EUR135m investment for 2012. Editor: Simon Johnston Tel: +44 (0)1832 281131 E-mail:
[email protected] 93 Poland prepares for Euro 2012 – Part Two Eaglethorpe Barns, Warmington, Peterborough PE8 6TJ, UK. In the second instalment of his examination of Polish light Associate Editor: Tony Streeter rail investment, Mike Russell considers the situation in E-mail:
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[email protected] 99 Miskolc Green Arrow News Editor: John Symons Ágnes Csontos from Miskolc transport operator MVK 17 Whitmore Avenue, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs ST9 0LW, UK. Zrt updates TAUT on the city’s ‘Green Arrow’ project to E-mail:
[email protected] revitalise public transport in the Hungarian city. Contributor: Neil Pulling 103 Systems Factfile: Lille Design: Debbie Nolan Rebuilding Lille’s historic tramway followed the Production: Carla Corrado introduction of the world’s first fully automatic metro 103 Tel: +44 (0)1832 281134 E-mail:
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