THE INTERNATIONAL LIGHT RAIL MAGAZINE www.lrta.org www.tautonline.com JUNE 2019 NO. 978 IMPROVING AN ICON Prague: Expanding one of the world’s great tramway networks Canberra: Australia’s newest tramway Toronto confirms investment plans Report calls for Glasgow metro growth Driver aids Schöneiche £4.60 Technologies to Berlin’s metre-gauge promote LRT safety gains step-free access CONTENTS The official journal of the Light Rail Transit Association JUNE 2019 Vol. 82 No. 978 www.tautonline.com EDITORIAL EDITOR – Simon Johnston
[email protected] ASSOCIATE EDITOr – Tony Streeter 214
[email protected] WORLDWIDE EDITOR – Michael Taplin
[email protected] 236 NewS EDITOr – John Symons
[email protected] SenIOR CONTRIBUTOR – Neil Pulling WORLDWIDE CONTRIBUTORS Tony Bailey, Richard Felski, Ed Havens, Andrew Moglestue, Paul Nicholson, Herbert Pence, Mike Russell, Nikolai Semyonov, Alain Senut, Vic Simons, Witold Urbanowicz, Bill Vigrass, Francis Wagner, Thomas Wagner, Philip Webb, Rick Wilson 223 PRODUCTION – Lanna Blyth Tel: +44 (0)1733 367604
[email protected] NEWS 204 SYSTEMS FACTFILE: PRAGUE 223 Canberra’s tramway opens; Waterloo – The Czech city that created one of the most DESIGN – Debbie Nolan Kitchener enters final preparation phase; numerous tram types also has one of the ADVertiSING Toronto transit expansion confirmed; Muni world’s great systems. Neil Pulling reports. COMMERCIAL ManageR – Geoff Butler Tel: +44 (0)1733 367610 postpones payments over LRV safety issues;
[email protected] Glasgow’s GBP10bn urban rail plan. WORLDWIDE REVIEW 230 PUBLISheR – Matt Johnston Aarhus completes the final phase of its comment 208 tram-train service to Grenaa; Caen tramway Tramways & Urban Transit Transport Minister Jesse Norman on the role opening brought forward to July; Hong Kong 13 Orton Enterprise Centre, Bakewell Road, Peterborough PE2 6XU, UK of light rail for UK towns and cities.