THE INTERNATIONAL LIGHT RAIL MAGAZINE www.lrta.org www.tautonline.com APRIL 2020 NO. 988 THE WORLD TRAM MARKET IN 2O2O Alstom bids for Bombardier’s rail arm Transport operators combat COVID-19 SUBSCRIBE HERE Tram crossings Den Haag Delivering a safe Light rail variety in £4.60 public environment the Netherlands 2020 ENTRIES OPEN NOW! SUPPORTED BY ColTram www.lightrailawards.com CONTENTS The official journal of the Light Rail Transit Association APRIL 2020 Vol. 83 No. 988 www.tautonline.com EDITORIAL EDITOR – Simon Johnston
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[email protected] SenIOR CONTRIBUTOR – Neil Pulling WORLDWIDE CONTRIBUTORS 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 PRODUCTION – Lanna Blyth 145 Tel: +44 (0)1733 367604
[email protected] NEWS 124 SYstems FActfILE: den HAAG 145 DESIGN – Debbie Nolan Alstom launches Bombardier takeover; Variety abounds in the ‘Royal City by ADVertiSING Cities take action to combat coronavirus; the Sea’, home to the Netherlands’ COMMERCIAL ManageR – Geoff Butler Tel: +44 (0)1733 367610 Atlanta approves 2050 transport initiative; second-biggest system, finds Neil Pulling.
[email protected] Consultation launched for Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro; Visakhapatnam revises WORLDWIDE REVIEW 150 PUBLISheR – Matt Johnston mobility strategy to include trams. Ground-breaking for the Parramatta light Tramways & Urban Transit rail line; Further vehicle issues plague 13 Orton Enterprise Centre, Bakewell Road, THE UK’S CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE 130 Ottawa’s Confederation line; Tatra-Jug Peterborough PE2 6XU, UK Colin Robey explains the role of the UK’s trams in service in Iskandariyah; Bordeaux Tramways & Urban Transit is published by Mainspring ‘one-stop-shop’ for tramway promoters.