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The Urban Transport Group (UTG) is a British transport organisation created in 2016, replacing the former Passenger Transport Executive Group (PTEG).. It has seven full members, the six Passenger transport executives and Transport for London and three associate members: Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, Bristol and the West of England Authorities, and Nottingham City Council.
4 (1 heritage tram line) 38 131 2023 27 Manchester: United Kingdom 103 km (64 mi) 99 8 44.3 120 2020 [25] 28 Arad: Romania 100.17 km (62.24 mi) 118 16 43.3 138 2014 29 Portland: United States 97 km (60 mi) [26] 94 5 38.4 145 2023 30 Gothenburg: Sweden 160 km (99 mi) 132 13 (1 heritage tram line) [27] 140 [28] 263 [29] 2018 31 Denver: United States
The tram type is offered in metre gauge and standard gauge and allows for a tram width of 2,300, 2,400 or 2,650 mm (7 ft 6 + 9 ⁄ 16 in, 7 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 in or 8 ft 8 + 5 ⁄ 16 in). Trams can be assembled from 3, 5, 7 or (only for the Urbos 100) 9 modules, with the length ranging between 23 and 56 metres (75 and 184 ft). [7]
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT) or heavy rail, [2] [3] commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas. A grade separated rapid transit line below ground surface through a tunnel can be regionally called a subway , tube , metro or underground .
Trams in Saint Petersburg: Russia 700+ [8] 205 km of lines remain. Detroit United Railway: USA 640 1956 Trams in Berlin: Germany 624 [9] 194 km of lines remain. Tram in Moscow: Russia 560 [10] 208 [Note 1] Trams in London: UK 523 [11] All trams removed by 1952, but a much smaller modern tramway network, London Tram, reintroduced in 2000. 1952 ...
Tramways & Urban Transit (TAUT or T&UT), also known as Modern Tramway, is a British monthly magazine about tramways and light rail transport, published continuously since 1938. Its content is orientated both to tramway enthusiasts and to persons working in the tram transport field or studying tramways.
Public transport by tram, streetcar, and light-rail street systems — always running on rail tracks, and usually an electric rail transport system. For trams in U.S. English usage, see Trackless train .
The history of urban trains in Guadalajara dates back to the 19th century, with the first trams pulled by mules, serving a route between the Guadalajara Cathedral and the Templo de la Merced. In 1974, several houses and streets in the city centre were demolished to make way for a new wide roadway, named Avenida Federalismo; the construction ...