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DfT's light rail guidance is anti-light rail say PTEs and industry

01 March 2007
 

England's six PTEs and industry association UK Tram have criticised the DfT's recent draft guidance on light rail, saying that it points local authorities away from light rail solutions towards bus-based schemes.

"It is unhelpful to suggest the most cost effective solutions to most corridors are likely to be bus options in a guidance paper for promoters seeking a light rail scheme," say the Passenger Transport Executive Group (pteg) and UK Tram in a joint response to the draft...

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