Light rail and trams

Light rail and tram schemes, routes and infrastructure.

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Guidance and regulation

• Transport and Works Act orders: a brief guide
  • Guidance
  • 14 July 2023
  • Department for Transport
• Light rail and tram statistics information
  • Guidance
  • 5 September 2023
  • Department for Transport
• Light rail security: recommended best practice
  • Guidance
  • 10 June 2014
  • Department for Transport
• Light rail and tram statistics: pre-release access
  • Guidance
  • 5 September 2023
  • Department for Transport

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News and communications

• Transport Secretary confirms £18 million to protect vital services in Greater Manchester
  • 8 June 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • News story
• £17 million regeneration in Attercliffe
  • 17 January 2023
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Case study
• Cheaper and better buses in £7 billion package to level up transport outside London
  • 4 April 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • News story
• Over £150 million provided to safeguard local transport services as the country emerges from the pandemic
  • 1 March 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • News story
• Local transport update: financial support for bus and light rail services
  • 1 March 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • Written statement

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Research and statistics

• Light rail and tram statistics (LRT)
  • 5 September 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • Statistical data set
• Light rail and tram statistics, England: year ending March 2023
  • 5 September 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • National statistics
• Concessionary travel statistics: year ending March 2022
  • 26 April 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • Official statistics
• Light rail and tram statistics, England: year ending March 2022
  • 24 August 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • National statistics
• Light rail and tram statistics, England: year ending March 2021
  • 23 June 2021
  • Department for Transport
  • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Allowing non-physical guided transport modes to be authorised by a Transport and Works Act order
  • 29 July 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 12 May 2022
• Proposed closure of passenger services at Woodlands Road Metrolink station, Manchester
  • 29 May 2013
  • Department for Transport
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 23 March 2011
• Nottingham Express Transit byelaws consultation
  • 26 February 2013
  • Department for Transport
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 25 March 2013
• Proposal to discontinue passenger services at Mosley Street Metrolink station
  • 10 November 2010
  • Department for Transport
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 09 February 2011
• Reducing greenhouse gas emissions: memorandum of understanding between DfT and the city of Los Angeles
  • 3 February 2022
  • Department for Transport, Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles , and Closed organisation: Office for Low Emission Vehicles
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Improving light rail services and cycle facilities at railway stations funding: regional allocations
  • 29 May 2020
  • Department for Transport
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department for Transport
• Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
• Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
• HM Treasury
• Office of the Secretary of State for Wales