The UK used to be covered in trams, with networks in virtually every city and town, but now just eight (or six, depending on what you include) British metro areas use a light-rail system. Could they ...

NEARLY six years after the opening of Newcastle city's six-stop light rail service, a groundswell of support for its expansion is building.

Dilapidated tram sheds will be transformed into a hotel and gym after plans were given the green light. Plans to adapt the sheds off Westgate Road were unanimously approved by Newcastle City Council ...

Efforts to redevelop disused tram sheds in Newcastle’s West End are being revived, almost a decade after plans to transform it into a hotel were first approved. New proposals have been lodged which ...

One piece of track part of the way between Meadowhall South, in Sheffield, and Rotherham Central is unique. As a tram makes the journey, it slides onto the special section of track that connects it to ...

An Urbos 3 tram, currently in use in the West Midlands. Credit: West Midlands Combined Authority. UK public transport company Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has unveiled plans to expand its ...