British And European Trams
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British And European Trams
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
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Rails In The Road
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Author : Oliver Green
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2016-10-31
Rails In The Road written by Oliver Green and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-31 with Transportation categories.
There have been passenger tramways in Britain for 150 years, but it is a rollercoaster story of rise, decline and a steady return. Trams have come and gone, been loved and hated, popular and derided, considered both wildly futuristic and hopelessly outdated by politicians, planners and the public alike. Horse trams, introduced from the USA in the 1860s, were the first cheap form of public transport on city streets. Electric systems were developed in nearly every urban area from the 1890s and revolutionised town travel in the Edwardian era.A century ago, trams were at their peak, used by everyone all over the country and a mark of civic pride in towns and cities from Dover to Dublin. But by the 1930s they were in decline and giving way to cheaper and more flexible buses and trolleybuses. By the 1950s all the major systems were being replaced. Londons last tram ran in 1952 and ten years later Glasgow, the city most firmly linked with trams, closed its network down. Only Blackpool, famous for its decorated cars, kept a public service running and trams seemed destined only for scrapyards and museums.A gradual renaissance took place from the 1980s, with growing interest in what are now described as light rail systems in Europe and North America. In the UK and Ireland modern trams were on the streets of Manchester from 1992, followed successively by Sheffield, Croydon, the West Midlands, Nottingham, Dublin and Edinburgh (2014). Trams are now set to be a familiar and significant feature of twenty-first century urban life, with more development on the way.
Tramways In Town And Country
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Author : Ewing Matheson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878
Tramways In Town And Country written by Ewing Matheson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with categories.
Tramway Renaissance In Western Europe
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Author : Dejan Petkov
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2019-12-13
Tramway Renaissance In Western Europe written by Dejan Petkov and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-13 with Social Science categories.
Dejan Petkov explores the tramway renaissance in Western Europe from a socio-technical standpoint and focuses on the development in Germany, France, and England. A multiple case analysis reveals the drivers, impact forces, actors and interest constellations behind the tramway renaissance in these countries and demonstrates the large variations in local systems and their style. A key finding is that there can be quite different paths to the success of tramway systems, but this success usually comes at a cost and can have a comprehensive character only if the systems are considered an integral part of the overarching strategies and concepts for urban and regional development.
A History Of Tramways
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Author : R. J. Buckley
language : en
Publisher: Newton Abbot : Douglas, David & Charles
Release Date : 1975
A History Of Tramways written by R. J. Buckley and has been published by Newton Abbot : Douglas, David & Charles this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Transportation categories.
Are Trams Socialist
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Author : Christian Wolmar
language : en
Publisher: London Publishing Partnership
Release Date : 2016-05-20
Are Trams Socialist written by Christian Wolmar and has been published by London Publishing Partnership this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-20 with Transportation categories.
Transport is key to our daily lives. The transport system is essential to ensure the movement of people and goods, and most of us will use the roads or public transport every day. Vast sums are tied up in it and are spent on trying to resolve the problems of congestion and delays. And yet it is a most neglected field of politics. Britain has never had a coherent transport policy. Transport ministers are regarded as minnows compared with their ‘big beast’ colleagues in other ministries. Successive governments have barely attempted to get to grips with the challenge of getting people around efficiently and safely while limiting the environmental damage caused by transport. In this entertaining polemic, Christian Wolmar, an author and journalist who has written about transport for over two decades, explains why politicians have not addressed the crucial issue of balancing transport needs with environmental considerations. Instead, they have been seduced by the popularity of the car and pressure from the car lobby, and they have been sidetracked by dogma. Solutions are at hand – and successful examples can be seen elsewhere in Europe – but courage and clear thinking are needed if they are to be implemented.
The Tramcar Will Return
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Author : Anthony Young
language : en
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Release Date : 2024-07-19
The Tramcar Will Return written by Anthony Young and has been published by Austin Macauley Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Electric tramways formed the backbone of most towns and cities in the first half of the twentieth century. But when they got in the way of cars, they had to go. People loved their trams, they took them to school, to work, to go shopping, to the cinema and to football matches. When the last Glasgow tram ran in 1962, a quarter of a million Glaswegians braved the pouring rain to say goodbye. Thirty years later, trams were re-invented to help combat congestion and environmental impacts of the car. Both eras are covered in this book by an engineer who witnessed the demise of the tram and its revival, playing a major role in getting trams onto the streets of Manchester in 1992. Now trams are running again in London, Edinburgh and cities in between. This is a personal story about the last tramways in Britain and the new generation of light rail systems, a term invented to avoid any confusion with old double deckers clanking down the middle of the road. It is interlaced with stories of tramways in the UK, Europe and beyond, gained when working as an international light rail consultant.
Transport In Britain
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Author : Philip Bagwell
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2002-01-01
Transport In Britain written by Philip Bagwell and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Transportation categories.
British transport, 1750-2000.
Buses Trolleys Trams
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Author : Charles Dunbar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Buses Trolleys Trams written by Charles Dunbar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Buses categories.
Trams And Trolleybuses
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Author : Oliver Green
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-02-22
Trams And Trolleybuses written by Oliver Green and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-22 with Transportation categories.
From the horse-drawn trams of the nineteenth century to the larger electric models of the early twentieth, this reliable form of public transport revolutionised town travel by making it affordable enough for working people to use. From the 1930s, the rise of the trolleybus, which also picked up power from overhead cables but ran without expensive tracks, looked set to supersede the tram – but ultimately, by the 1950s, both fell victim to motor buses and private cars. However, since the 1980s the environmental benefits of light rail have encouraged a growing comeback for trams on our crowded and polluted city streets. Using beautiful contemporary photographs, this is the fascinating story of the rise, fall and revival of this everyday, yet sometimes controversial, mode of urban transport.