How Automation Is Reshaping Light Rail
Automation is advancing across public transport, and light rail is part of that evolution. But automating a system is not…
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UITP Heads to InnoTrans 2026: On the Rails to Berlin!
From 22 to 25 September 2026, the world’s leading transport technology trade fair returns to Berlin. InnoTrans 2026 will fill…
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UITP at TRA 2026 – Research, Innovation and Dialogue in Budapest
Transport Research Arena’s 2026 edition, this time in Budapest, brought together mobility professionals, researchers and academics from across Europe and the…
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Urban Rail Transport: Definition by the Urban Rail Platform
Learn about the definition, classification and key characteristics of urban rail systems and their role in sustainable urban mobility.
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UITP at TRA 2026: What’s On, and Where
With Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2026 just around the corner, UITP and its partner projects have put together a packed…
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Interview with Dusan Klago on the Goals and Achievements of the R2DATO Project
Introduction: As cities across Europe and indeed around the world move toward smarter and more sustainable public transport systems, UITP…
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Tram Drivers: Connecting Us to Our Cities
Two tram drivers talk about the role of trams in connecting people and their cities.
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Catenary Not an Option? Innovative Solutions Already Exist
Overhead electric wires, or catenary lines, are often used to power transport using electricity. But what about when the overhead electrification infrastructure is not feasible for a specific network or line?
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Catenary-free Light Rail Systems: Why and How to Choose?
Why and when to implement catenary-free light rail? Discover case studies and best practices from across the world.
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Eurasia on RAMS
24 rail professionals came together for a Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety (RAMS) in urban rail systems training in Istanbul.
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Light Rail Transit: Data Shows Reliable, Attractive Mode Is Advancing Worldwide
The global tram and light rail landscape is a regular extensive data collection exercise at UITP, covering infrastructural aspects of LRT at city level and aggregated by region. The latest version looks at 2019-21 showing the changes over the last three years and how COVID-19 has impacted this mode of public transport.
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The Global Tram and Light Rail Landscape 2019-21
Explore data and trends from across the global tram and light rail (LRT) sector.
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Reducing Energy Losses in Power Distribution and Urban Rail Networks
Find out how the E-LOBSTER project reduced electricity losses in both light rail and power distribution networks.
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R2DATO
Advancing automation in railways and leveraging digitalisation to make mobility smarter, more efficient, and greener.
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Advancing Our Railways with Automation
The R2DATO project seeks to advance automation in railways and leverage digitalisation to make our mobility smarter, more efficient, and greener.
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E-Lobster
E-LOBSTER worked to integrate railway and electricity grids to reduce losses and boost renewable energy use, enhancing synergy between transport and power networks.
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Light Rail and Tram: The European Outlook
This Statistics Brief describes the evolution of light rail transit (LRT) in Europe since 2015 and provides a snapshot of the situation in 2018.
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The Global Tram and Light Rail Landscape
This Statistics Brief article describes the evolution of LRT across the world from 2015 up to 2017, and provides a snapshot of the situation in 2018.
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New Urban Rail Infrastructure 2018
This new UITP Statistics Brief shows the developments of urban rail during 2018 with a focus on the evolution of metro and light rail transport.
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Keolis inaugurates the final section of its first tram network in China
On 30th December 2019, Keolis’ Chinese joint venture Shanghai Keolis opened the last 3.88 km section of the Songjiang tram network. The 31 km long network featuring 46 stations offers Songjiang residents and visitors a reliable, sustainable and comfortable shared mobility solution to move around the city. The network is expected to carry 170,000 passengers per day and to reduce urban journeys by car.
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