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Cost effective’ tram system to be trialled in Coventry

Deniz Huseyin
17 December 2025
Jim O’Boyle: Very light rail project is “a cost-effective and efficient alternative to conventional tram systems”
Jim O’Boyle: Very light rail project is “a cost-effective and efficient alternative to conventional tram systems”
 

Coventry City Council has approved the installation of an 800m twin track Very Light Rail demonstrator. This marks the next stage in the council’s plan to roll out a “cost-effective and efficient” tram network across the city.

The test route, linking Coventry Railway Station and Coventry University Technology Park and running in both directions and in live traffic, is due to be installed by March 2027.

It will be roughly four times the length of the previous demonstrator track...

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