Tories ponder rubber-tyred trains to solve the UK’s overcrowded railway

Redwood-backed thinktank says Parisian technology is feasible

Redwood-backed thinktank says Parisian technology is feasible

A NEW REPORT by the Economic Competitiveness Policy Group for the Conservative shadow cabinet has suggested that trains with rubber tyres, similar to those used on the Paris Metro system, could allow for significant increases in capacity on the UK’s rail network.

The group, which is chaired by MPs John Redwood and Simon Wolfson, has produced proposals in its Freeing Britain to Compete   report that suggest that improving signalling and lengthening trains, which is currently...