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Who’s to blame for ultra-light rail failing to take-off? The DfT

James Skinner, Sustraco Ltd, London W4
04 September 2015
LTT’s 10 July on ultra-light rail’s fortunes.
LTT’s 10 July on ultra-light rail’s fortunes.

 

You are fully justified in saying that “the chief advocates of ultra-light rail, many of whom are now getting on in years, have little to show for all their enthusiastic effort” (‘Any takers for ultra-light rail?’ LTT 10 Jul). However, as one of those advocates, may I implore your readers not to take this as indicating the lack of a market for Ultra Light Rail (ULR)? 

In my view, ULR would be flourishing all over the world by now if we had succeeded in getting even...

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