Kassel shows the way for UK tram-train promoters

With 10km of new track German town has created new 122km public transport network

Robert Jack
25 November 2009
An Alstom Regio Citadis diesel/DC hybrid tram 
on the route between Kassel and Wolfhagen
An Alstom Regio Citadis diesel/DC hybrid tram on the route between Kassel and Wolfhagen

 

The tram-train concept is one that many believe has considerable potential. It will be tested for the first time in the UK between Sheffield and Rotherham. The Department for Transport had intended this trial to take place on the Penistone line between Sheffield and Huddersfield, but critics questioned the logic of this choice as the line has no connection with a tram line. Instead, it was announced last month that the trial will be switched to an existing freight-only line between Rotherham...

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