CARS FOR LIGHT RAPID TRANSIT

Recognising the value of light rapid transit where traffic flows do not demand full-scale metro construction, transport authorities in different parts of the world are planning to order tramcars. Such is the quality of the forty-year old American PCC design that it still forms the basis of cars being built today in several countries, but the author points out that it now has a powerful competitor in the standardised German articulated tramcar.

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • YEARSLEY, I
• Publication Date: 1972-10

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 385-387
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 128
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Light rail vehicles; Passenger cars; Streetcars; Trolley cars
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00044044
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways Board
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 15 1973 12:00AM