NEW LIGHT RAIL IN LONDON REJUVENATES THAMES AREA

Innovative changes to London's Docklands Light Railway have revitalized the area bringing some 600 businesses employing 10,000 extra people and increasing ridership. Detailed is this surface rail system which is a steel-wheel-on-steel-rail, segregated system, consisting of changes to engineering design, construction, vehicles and an implementation methodology using an innovative approach which is breaking new ground in the transit industry.

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  Bobit Publishing Company

  21061 S Western Avenue
  Torrance, CA  United States  90501-1711
• Authors:
  • Cunliffe, J P
• Publication Date: 1990-5

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 61-64
• Serial:
  • Metro
  • Volume: 86
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Bobit Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 10098-0083

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Innovation; Light rail transit; Steel rails
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rejuvenation
• Geographic Terms: London (England)
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494928
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1990 12:00AM