DfT backs tram-trains

摘要

Responsible for regional and local transport including light rail, Transport Minister Norman Baker has confirmed DfT's commitment to the tram-train concept. 'At the DfT we've had a light rail team and a heavy rail team, a light rail minister and a heavy rail minister, and it's very important that we work together', he said on October 19.rn'I'm in no doubt that tram-trains have a big role to play', added Baker. 'I was struck when I first went up to Manchester of the potential for tram-trains there, with the limited number of through platforms at Piccadilly, and how you could actually get more capacity by using the streets'.