Its capital costs were one-third those of the San Diego Trolley, a comparably sized US system built at the same time, while by 2009 its ridership was approximately three times as high.
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On 30 October 2009 Secretary of State for Transport Lord Adonis announced a plan to increase frequency on the line by allowing Hertfordshire County Council to lease the line from Network Rail and converting it to light rail from 2011.
The Affluence Stop (Chinese: 澤豐站), formerly Ho King Stop (Chinese: 河景站), is a MTR Light Rail stop located on the ground between Affluence Garden (Chinese: 澤豐花園) and Tuen Mun River (Chinese: 屯門河) in Tuen Mun District.
The line, which will be a short hybrid light rail-metro addition to the main subway lines which will cover a poorly communicated area, similar to L11, was announced in 2002 by Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan government).
One of the first measures Sizemore was involved in was a referendum which stopped Portland's $3.4 billion light rail expansion.
Plans were drawn up in 1989 to permit Brunswick depot to operate the Upfield railway line, which was slated to be converted to light rail.
In his five terms as mayor and during previous service on the Raleigh City Council (1985–89 and 1991–95), Meeker, living and raising his family in Boylan Heights, has notably advocated downtown redevelopment and the creation of a light rail system connecting Raleigh to Durham, Research Triangle Park, and Chapel Hill under the auspices of the Triangle Transit Authority.
Automatic-setting rollsigns are common on many light rail and subway/metro systems in North America, and in the U.K. such capability is standard on the so-called "bendy buses" (articulated buses) of Transport for London (TfL) and in Citaro Gs, when equipped with blinds.
The West London Business group backs a Surbiton-to-Brent Cross light rail, called the West London Orbital underground railway, based on Copenhagen Metro technology, which would include a station underground at Ealing Broadway.
The Gold Line Foothill Extension is a planned extension of the Metro Gold Line light rail corridor from its current terminus in Pasadena, California, east through the "Foothill Cities" of Los Angeles County.
Shortly before its demise, the Fallowfield Loop line played an important role in the early development of the Manchester Metrolink system when the stretch of track at Debdale Park on the site of the former Hyde Road railway station was used in 1987 for a public demonstration of "Project Light Rail", the working title for the development of a new light rail/tram network in Manchester.
The Las Vegas Monorail, FrontRunner commuter rail system and TRAX light rail in Salt Lake City are mass transit lines loosely parallel to I-15 that are now in operation.
The light rail system of Kayseri, Kayseray, passes close to the stadium complex, allowing travelling supporters to reach the new site with ease.
Lynnwood Link Extension is a northern extension of the Northgate Link light rail line that will connect the Northgate to Lynnwood.
MAX Light Rail, or Metropolitan Area Express, is a light rail system consisting of four separate lines (Blue, Green, Red, and Yellow lines) serving 87 stations in the Portland metropolitan area in Oregon.
Additionally, the MyMulti intermodal ticket may be used on the light rail line.
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From June 2011 the MyZone system was extended to the then privately operated light rail system.
The N Judah is a Muni Metro light rail line in San Francisco, California, so named as it runs along Judah Street for much of its length, named after railroad engineer Theodore Judah.
The Blue Line light rail, opened in 2004, has a Nicollet Mall station, and connects downtown Minneapolis to the airport and the Mall of America in Bloomington.
The OR 213 and I-84 intersection is also where OR 213 crosses over the MAX Blue, Red, and Green light rail lines at the Northeast 82nd Avenue station.
The light rail Tren de la Costa (Train of the Coast), which serves "tourist" and local commuters, runs from the northern suburbs of Buenos Aires to Tigre along the river for approximately 15 kilometres, the line connects directly to the Mitre line at Maipú–Bartolomé Mitre station in the northern suburb of Olivos for direct access to Retiro terminus in the centre of the city.
The Cain Labor government in the 1980s proposed rebuilding the line as a light rail line, but since then patronage has grown considerably and even with the 8-minute peak-period frequency, trains are heavily loaded.
Located across the street from Macy's is the South Hills Village light rail station.
The current mayor, Peter Kelly, and several regional councillors have favoured instituting a commuter rail or a light rail system on current and abandoned railway lines and several streets in the urban core, however such a proposal would require provincial and federal funding and agreement with railway companies.
Replacing them on the Tranvía del Este was another tram of the same type, but loaned from Madrid, Spain, where it was number 153 (a number it also used in Buenos Aires) in the fleet of the Metro Ligero de Madrid light rail system.
It is at the hub of transport links and networks which include bus services to various parts of Hong Kong, including express services to Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, West Rail to Kowloon and the Light Rail serving the western New Territories.
Church and 22nd Street, a station on the San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail network's J Church line
Church and 30th Street, a station on the San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail network's J Church line
30th Street and Dolores, a station on the San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail network's J Church line
METRO Green Line, a light rail line under construction between Minneapolis and St. Paul that was known as the Central Corridor during the planning and early construction phase
It is the only elevated Light Rail stop in Tin Shui Wai, and the distance between it and Tin Fu Stop is the shortest in the current Light Rail system.
The CITI was a proposed light-rail system that would have served the under-construction Titanic Quarter and George Best Belfast City Airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The Tram Power City Class Light Rail Vehicle (also referred to as the Citytram) is a prototype two car articulated electric tram previously tested on the Blackpool Tramway It operates off a power supply between 550V and 800V DC.
RTA Rapid Transit, the subway and light rail system serving Cleveland, Ohio.
Melbourne artist Van Thanh Rudd made an artwork attacking Connex's parent company Veolia Environnement's building of a light rail system linking up Israeli settlements.
East Didsbury Metrolink station, a light rail stop in Didsbury, England; the terminus of Metrolink's South Manchester Line.
East Link, an extension of Sound Transit Link Light Rail in the Seattle metropolitan area
The Stadtbahn Glattal, a more recent light rail system also in the Swiss canton of Zurich
In June 2011 the GoldLinq consortium comprising Bombardier Transportation, Downer EDI, Keolis, McConnell Dowell and Plenary Group was awarded the contract to build the light and operate the Gold Coast light rail line for 18 years.
Harrington Road tram stop, a light rail station in Croydon, London, England
Archaeological finds have been recorded along the track of the adjacent Valley Metro light-rail construction.
The Green Line "D" Branch (formerly the Boston & Albany Railroad's Highland Branch) was converted in 1959 and runs modern light rail equipment; the Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line was converted in 1929 and runs historic PCC streetcars.
A temporary light rail system for demonstration purposes, with just 2 stations, was built in the Central Park in 2004, using Melbourne D2 Tram cars from Siemens.
With an overflowing wait list for plots in the refurbished Karl Linn Community Garden, he set his sights on a large weed-filled vacant lot across the street where the light rail tracks of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) enter an underground tunnel.
In September 2013, Washington Supreme Court ruled that plans to build light rail over I-90 bridge do not violate Washington's Consitution.
The station itself predates the Metro light rail system; it was opened in July 1947 by the LNER, which operated electric suburban passenger services on the North Tyneside Loop, the predecessor of the Metro's Yellow line (see Tyneside Electrics).
Light Rail Transit Association, a light rail transit advocacy group based in the United Kingdom
The Silver Line, or Southeast Corridor, would serve as a BRT (though light rail may be a small possibility) line between the CPCC Levine Campus in Matthews and the proposed Gateway Station in Uptown Charlotte.
The service is provided by eleven Siemens–Duewag U2 light-rail vehicles (LRVs) acquired secondhand from the San Diego Trolley system in San Diego, California.
The mall grounds also contain a Valley Metro transit stop for buses, and is slated as a location for light rail service in the future.
As a resting point, the park sits closely between many areas of interest to those in the street life, for example the Tri-Met transit mall, the east-west light rail service, the Portland Streetcar service, Powell's Books, and Burnside Street as well as Stark Street, home of Portland's The Roxy, which is open 24 hours most days.
Oldham King Street Metrolink station is a stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system and is located opposite Oldham Sixth Form College, at the junction of King Street and Union Street in Oldham, England.
Packard's Corner is serviced by the Packards Corner stop on the B Branch of the MBTA's Green Line, a light rail line that runs mostly above ground.
Pioneer Square South and Pioneer Square North, a pair of stations on the MAX Light Rail in Portland, Oregon
It is a 1.8-mile (2.9-km) branch with four stations that provides light rail access to numerous venues, including the Auraria Campus, Invesco Field at Mile High, Pepsi Center, Elitch Gardens, Union Station and Coors Field.
It will be the first system in the Netherlands where light rail vehicles will share heavy rail tracks with heavy rail trains, similar to the tram-train systems around Karlsruhe and Saarbrücken, Germany.
Green Line "D" Branch, a light rail line connecting Boston and Riverside, Massachusetts
In 1976, he chaired the campaign for the first successful half-cent sales tax for a transit district in California, has subsequently come to be known as "the father of VTA light rail," and is presently the executive director of the Mineta Transportation Institute.
Roosevelt LRT Station, a station on the Manila Light Rail Transit System in Manila, Philippines
Light Rail also serves to connect commuters/travelers to the San Jose International Airport, Diridon Station and the transit systems it serves: (Caltrain, ACE, the Coast Starlight, the Capitol Corridor); and moves LRT riders to and from Silicon Valley, the Greater Bay Area, and beyond.
Her tenure at Texas was marked by the introduction of the METRORail light rail transit system and for scandals; In 2000, she was suspended for 30 days after failing to report a collision involving her company car.
According to a news story aired on NY1 on March 8, 2007, many Staten Island residents endure very long commutes into Manhattan, and the West Shore Light Rail project would lessen this for many commuters.
Tamien Station is a train and light rail station in San Jose, California.
The plan builds on 52 GO train, subway, light rail and bus rapid transit projects proposed by the Government of Ontario in its MoveOntario 2020 plan announced on June 15, 2007, and includes new projects to support them.
The distance between it and Chung Fu Stop is the shortest in the current Light Rail system.
The tram line had undergone a major A$71 million overhaul in 2005–2006 with new Bombardier Flexity light-rail vehicles replacing the aging H-type trams which had been in service since 1929.
Transdev Sydney operates light rail services in Sydney on behalf of Transport for New South Wales.
The centerpiece of the plan is a light rail streetcar system (possibly similar to the Portland Streetcar in Oregon) that will travel through the downtown area, connecting the main University of Arizona campus with the Rio Nuevo master plan area on the western edge of downtown.
On the previous day, the Light Rail Transit system was declared open by Anne, Princess Royal, at this stop; the commemorative plaque she unveiled still remains intact.
Rail transport in the Twin Cities currently consists of Amtrak service between Chicago and Seattle, the METRO Blue Line light rail service running between downtown Minneapolis and the Mall of America, passing by the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, and the Northstar Commuter Rail line between downtown Minneapolis and a number of northwest suburbs.
When the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) in San Francisco, California, and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in Boston, Massachusetts, were looking at building new vehicles or import existing European vehicles, the UMTA created a committee (the BSF Committee) to design a standardized light rail car.
In 1996, six trams were delivered to serve on the light rail between Mannheim, Heidelberg and Weinheim, Germany, operated by Oberrheinischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft.