Interesting Links for 25-05-2025

[andrewducker]

1. How Coventry is building a tram for a tiny fraction of what it cost Edinburgh

(tags:trams construction UK GoodNews )

Comments

[hairyears]

I would guess that battery power, with rapid charging points at the route's ends, is way cheaper (in the short term) and faster to build than the overhead wires and new electrical infrastructure.

It'll work if the trams are at the very light end of light railway.