Author : Anthony Young
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1035853574
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (358 download)
Book Synopsis The Tramcar will Return by : Anthony Young
Download or read book The Tramcar will Return written by Anthony Young and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-07-19 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electric tramways formed the backbone of most towns and cities in the first half of the twentieth century. But when they got in the way of cars, they had to go. People loved their trams, they took them to school, to work, to go shopping, to the cinema and to football matches. When the last Glasgow tram ran in 1962, a quarter of a million Glaswegians braved the pouring rain to say goodbye. Thirty years later, trams were re-invented to help combat congestion and environmental impacts of the car. Both eras are covered in this book by an engineer who witnessed the demise of the tram and its revival, playing a major role in getting trams onto the streets of Manchester in 1992. Now trams are running again in London, Edinburgh and cities in between. This is a personal story about the last tramways in Britain and the new generation of light rail systems, a term invented to avoid any confusion with old double deckers clanking down the middle of the road. It is interlaced with stories of tramways in the UK, Europe and beyond, gained when working as an international light rail consultant.
