Light Rail

Light Rail Vehicles(LRV) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) are the new names for what we used to refer to as 'trams'. NSW used to have the third largest system in the world until the early 1950s.

The History of Tramways and Evolution of Light Rail by Michael Taplin, provides an overview of how electric trams were developed and their evolution to LRT.

Click on the links below to find out more about this mode, including the technical details and strategic uses of this mode.