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Title: Coventry - Very Light Railway - merged posts Post by: ChrisB on August 30, 2022, 17:48:49 That scheme has just secured £116million in funding...
https://www.interchange-uk.com/news/coventry-very-light-rail-moves-forward-as-city-secures-sustainable-transport-grant-funding Title: Public invited to try Very Light Railway in Coventry Post by: johnneyw on May 06, 2025, 17:04:11 People are being invited to try a short stretch of VLR in Coventry from late May in order to provide feedback about the experience.
There's more detail in this BBC article. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ygn69p943o.amp Admins, if you can find a suitable existing thread for this feel welcome to move it. Title: Re: Public invited to try Very Light Railway in Coventry Post by: ChrisB on May 06, 2025, 17:16:37 Thank you - I have booked.
Title: Re: Public invited to try Very Light Railway in Coventry Post by: stuving on May 06, 2025, 23:47:38 Admins, if you can find a suitable existing thread for this feel welcome to move it. There were several posts here (https://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=25065.msg307036#msg307036) - and a few mentions elsewhere. Title: Re: Coventry - Very Light Railway - merged posts Post by: johnneyw on June 04, 2025, 21:30:56 The Coventry VLR trail is set to expand with £12m allocated by the DfT to to extend the track from Coventry Station to Coventry University.
12 million quid might seem quite a modest amount but that's what VLR is all about. More in the link below: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-very-light-rail-expanded-31778868 Title: Re: Coventry - Very Light Railway - merged posts Post by: johnneyw on July 06, 2025, 15:59:36 According to Rail Advent, the VLR Innovation Centre operators have fallen into administration. What the impact on the the Coventry VLR will be is not yet clear. The article is a fairly short one at present, link below.
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