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« 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
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« Reply #1 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» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) 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.
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« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2025, 17:16:37 »
Thank you - I have booked.
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« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2025, 23:47:38 »
Quote from: johnneyw on May 06, 2025, 17:04:11
Admins, if you can find a suitable existing thread for this feel welcome to move it.

There were several posts here - and a few mentions elsewhere.
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« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2025, 21:30:56 »
The Coventry VLR trail is set to expand with £12m allocated by the DfT» (Department for Transport - about) 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
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« Reply #5 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.
Not a good day for VLR in a wider context either.

https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/07/very-light-rail-innovation-centre-operators-fall-into-administration.html
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