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| Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA) |
Information and campaigning about trams, tramways, streetcars and light rail transit systems |
http://www.lrta.org/ |
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| trams4edinburgh.co.uk |
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| New Edinburgh Tramways (NETCo) |
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| Croydon Tramlink |
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| Docklands Light Railway |
automated railway system serving London's Docklands |
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| Manchester Metrolink |
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| Midland Metro |
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| Nottingham Express Transit |
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| Sheffield Supertram |
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| Tyne & Wear Metro |
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| Tramway Orleans |
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| Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund |
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| Light Rail Atlas |
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| 'Tram Information' site |
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| 'Trams on railtracks' site |
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| Alstom |
tram manufacturers |
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| Bombardier |
tram manufacturers |
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2. Railways
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Rail industry:
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| English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) |
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| Eurostar |
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| First Engineering |
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| Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) |
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| National Rail |
GB railway infrastructure company (this website has an excellent timetable facility) |
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| ScotRail |
Scotland's principal train operating company |
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| Strathclyde Passenger Transport (SPT) |
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| Virgin Trains |
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| The Railway Forum |
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| Railway Industry Association |
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| Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) |
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| Community of European Railways (CER) |
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UK government bodies:
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| Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) |
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| Office of the Rail Regulator (ORR) |
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UK-wide rail campaigns:
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| Railfuture |
(formerly known as the Railway Development Society) lobbies for
protection and promotion of rail services across the country; the site
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| OnTheTrains.com |
set up by the Rail Passengers Committee, this provides "the world's
first online community for rail passengers, offering the opportunity to
communicate with other users of the rail network and providing both a
social space and a forum for your collective experiences, suggestions
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| Rail Freight Group (RFG) |
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Scottish local rail campaigns:
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| Borders Transport Futures |
company investigating reopening of the Waverley route |
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| Campaign for Borders Rail (CBR) |
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| CREATE (Campaign for Rail Enhancement Aberdeen to Edinburgh) |
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| Rail Action Group, East of Scotland (RAGES) |
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| Waverley Railway Project |
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Scottish heritage & preserved railways:
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| Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS) |
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| Aberdeen's Railways |
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| Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway |
preserved steam railway and transport centre |
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| Deeside Railway |
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| Edinburgh Suburban Line |
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| Great North of Scotland Railway Association (GNSRA) |
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| Keith and Dufftown Railway |
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| Strathspey Railway |
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Trade unions:
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| Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) |
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| National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) |
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| Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) |
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Miscellaneous:
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| Rail Europe |
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| RailFind |
UK railway website directory |
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| The Train Line |
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Other transport information
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| Caledonian MacBrayne |
Timetables, routes etc. for ferries to Scotland's islands |
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| Lothian Buses |
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http://www.lothianbuses.com |
| Scottish Citylink Coaches |
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http://www.citylink.co.uk/ |
Spokes
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the Lothian cycling campaign |
http://www.spokes.org.uk/ |
| Sustrans |
civil engineering charity, promoting cycleways |
http://www.sustrans.co.uk/ |
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Other Edinburgh-based organisations
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The Cockburn Association
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Edinburgh's original conservation organisation with positive views on transport issues |
http://www.cockburnassociation.org.uk/ |
The City of Edinburgh Council
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http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk |
Edinburgh tourist board
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http://www.edinburgh.org/ |
| Napier University Transport Research Institute |
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http://www.tri-napier.org/ |
| Friends of the Earth Scotland | | http://www.foe-scotland.org.uk/ |
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Media
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| The Herald |
Scottish daily newspaper with lively transport debate on the letters page |
http://www.theherald.co.uk/ |
| The Scotsman |
Daily newspaper, published in Edinburgh |
http://www.scotsman.com/ |
| Sunday Herald |
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http://www.sundayherald.com/ |
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Government
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| Scottish Government |
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http://www.scotland.gov.uk |
| Scottish Parliament |
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http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/
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