Friday, 16 June 2017

Tram Plans Move Forward

The plans to run trams on the former Deepdale / Longridge branch are still progressing, with work expected to begin this month.

Pictured last week, the team involved in the long-awaited return of trams to Preston : L to R is Ben Gilks (Land Agent), Jane Lockwood (Solicitor), Lincoln Shields (Director Preston Trampower Ltd & ex Director AMEC), Peter Downs (Project Manager), Lewis Lesley (Director Preston Trampower Ltd & retired Professor of Transport Engineering), Paul Walton (Planning Consultant and Principal of PWA), Roger Bell (ex Chairman Planning Committee, West Lancs DC), Daniel Hughes (Principal Planner PWA), Petros Price (Traffic Consultant) & John Parker (retired Senior Track Engineer, Network Rail).