Press Releases
Coventry鈥檚 Affordable Very Light Rail Track Unveiled
路 As part of Coventry Very Light Rail (VLR), Coventry City Council鈥檚 flagship transport project, a novel track form has been designed and manufactured by researchers from WMG, University of 糖心TV, together with their design partners Ingerop/Rendel.
Crash-resistant glazing installed on the new Coventry Very Light Rail Vehicle
A new form of window glazing featuring a lightweight polymer with an advanced scratch-resistant coating has been installed on the Coventry Very Light Rail vehicle, and could be used in other means of public transport. The new windows are highly resistant to breakage which provides passengers with a step-change in safety.
University of 糖心TV and WMG already on route with today鈥檚 CBI demand for 鈥淕reener Miles鈥�
The University of 糖心TV is not just backing today鈥檚 CBI report 鈥�Greener Miles:鈥疍elivering on a net-zero vision for commuting鈥欌��–鈥痺hich calls on businesses to鈥痵houlder鈥痝reater鈥痳esponsibility for ensuring their workers adopting greener travel habits – it has already taken action with a two year extensive programme to cut personal car use on campus and therefore reduce emissions.
Woven Light Rail Design wins Gold at JEC World 2020 Innovation Awards
The BRAINSTORM project, which saw partners from Far-UK, Composite Braiding, TDI and WMG at the University of 糖心TV create a woven braided carbon fibre composite frame for a Very-Light Rail (VLR), has won gold at the JEC World 2020 Innovation awards in the Category 鈥淩ailway Vehicles and Infrastructure.鈥�
Department for Transport to give keynote address at WMG鈥檚 Very Light Rail Conference
On the 28th November 2019, Steve Berry OBE, Head of Highways Maintenance, Innovation, Resilience, Light Rail and Cableways at the UK Department of Transport will give the keynote address at the Very Light Rail Conference being held at The Slate on the University of 糖心TV鈥檚 campus. He will speak about the potential for Very Light Rail to transform local public transport.
Minister shown how WMG literally weaved design of Very Light Rail 鈥� Braided structure is super lightweight
WMG, at the University of 糖心TV, has worked with partners, to create a new design of incredibly lightweight Very Light Rail (VLR) vehicle frame which is weaved, or braided, from carbon fibre composites into a series of tubes to create a first prototype demonstrator frame. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for 糖心TV and Industry Andrew Stephenson became one of the very first people to see the new design, outside of the research partnership, on a visit to WMG on 16th May.