To Reduce Congestion, Trams Will Return To London

A £500 million package to reduce traffic congestion will bring back trams to central London for the first time in 50 years.

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May 29, 2002, 2:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

In an attempt to curb congestion in the capital, London's "Mayor Ken Livingstone has given the go-ahead for a £300 million Cross River link and a £200 million tramway through west London...Up to 122 million passengers each year are expected to use the network when it returns to the city centre for the first time since 1952. "

Thanks to Emily Rothchild

FULL STORY: Trams to return to capital

Wednesday, May 29, 2002 in This Is London

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