{"id":82062,"date":"2026-08-28T10:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/uk\/?post_type=events&#038;p=82062"},"modified":"2026-08-28T10:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:05:22","slug":"time-for-trams-2026","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/uk\/events\/time-for-trams-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for Trams 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inaugural Time for Trams conference brings together political leaders, transport authorities, and transit specialists to address how light rail and mass transit can unlock regional growth, accelerate urban decarbonisation, and connect communities. SYSTRA is attending to explore how integrated planning, transport policy, and multidisciplinary engineering can help turn emerging mass transit ambitions into deliverable schemes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-attending-from-systra\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:23px\">Attending from SYSTRA<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Andrew Dugdale<\/strong> <em>(Market Director \u2013 Mass Transit, Rail &amp; Highways)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Amy Sykes<\/strong> <em>(Director \u2013 Consultancy Division)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-connect-with-our-team\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:23px\">Connect with our team <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attending Time for Trams in Coventry? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/uk\/contact\/business\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"56520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get in touch with our team<\/a> in advance to arrange a meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group who-pattern-content-feed\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n    <div class=\"who-block-content-feed\">\n        \n\t\t<div class=\"tile tile--markets \">\n\t\t<figure class=\"tile__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/06\/manchester-metrolink-tram-stop-edited-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"tile__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"tile__tag__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"tile__tag\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmarkets\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"tile__title\" style=\"color:#fff !important\">Light Rail &amp; Tramways<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"tile__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/uk\/markets\/transport\/light-rail\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> sur Light Rail &amp; Tramways<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n    <div class=\"who-block-content-feed\">\n        \n\t\n\t<div class=\"tile tile--expert_insights \">\n\t\t<figure class=\"tile__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/12\/laptop1-1024x645.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"tile__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"tile__tag__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"tile__tag\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpert Insights\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"tile__expert-name\">Amy SYKES<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"tile__title\">Making the Case for Transport<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t<a class=\"tile__link tile__link--red\" href=\"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/uk\/expert_insights\/making-the-case-for-transport\/\">\n\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7733,"template":"","type-event":[],"class_list":["post-82062","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Time for Trams 2026 - Systra UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Time for Trams 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The inaugural Time for Trams conference brings together political leaders, transport authorities, and transit specialists to address how light rail and mass transit can unlock regional growth, accelerate urban decarbonisation, and connect communities. 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