The public transports

Over the last decades, around twenty tram-train networks have been implemented throughout Europe, a new transport system that combines the advantages of tram and railway, allowing direct connection between city centres and their nearby towns and villages. Since the new networks started in Germany in 1979, tram-trains have spread along the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, the Netherlands, and especially France. Each one of these networks are analysed in this book through a detailed historical and technical tour.

Tramways returning to Spain is a fact that can be seen in the large number of tram networks, light rail and tram-trains that are running or under construction along the Spanish geography. The current tramway is very different from the one that existed in Spain until the 1970s. Nowadays we talk about sustainable, silent, safe and comfortable transport. This book describes more than 30 networks that exist in Spain at the date of its publication, which, with their service, have modernized and revalued living in their cities.