Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR) has been recognised at the British Construction & Infrastructure Awards, with Colas Rail and Coventry City Council jointly winning the Innovation Impact Award for their work on the project.

Light rail representatives have visited Coventry to see the installation of a new track system being developed as part of the Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR) programme. The visit, promoted by UKTram, gave representatives from light rail networks an opportunity to see the CVLR track being installed at Mile Lane and hear directly from the team responsible for its development.

The Coventry Very Light Rail project has now broken ground on a 400m long construction section along Mile Lane, the first of three phases to deliver the City Centre Demonstrator Track. This section features twin track installation, following a joint site enclosure with Severn Trent Water to renew an aged asset and support wider infrastructure renewal ahead of the Council’s Very Light Rail works, which will commence mid-July 2026. Road milling and wider excavation is now in pr

UKTram attended an online seminar on Coventry Very Light Rail on 22nd January 2026, delivered as part of a joint event hosted by the Institution of Civil Engineers West Midlands (Coventry and Warwickshire branch) and the Railway Civil Engineers Association.

Last week, UKTram Board members had the opportunity to visit Coventry’s Very Light Rail (VLR) demonstration site, to experience first-hand the progress being made on this innovative transport concept.

Representatives from UKTram and WMCA viewed the first stage installation of the Coventry Very Light Rail innovative.

The pioneering Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR) project has achieved a major milestone with successful running of the vehicle on its test track at the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC) in Dudley. The battery-powered vehicle and revolutionary track system will offer cities the chance to install rapid passenger tram systems faster and at a much lower cost than traditional light rail systems. The innovative track is thinner than the track used in existing light

Coventry City Council’s prototype Very Light Rail vehicle, which has the potential to transform how people move about the city, is set to be moved ready for real on track testing. Over the last two years researchers from WMG, University of Warwick together with TDi Ltd, have been designing and building the new Coventry Very Light Rail vehicle for Coventry City Council, which will see an electric powered, zero-emissions, lightweight, rail-based public transport system arrive i