Editing Light rail (section)

===Postwar===
Many original tram and [[Streetcar|streetcar systems]] in the [[United Kingdom]], [[United States]], and elsewhere were decommissioned starting in the 1950s as subsidies for the car increased. During the 1940s both Leeds and Glasgow added new lines to their tram networks, both with a light rail like exclusive alignement.<ref name="LURS">{{cite book |last1=Skelsey |first1=Geoffrey |title=Brussels Metro to Grow As Pre-metro Shrinks |date=2018 |publisher=London Underground Railway Society}}</ref> And yet, Britain abandoned all its tram systems, except for [[Blackpool tramway|Blackpool]], with the closure of [[Glasgow Corporation Tramways]] (one of the largest in Europe) in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetrams.co.uk/tramsinuk.php|access-date=26 December 2009|title=Trams in the UK|first=Peter|last=Courtenay|website=thetrams.co.uk|year=2006}}</ref>

[[File:Edmonton LRT testing commerical c.1978.jpg|thumb|Testing a German LRV for the Edmonton LRT]]