Snail rail: why are trams in Australian cities running slower than they were 100 years ago?

Sydney’s light rail network is among the slowest in the country, new analysis shows, and tram lines around the country share similar problems. Can anything be done to speed them up?

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Trams on a recently revived light rail route in Sydney and on one Melbourne line are so slow they would be outpaced by trams that ran almost 100 years ago, new analysis reveals.