Introducing Ultra Light Rail (ULR)
Producing zero emission lightweight trains and trams suitable for local rail services.
An electric battery solution supplemented by a flywheel to efficiently recover brake energy providing greater range between stops.
No overhead wires or conductor rails required.
Building on over 20 years experience associated with the successful Stourbridge Shuttle operation which has carried over 7 million passengers in the last 13 years with a 99.9% reliability track record.
Introducing Ultra Light Rail Partners Ltd (ULRP)
We are innovators in developing environmentally friendly and efficient ultra light rail vehicles with a 20-year track record.
We can solve future transport needs with our clean, affordable zero-emission rail-based rapid transit solutions. These offer the potential to become the principal mode of transport in towns, cities and rural areas as a catalyst to integrate mobility services.
A lightweight, efficient, e-railcar capable of carrying 120 passengers (train) or 210 passengers (tram: 54 seated and 156 standing). Features include:
- A bogied train with a battery-pack and flywheel as a zero emission standalone powertrain
- A hybrid approach reduces battery dependence and increases the range between charging cycles
- No overhead wires or gantries
- Designed to use opportunity charging stations
- Air quality improved, zero emissions at point of use
- Complies with the Climate Change Committee’s primary focus on electric transport solutions and clean air commitments
- Supports UK government’s commitments to decarbonise rail by 2035 (Scotland) and 2040 (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
Latest News
Latest news and information about Ultra Light Rail Partners
Badgers and development – Ensuring nature benefits
No badgers need to be detrimentally affected by any development where planning and feasibility have been properly implemented. The challenge for the future is to develop sustainable ways of moving and living whilst protecting and enhancing our precious wildlife. The...
Thank you for your feedback
BEVERLEY Neilsen, chair of Ultra Light Rail Partners wants to thank Malvern Gazette readers for their prompt input since she ‘floated’ the idea for a feasibility study for a cycle and ultra-light tram line. She said: “I am grateful to everyone who has taken time to...
ULRP meets DfT Minister, Anthony Browne MP
Pictured (left to right): Anthony Browne MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport; Beverley Nielsen, Chair, Ultra Light Rail Partners Ltd (ULRP); James Skinner, Entrepreneur and Director, ULRP. Beverley Nielsen, Chair, and James Skinner, Director of...
ULRP lobby for an ultra light rail line between Malvern and Upton
Pictured: Visualisation of a possible halt on Malvern to Upton rail and cycle line, courtesy Invizio. Ultra Light Rail Partners Ltd, chaired by Beverley Nielsen, is looking to conduct a feasibility study for an ultra-light rail tram-based solution on a shared bike and...
Standalone rail-based solutions
ULRP has been developing standalone rail-based solutions for the past twenty-five years. Over six years from 2017 three Innovate UK grants have been successfully won and developed. These have involved proposals to use biomethane-powered engines as prime movers...