Limassol tram proposal among more than 30 transport options under study
A multidisciplinary team is assessing more than 30 mobility options for Limassol, including a tram system, with cost and environmental sustainability central to the review.
Limassol, Cyprus. Transport Minister Evanthia Tsolaki said a tram system for Limassol appears to be a promising proposal, but requires careful assessment of its financial and environmental sustainability.
The tram is among more than 30 options being examined by a multidisciplinary team planning the city’s future transport network.
Tram under consideration
Speaking to Entrepreneurial Limassol, a periodical published by the Limassol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Evel), Tsolaki said the introduction of a tram should be studied carefully, with cost-related sustainability as the main criterion.
“The introduction of a tram in Limassol appears to be a very promising proposal,” she said.
Broader mobility study
Professor Loukas Demetriou, who heads the interdisciplinary team of experts from Cyprus and abroad, said a tram was one of the options under consideration.
The team is co-ordinated by the University of Cyprus and Frederick University and is examining a broad range of alternatives for Limassol’s future mobility rather than working towards a predetermined solution.
Demetriou said tram infrastructure would represent a major intervention in the urban environment and could require investment of hundreds of millions of euros.
“We need to be very careful and really assess whether investing in such a mode of transport is worthwhile, how it can best be combined with the city’s other initiatives, how the public will embrace it and whether it is genuinely needed,” he said.
Routes and public input
The study is not limited to a possible tram route along Limassol’s coastal road, with researchers considering a wider range of routes and scenarios.
During the first six months of the study, the team collected a large volume of data, including results from an extensive questionnaire involving Limassol residents.
Demetriou said the municipalities had given the scientific team freedom to assess different scenarios without prescribing a specific solution or route in advance.
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