BUSIEST TRAMS ARE PROMISED; BRANDED.

Byline: JON TUNNEY

MERSEYSIDE has been promised Britain's busiest tram system by the consortium building it.

Passengers can expect a service once every five minutes, making it the most frequent operation of its type in Britain.

Representatives from the MET consortium assured Liverpool council's executive board line one would be done and dusted by 2008 and promised ``no subsidy subsidy, financial assistance granted by a government or philanthropic foundation to a person or association for the purpose of promoting an enterprise considered beneficial to the public welfare. required. ''

Spokesman Mike Flynn Mike Flynn can refer to:

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said: ``We're not in the business of running a loss making tram way for the next 25 years. ''

The development of Merseytram has been beset be·set
tr.v. be·set, be·set·ting, be·sets
1. To attack from all sides.

2. To trouble persistently; harass. See Synonyms at attack.

3. by difficulties ever since it was first mooted.

The whole project was on the brink of collapse earlier this month when MET threatened to follow rival bidder M-Tram out of the race. Work is due to begin on April 1 next year.

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Publication:	Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Date:	Oct 30, 2004
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