What’s New on British Trams Online? 18th May 2025

Posted on Sunday 18 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

This week there are photos from the Isle of Man:

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In Pictures: The 1960s comes to East Anglia Transport Museum

Posted on Monday 19 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

The latest special event to take place at the East Anglia Transport Museum was a 1960s weekend with the museum transported back 60 years on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th May 2025. With the sights and sounds of the swinging 60s, all the usual museum attractions were also on offer and, of course, that includes the trams! Bryan Grint captured these images on the first day of the event.

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Busy night on the cards for Metrolink

Posted on Monday 19 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

What do Bruce Springsteen, Kylie Minogue and Kevin de Bryne all have in common? They are all due to appear in Manchester on Tuesday 20th May – with 100,000 people expected in the city centre to attend concerts at Coop Live and the AO Arena as well as Manchester City’s final home match of the season against Bournemouth (which will also be club legends Kevin de Bryne’s last home appearance). All in all it will combine to a very busy night for transport in the city, especially Metrolink.

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Stop by Stop London Trams: New Addington line – New Addington

Posted on Monday 19 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

“Stop by Stop” returns and we’re back on the London Trams network. Having previously taken a look at the stops on the Beckenham Junction and Elmers End lines for the next seven weeks we’ll be taking a look at the stops on the New Addington line and we start at the terminus.

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Manchester Metrolink Then & Now: St Peter’s Square

Posted on Sunday 18 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

Over the past few years one of the most popular photo series we have run has been “Manchester Metrolink Then & Now” – and its back for the next few weeks! In this series we take a look at the same location before or during construction of Metrolink and once the trams have started running. Thanks to Keith Chadbourne for these latest images as we see a few more locations.

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London Trams to celebrate 25 years

Posted on Sunday 18 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

On 10th May 2000 modern trams returned to the streets of London for the first time in almost 48 years with the opening of the then Croydon Tramlink network. Now branded as London Trams the network continues to link Wimbledon to Croydon and out to New Addington, Beckenham Junction and Elmers End, and with 2025 being the 25th anniversary Transport for London are marking the occasion.

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Teenager taken to hospital after being hit by tram in Nottingham

Posted on Sunday 18 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

A 14-year-old boy was taken to hospital to be treated for injuries sustained after being hit by a tram in Nottingham City Centre on Thursday 15th May. The boy was hit at around 1000 with emergency services quickly on the scene to treat his injuries.

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Blackpool heritage trams to return in October!

Posted on Saturday 17 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

It’s the news that many people have been waiting for – Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours are to return to action in October as part of the Lightpool Festival, and will then tours will continue to run for the remainder of the illuminations season.

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Around the World in Trams: East Berlin 218 007-8

Posted on Saturday 17 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

Another edition of “Around the World in Trams” which once again comes from East Berlin, Germany.

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Extra trams to be run for Robbie Williams concert in Edinburgh

Posted on Saturday 17 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

Robbie Williams isn’t a bad guest to perform on your birthday is he? The pop legend will be performing at Murrayfield Stadium on Saturday 31st May 2025 – which also just happens to be Edinburgh Trams’ 11th birthday! With large crowds expected to be going to the concert there will be extra trams in operation, and it will also be the first big volume test of the new ToTo payment system.

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Supertram reaches 10 million journeys under public control

Posted on Saturday 17 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) have announced that since the South Yorkshire Supertram network returned to public control in March 2024 10 million passenger journeys have been recorded. This figure was reached at the start of May 2025 in a little over 13 months since Stagecoach’s operation came to an end.

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Just what is going on with the Wirral Transport Museum?

Posted on Friday 16 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

The headline is a very good question and isn’t one which is going to be answered in this article as it seems no-one really knows! You’ll recall earlier this year that Wirral Borough Council had confirmed the removal of previously earmarked funding, £4.5 million of it, which was due to be used by new operators of the museum, Big Heritage, to expand the museum and update it to cover the complete history of transport in Birkenhead. Now, recent media reports have apparently seen a leaked report (used to make the decision on removal of funding) which casts doubt on the reasons the Council gave for taking the cash away.

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£1 billion proposal revealed for more major Metro expansion

Posted on Friday 16 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

Richard Parker, Mayor of West Midlands, and other local politicians and businesses have been involved in in-depth discussions with the government in recent months to try and secure funding for another major expansion of the West Midlands Metro network – which could see it go further into East Birmingham and further on to Solihull. The proposals would cost £1 billion but after these discussions the Mayor is hopeful that the plans will be supported.

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1007

Posted on Friday 16 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

We head back into the archives for another edition of “Picture in Time” with a photo coming from 1994 in Manchester.

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Coventry Very Light Rail demonstration tracks put down

Posted on Thursday 15 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

Rail vehicle in its home city, its been confirmed that the 220 metre test track has now been fully laid. The track is on Greyfriars Road and Queen Victoria Road and is the first time that the innovative modular track form has been embedded within a live urban corridor.

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Major summer works confirmed for Metrolink

Posted on Thursday 15 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

2025 is set to be another year of considerable investment in the Manchester Metrolink infrastructure with confirmation of a major closure impacting services through Piccadilly Gardens for over two months from early June to the start of August.

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UKTram Light Rail Operators Committee meet in Sheffield

Posted on Thursday 15 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

The last week of March saw the Light Rail Operators Committee (LROC) from UKTram meet in Sheffield where they saw details of an overspeed control system which is being tested in the UK whilst they also discussed operational priorities for the sector.

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In Pictures: West Midlands Metro Black Country line construction update

Posted on Wednesday 14 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

If the current opening date is met of autumn 2025 we could be just seven months away from seeing the first trams running on phase one of the Black Country line on the West Midlands Metro between Wednesbury and Dudley. As the countdown continues Andy Walters goes back out to see some of the recent progress with both general infrastructure and trackwork being seen in this review.

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Solent Sky Tram Event back for 2025

Posted on Wednesday 14 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

The now annual Solent Sky Tram Event will be taking place on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd June 2025 at the museum in Southampton which has been the home of the trams owned by the Southampton Tram Project for several years now. And this year’s event looks set to be a historic one as it will be the first chance to see Southampton 11 on its own trucks and rail in over 75 years!

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NTU Students join forces with NET to design a tramstop of the future

Posted on Wednesday 14 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

A collaborative project between students from Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and Nottingham Express Transit, and Nottingham City Council has helped to design concepts for a “tramstop of the future”. Students from the Civil Engineering and Product Design courses came together to showcase their thoughts on what stops could look like in the future.

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