Out and About 2025: Manchester Metrolink – Ashton line July 2025

Posted on Sunday 24 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

Another edition of “Out and About” and we’re off to Manchester Metrolink as we take a look at some operations on the Ashton line whilst it was severed from the rest of the network owing to trackworks in the city centre.

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New team help to make travel easier in Blackpool

Posted on Sunday 24 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

Customer experience is one of the buzzwords in all industries in the 21st century and public transport has been no different. To help improve the experience of customers (or passengers as they once were) Blackpool Transport have recently created a new team of customer assistants that have transformed tram and bus trips, offering quicker boarding and face-to-face travel advice as part of an enhanced customer experience.

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Derbyshire Heritage Pass launched

Posted on Sunday 24 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

For many reading this website trams may not be the only form of transport that they enjoy and with that in mind the new Derbyshire Heritage pass may be just the ticket to allow you to sample trams, trains and automobiles all within the East Midlands!

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TfGM start procurement for new Metrolink infrastructure contract

Posted on Sunday 24 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has started a procurement process which will deliver an up to £1.6 billion investment into the infrastructure of Manchester Metrolink. The new contract will cover Metrolink’s asset renewals programme, and could also include other improvement works.

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In Pictures: More from the Manx Heritage Transport Festival

Posted on Saturday 23 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

We return to the Isle of Man for another set of photos taken on the Isle of Man during the Manx Heritage Transport Festival, held in July 2025. Once again we concentrate on the Manx Electric Railway and see some of the trams, trailer and freight vehicles which were in operation – mainly taken during the highlight of many a festival, the intensive timetable on the last day of the event. Mike Belshaw is our photographer this time.

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Around the World in Trams: Schoneiche Rudersdorf depot

Posted on Saturday 23 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

We remain in Berlin for this latest edition of “Around the World in Trams”.

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Consultation for next stage of Edinburgh Trams to launch 25th August 2025

Posted on Saturday 23 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

The City of Edinburgh Council have confirmed that the 12-week consultation into plans for the proposed North-South tramline will launch from 25th August 2025 on their online consultation hub. Originally expected to start in the spring, it was announced in March that it would be delayed until August so that it wasn’t taking place during the school summer holidays and political recess.

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Residents claim Metro extension works cause damage to their gardens

Posted on Saturday 23 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

Residents living in Middle Meadow close to Horseley Road in Tipton have claimed that the ongoing West Midlands Metro construction works have caused damage to their gardens. Video footage shows large cracks in a number of gardens with the claim being that the construction of the Black Country line is the cause.

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In Pictures: Supertram trackworks move to Middlewood

Posted on Friday 22 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

After a gap of one day, there are more trackworks taking place on the South Yorkshire Supertram network with a section of line along Middlewood Road being replaced. This is all part of the continued investment in the network by the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) and will be the last set of work due to take place this summer.

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Blackpool Tramway records busiest weekend of the year

Posted on Friday 22 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

The recent Blackpool Airshow may have resulted in a split service running on the Blackpool Tramway but that didn’t stop it being the busiest weekend of the year for the trams with over 50,000 trips recorded over both days.

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Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 202

Posted on Friday 22 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

For the next five weeks “Picture in Time” will be featuring photos from Nottingham Express Transit as we take a look at a selection of the original Incentro trams in action across the original network.

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In Pictures: HMS Blackpool and Balloon 717 moved into Rigby Road workshop

Posted on Thursday 21 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

With Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours currently looking at a phased reintroduction, with Illumination Tours due to start in October 2025 in time for Lightpool, a start has been made on the first part of the work needed. This has necessitated a move around of exhibits in the Exhibition part of Tramtown at Rigby Road Depot (the former Fitting Shop) which also doubles as the workshop.

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Work continues on Gateshead 10 at Beamish

Posted on Thursday 21 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

The long-running overhaul of Gateshead 10 at Beamish is continuing with further progress being made as the tram edges ever closer to returning to service – for the first since 2016.

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Wednesbury tram depot expansion costs increase

Posted on Thursday 21 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) have agreed to provide additional funding for the expansion of the West Midlands Metro depot at Wednesbury. Costs have gone up by more than £7.65 million to £76 million.

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In Pictures: Metrolink 3104 goes to the Airport

Posted on Wednesday 20 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

It seems at the moment that barely a week goes by without there being another new advertising livery on Manchester Metrolink and so it is again with 3104 receiving a new wrap for Manchester Airport. The tram was first seen with its new advert on 18th August 2025.

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Oporto 273 makes it 14 passenger trams for 2025 at Crich

Posted on Wednesday 20 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

Oporto 273 has become the fourteenth passenger tram to have been used at the Crich Tramway Village in 2025 following the conclusion of a truck overhaul.

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Collisions on NET leads the latest operational report

Posted on Wednesday 20 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

Its been six months since the Greater Nottingham Light Rail Transit Authority last met and in that time there seem to have been plenty of collisions between trams and other road vehicles, majorly impacting the ability of the network to operate the normal timetable. This led to a temporary timetable running on the network with a lower frequency (now withdrawn) and the latest operational report gives more details of the collisions which have necessitated this.

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Telford Town Tramway to be officially reopened on 24th August

Posted on Tuesday 19 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

Telford Town Tramway at the Telford Steam Railway will be officially reopened by Tim Dunn, historian and television presenter, on Sunday 24th August during the railway’s 1940s Weekend. The 2 foot gauge tramway – operated by a steam tram loco and carriage – has been out of action since 2019 but after a major restoration of the loco it is now ready to operate once again.

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NET to return to more regular frequencies

Posted on Tuesday 19 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

Nottingham Express Transit are planning to reintroduce their higher frequency timetable from the start of service on Wednesday 20th August 2025. NET had been running a temporary timetable since 25th June 2025 as a result of a shortage of trams but with sufficient repairs having been made to the fleet it is now possible to reintroduce the full service once again.

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Major events to impact Metro services on 22nd August

Posted on Tuesday 19 August 2025 by Gareth Prior

Anyone planning to use the Tyne and Wear Metro on Friday 22nd August is being advised to allow extra time for their journeys and to plan ahead with a number of major events taking place in Newcastle and Sunderland. These will lead to Metro trains being busier than usual and crowd control measures will be in place to manage queues, including temporary station closures at West Jesmond and Ilford Road from 1500.

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