Details confirmed for Volk’s Electric Railway Driver Experience Days

Posted on Thursday 18 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

Details have now been announced for the planned Driver Experience Days on the historic Volk’s Electric Railway. There will only be 16 slots available and with booking having opened earlier today you will need to be quick to get your place!

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Edinburgh Trams Engineering Works: September 2025

Posted on Thursday 18 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

No trams will run between Haymarket and Picardy Place for three days later this month as Edinburgh Trams undertake essential engineering works on the points at West End (Shandwick Place). With no other turnback facilities available within the city centre this means that all main city centre stops will be shut with ticket acceptance in place on local bus and train services.

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In Pictures: Edinburgh Trams 254 goes upmarket with Harvey Nichols advert

Posted on Wednesday 17 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

Edinburgh Trams 254 has returned to service carrying a new full wrap following the end of another short-term contract for Rabbie’s Tours. It has now gone all upmarket with a wrap for Harvey Nichols, vinyls which were applied to the tram in early September 2025.

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Work starts on installing more ticket gates on the Tyne and Wear Metro

Posted on Wednesday 17 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

The start of a new project to install further ticket gates at stations on the Tyne and Wear Metro has got underway at Regent Centre. This is part of a £2.1 million project being funded through the North East Mayor budget. A study is also taking place to identify further stations which could benefit from the gates.

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Revised NET tram service for the Goose Fair

Posted on Wednesday 17 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

Nottingham’s famous Goose Fair is about to return and after a successful revised tram service which ran around Christmas last year, Nottingham Express Transit have announced an enhanced service will run throughout the Fair (except on Sundays) which will include trams on each line every 8 minutes until 2300.

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In Pictures: Merseyside, Blackpool and London star at Crich’s Tram Weekend

Posted on Tuesday 16 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

The annual Tram Weekend at the Crich Tramway Village took place on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September and once again the team at the home of the National Tramway Museum managed to put an excellent show with trams in service and the famous photo line-ups on the depot fan combining for an entertaining two days showcasing tram preservation in the UK.

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Competition winners enjoy VIP West Midlands Metro depot tour

Posted on Tuesday 16 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

Pupils from Regents Park Community Primary School have recently been welcomed to the West Midlands depot at Wednesbury as part of a competition prize which saw them enjoy a VIP guided tour behind the scenes. They were there thanks to their classmate Sakinah Begun, aged 11, who won the top prize in a competition organised in the run-up to the launch of the Bulls in the City arts trail.

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Blackpool Tramway refreshes “Two Lines = STOP” safety campaign

Posted on Tuesday 16 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

The LRSSB backed “Two Lines = STOP” safety campaign has been relaunched in Blackpool ahead of the busiest time of the year in the town as the Illuminations are switched on for another year.

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11 up at the top of the August mileage charts at Seaton

Posted on Monday 15 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

Another month has ended and another newsletter from the Seaton Tramway has given us the mileage figures for the trams on the 3-mile line to Colyton. August is the peak holiday month with additional services running when required and so its no surprise that it was dominated by the highest capacity trams, aided no doubt by the nice weather experienced!

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Crich Tramway Village to host special talk on British public transport

Posted on Monday 15 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

Well-known journalist, author, and railway historian, Christian Wolmar, is to be visit the Crich Tramway Village on the evening of Friday 19th September 2025 to give a talk entitled Trams for the Future – It’s A Moving Story. And part of the proceeds of the evening will go towards the restoration of Blackpool Centenary 645 which is set to become the new Access Tram for all visitors to the Crich Tramway Village.

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Stop by Stop Edinburgh Trams: Bankhead to Airport – Gogarburn

Posted on Monday 15 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

We have another edition of “Stop by Stop” with our journey to the Airport on Edinburgh Trams continuing.

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Out and About 2025: West Midlands Metro – August 2025

Posted on Sunday 14 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

Another chance to go “Out and About” and this time we are on the West Midlands Metro as we feature a photo of one of several trams to have carried the name Ozzy Osbourne.

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Metrolink 3102 returns to fleet colours

Posted on Sunday 14 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

The latest livery change to report on from Manchester Metrolink is that of 3102 which is now running in fleet livery once again after losing its advert for Bohomoon.

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Ozzy Osbourne name removed from two trams

Posted on Sunday 14 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

Around the time of the passing of rock legend Ozzy Osbourne several additional trams received his name to allow the West Midlands Metro to pay their respects. At one time there were no fewer than four trams which carried the name, but more recently two have seen it removed leaving just two.

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TfGM release statement after sentencing of man who assaulted Metrolink staff

Posted on Sunday 14 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

Nathan Wright, of Bebbington Close, Sale, has been jailed for 31 months after pleading guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and assault by beating. He assaulted a customer service representative and an off—duty Metrolink driver at Old Trafford Metrolink stop on 23rd March 2025.

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A trip to… Great Orme Tramway, Llandudno

Posted on Saturday 13 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

In this article we head to the only operational tramway in Wales (at the moment!), the Great Orme Tramway in Llandudno. Opening in 1902 it is the only funicular, or cable-hauled, tramway in Britain which travels on public roads. It works in two sections with two trams running in opposite directions on each section. Steven Hughes is the photographer.

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Around the World in Trams: Rhein-Neckar 514

Posted on Saturday 13 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

Another edition of “Around the World in Trams” and we head back to Mannheim in Germany.

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Blackpool Transport and West Midlands Metro celebrate Global Light Rail Awards nominations

Posted on Saturday 13 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

With it being less than a month until the annual Global Light Rail Awards take place in London, the first nominations have been revealed with both Blackpool Transport and the West Midlands Metro announcing that they are up for awards on the night.

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Plans progress for Greater Manchester tram and tram-train expansion

Posted on Saturday 13 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

£6 million worth of funding has been confirmed to help develop proposals for the planned major expansion of tram and tram-train services across Greater Manchester. As previously revealed in the June government announcement of £15bn for transport projects in England’s city regions, Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham has grand plans to expand and improve public transport in the region and this £6 million will be used to develop those plans further.

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In Pictures: Blackpool 017 latest to lose external advertising

Posted on Friday 12 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

No sooner had we reported that Blackpool Tramway Flexity2 004 had lost its external advertising then another tram does exactly the same! The latest tram to now be minus any adverts on the outside of the tram is 017 which is now in plain fleet livery once more.

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