In Pictures: Views of the Birmingham Eastside extension

Posted on Friday 17 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

The first phase of the Birmingham Eastside extension as far as Millennium Point (by the Clayton Hotel) is set to be the next UK tram extension to open with the expectation that passengers will be able to travel onto it at some point in December. In this article we take a pictorial look at the state of the extension in early October 2025 as final preparations are made.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 719

Posted on Friday 17 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

We return to “Picture in Time” as we feature another 1979 image from Blackpool.

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In Pictures: Illumination Tours start in Blackpool

Posted on Thursday 16 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

Wednesday 15th October 2025 saw the first Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours to run for 10 months with the start of a brief return for the Lightpool Festival. Illumination Tours using two trams (one per night) will now run Wednesday-Sunday until Saturday 1st November 2025.

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NET Works: No trams to Phoenix Park Sunday 19th October morning

Posted on Thursday 16 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

Emergency works are to take place on Nottingham Express Transit between 0600 and 1300 on Sunday 19th October meaning no trams will be able to operate to Phoenix Park during this period.

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New tram book coming soon as former tram conductor in Leeds details his experiences

Posted on Thursday 16 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

Chris Thornburn has been passionate about preserving tramway heritage for the best part of 70 years. In his tenth decade, he has written what appears to be a unique and irreplaceable contribution to British tramway literature – his forthcoming book “On Top o’ t’ Job”.

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In Pictures: Edinburgh Trams 277 gets its first full advertising wrap

Posted on Wednesday 15 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

The last numbered tram in the Edinburgh Trams fleet, 277, has received its very first full wrap (as opposed to the more regular partial designs) with Scottish Rugby returning with their first advert since the vinyls were removed from 260 in June 2025.

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In Pictures: Blackpool Tramway 014 returns to fleet livery

Posted on Wednesday 15 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

It will no longer be Wednesday every day in Blackpool as the full vinyl wrap for the Netflix series has now been removed from 014. The tram is now back in full fleet livery (for the first time since 2012!), with the previous above window ads advertising how to advertise on the trams also removed (unsurprisingly as it was an outside company dealt with that).

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South Yorkshire Supertram Engineering Works: 26th to 31st October 2025

Posted on Wednesday 15 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

This year’s engineering works on the South Yorkshire Supertram network aren’t over just yet with a further six days announced for the forthcoming school October half-term holidays. Both the Blue and Yellow routes will be impacted by the works which be taking place at Infirmary Road.

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In Pictures: Another tram-train escapes the depot on testing!

Posted on Tuesday 14 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

If you’ve been following our updates on the daylight testing of the new Citylink tram-trains in South Wales you’ll likely have noticed that the variety of vehicles being used has been rather limited – in fact up until recently only 398 028 had been seen! But that has now changed with 398 013 also seeing use.

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Another Mayoral Combined Authority dip their toes into the light rail water

Posted on Tuesday 14 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority have appointed Peter Cushing as a new Light Rail Commissioner as part of their ambitions for better connectivity and to get the region moving again. The appointment doesn’t mean that any light rail vehicles will be running any time soon but shows some ambition to look at improving public transport in the region.

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Man sentenced to three years in prison for Dublin riots

Posted on Tuesday 14 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

Evan Moore, now aged 20 from Dublin, has been sentenced to four years in prison (with the last year suspended) for his role in the November 2023 Dublin riots. He admitted to rioting and setting fire to a Luas tram during the riots which came after a woman and three children were injured in a stabbing close to a Dublin primary school.

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Another three new trains arrive for the Tyne and Wear Metro

Posted on Monday 13 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

The complete change of the Tyne and Wear Metro passenger fleet is still going on and after several weeks where we have seen numerous examples of the 1980s Metrocars head off for one final journey to the scrapman, we can now welcome another three of the new trains.

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Parking levy could be used to help fund West Yorkshire tram system

Posted on Monday 13 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

Leeds City Council are looking into proposals which could see businesses in Leeds charged around £2,000 per parking space as part of a Workplace Parking Levy. It is thought that this could raise between £15 million and £25 million per year, although some businesses who could be impacted have said that it would force them to move out of the city.

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Side by Side: Stagecoach Supertram 120 & 112

Posted on Monday 13 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

We return to our “Side by Side” photographic series this evening as we once again take a look at trams next to each other.

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Trams &: London Trams 2544 & buses

Posted on Sunday 12 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

In this latest edition of “Trams &” we go to the London Trams system and see a tram with not one but two buses.

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In Pictures: 58 returns to blue fleet livery on West Midlands Metro

Posted on Sunday 12 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

And then there was one! Advert liveries on the West Midlands Metro that is, following the removal of a year-long advert which had been carried by 58.

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Repairs continue to Luas bridge damaged in fire

Posted on Sunday 12 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

19th August 2025 saw a major fire in Dublin City Centre which caused significant damage to George’s Dock Bridge, used by Luas on the way to The Point. Since this date no trams have been able to run from Connolly to The Point whilst a major project to replace the damaged bridge takes place, with Luas having recently given another update on progress.

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Contactless payments introduced at five Metro Park and Ride sites

Posted on Sunday 12 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

Passengers using five Park and Ride sites on the Tyne and Wear Metro can now use contactless payments as part of further investment  in modernising the customer experience. The introduction comes after data showed that there has been a steady decline in the numbers using cash to pay for their parking.

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2026 for trams to Dudley?

Posted on Saturday 11 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

The Wolverhampton Express and Star have recently run a story where they have received confirmation from Transport for West Midlands that a public service will not get underway on the Black Country line to Dudley until 2026. Already delayed due to funding concerns, it had been planned that it would open in late 2025 but with construction works not fully completed yet it would now appear that you will have to wait a few more months to take the tram into Dudley.

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Around the World in Trams: Rostock 53

Posted on Saturday 11 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

“Around the World in Trams” continues in Germany with more stunning historic images from 1975.

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