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Sheffield 264 gets back on track!

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

Some excellent news comes from the Beamish Museum, where the project to expand the amount of covered accommodation to railed vehicles in the main tram & bus depot has been completed after a very short time in progress.

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A Brush car for Christmas

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

The National Tramway Museum has received its latest gift from Blackpool Transport just in time for Christmas, in the shape of Blackpool Brush Railcoach 630. This tram became the latest to leave Rigby Road for good aboard a low loader … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Blackpool – Hello Merseyside!

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

An extremely hectic time for the hard-working staff of Scott’s Heavy Haulage has continued with further trams being transported away from Blackpool this week. 19th & 20th December have seen Twin Set 671+681 and Brush Railcoach 625 depart, for a … Continue reading →

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Heaton Park gets a white Christmas!

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

Sunday 18th December marked the end of another highly successful operating season for Manchester’s Heaton Park Tramway, with the final passenger services of 2011 operating in the park on this day. What could have been a fairly ordinary day was … Continue reading →

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A new era in news from British Trams Online!

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

If you are reading this message, congratulations you have managed to find the all new British Trams Online News page! This new look page really is a new era for news on this website as it will now enable the … Continue reading →

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Trams start testing in Edinburgh

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

Monday 12th December 2011 – mark that date in your diary for that was the day when finally the first of the new breed of Edinburgh Trams ran under their own power in the Scottish capital. The test runs were … Continue reading →

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Contracts signed, it’s full steam ahead with NET Phase Two!

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

Following the final Government sign off of Phase Two of Nottingham Express Transit, contracts have been signed between Nottingham City Council and Tramlink Nottingham. As a result Tramlink Nottingham took on the concession for operation of the current system from … Continue reading →

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Gateshead 52 to get a new home?

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

The Tramway Museum Society has confirmed that discussions have been taking place in regard of the long-term future of Gateshead 52. A proposal has been made to offer the remains of this tramcar to the Beamish Museum, subject to final … Continue reading →

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Early Christmas Present! Birkenhead Tramway to reopen fully in January

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

Some good news has been received from the Wirral with an announcement that the Birkenhead Heritage Tramway is to reopen from Saturday 7th January 2012. As you may remember the tramway had been forced to close (with the exception of … Continue reading →

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678 (Radio) Waves goodbye to Blackpool!

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

On Wednesday 14th December, another tram left Blackpool for a new temporary home at the nearby town of Fleetwood. The fourth car to depart for storage in Fleetwood was Ex-Towing Railcoach 678, which duly became the fourth tram to leave … Continue reading →

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Brush Cars 621 & 627 sent to jail

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

Hot on the heels of Ex-Towing Railcoach 678 came the departure of two more much-loved Blackpool trams which have been acquired for preservation by the Friends of Fleetwood Trams. The cars in question were both Brush Railcoaches of particular historical … Continue reading →

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Brush 630 repaint completed

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

The repaint of Brush 630 into the 1990s Green and Cream fleet livery by Blackpool Transport on behalf of the trams new owners – the Tramway Museum Society – has been completed with a move for the tram likely to … Continue reading →

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Another Flexity2 turns up in Blackpool

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

There are now four of the Flexity2 trams in Blackpool following the arrival of another one during Friday 16th December. Once again it has arrived with no obvious identification of what its number is although a piece of paper in … Continue reading →

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New timetable for Midland Metro from 3rd January 2012

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

A revised timetable is to be introduced on Midland Metro from Tuesday 3rd January 2012 which, it is hoped, will help to provide extra capacity at peak periods with the introduction of a new service from Wednesbury Parkway to Birmingham … Continue reading →

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The excitement keeps coming at Beamish!

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

Firstly, the project to increase the amount of covered accommodation available to the tram fleet at Beamish is rapidly approaching completion – amazingly, just a few weeks after work began! New rails have been laid in gaps cut in the … Continue reading →

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Gogar Depot handed over to Edinburgh Council

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

Another major milestone in the much delayed Edinburgh Trams project has been achieved with the handover of the Gogar Depot and Control Centre to the City of Edinburgh Council. The depot is already fully electrified and as reported elsewhere on … Continue reading →

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Midland Metro fares up from January

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

As well as a revised timetable (see other story) the new year will see a revised fare structure on Midland Metro with increases in line with inflation. The reason Midland Metro have given for these increases are rising business costs. … Continue reading →

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DLR to try out Olympic Timetable in early 2012

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

The build up to the London Olympic and Paralympic Games has been continuing in recent weeks with a number of test events at various venues which will be holding the events next summer and the Docklands Light Railway is not … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Snow falls in Croydon

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

A light flurry of snow fell in Croydon during the morning of Friday 16th December causing no adverse effect to services on the Tramlink network. What follows is a small selection of photos from the day taken by Ian Buck.

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TFGM propose to change Audenshaw Tram Lane plans

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 by admin

Following on from last week’s protests regarding the proposed raised tram lane in Audenshaw, Transport for Greater Manchester have now released revised plans for the area which will no longer see this dedicated tram lane raised above the height of … Continue reading →

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