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Delay to updates

Posted on Friday 5 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

Please note, with apologies, that for personal reasons there will be a delay to updates for the immediate future. This will include our additional photo series, any new news plus Tram of the Year will not launch as planned on … Continue reading →

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Advent Calendars 2025 – available now!

Posted on Monday 1 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

Our Advent Calendars have now gone live – you know the idea behind an Advent Calendar, each day in the lead up to Christmas you get a treat behind the window! And these give you a photo of a tram … Continue reading →

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Man taken to hospital after being hit by tram

Posted on Saturday 8 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

A man was taken to hospital in Edinburgh after he was hit by a tram in Leith. The 66 year old was struck by the Newhaven bound tram on Constitution Street close to The Shore tramstop at around 1330 on … Continue reading →

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Extra trams for Autumn Rugby at Murrayfield

Posted on Wednesday 29 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

Its almost time for the autumn rugby union internationals taking place at Murrayfield Stadium, and as usual that means extra trams will be running on the tram network with it being the easiest way to get to the game!

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Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 208

Posted on Friday 19 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

We conclude this latest set of archive images from Nottingham Express Transit in this edition of “Picture in Time”.

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In Pictures: Edinburgh Trams 267 gets another advert

Posted on Wednesday 3 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

They don’t take long in Edinburgh to swap adverts on their trams! With the Edinburgh Festivals having ended during August 267, which had been advertising the Edinburgh International Festival, has already seen a new set of vinyls added with it … Continue reading →

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New Metro trains start to return to service

Posted on Wednesday 30 April 2025 by Gareth Prior

The fleet of new Metro trains have started to carry passengers again following their temporary removal from service last week. The first unit returned to service again during the afternoon of Wednesday 30th April having not been used since the … Continue reading →

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Next stage of Metrolink engineering works to get underway

Posted on Wednesday 26 February 2025 by Gareth Prior

Saturday 1st March will see the next stage of major engineering works get underway on Manchester Metrolink. This time work will be taking place at York Street in the city centre which will mean changes to service patterns and some … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Seaton 12

Posted on Friday 20 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

We now move a long way south from our photos of Glasgow as we’re now in Seaton for more “Picture in Time”.

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Manchester Metrolink Then & Now: Barlow Moor Road

Posted on Sunday 15 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

Another outing to Manchester for “Then & Now” as we see images of Metrolink before and after the trams arrived.

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Trams &: Blackpool 634, trolleybus & bus

Posted on Sunday 25 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Another of our regular locations for “Trams &” is the East Anglia Transport Museum with the museum featuring trams, trolleybuses, buses and more all operating or on display on any given opening day.

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In Pictures: 3015 returns to service in Manchester

Posted on Thursday 21 March 2024 by Gareth Prior

3015, one of the trams which has been on the long-term “out of service” list for Manchester Metrolink, returned to service on Tuesday 19th March 2024. This was the first time it had been used in service since 21st January … Continue reading →

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Apologies for the slight disruption in updates over the past few days. There’s no one main reason for it just a combination of various factors but hopefully news updates will start to resume in full over the next few days. … Continue reading →

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They Ran in 2021: Seaton 11

Posted on Saturday 1 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

And we come to an end of our “They Ran in 2021” series with one final trip out, and the location is the Seaton Tramway.

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They Ran in 2021: Sunderland 16

Posted on Monday 6 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

Our third returning photo series for December is “They Ran in 2021” (granted this exact series hasn’t run before but its the same premise as “They Ran in 2020”, just that the year has changed!). Over the next month we … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: B fleet Rebuilt Balloon 707 in service again

Posted on Monday 9 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

We may have gone quiet over the past couple of months over the usage of Blackpool’s B-fleet Balloons and Rebuilt Balloons but that doesn’t mean they aren’t still being used for their main purpose. Although usage has become a little … Continue reading →

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Overhead problems in Sheffield and the West Midlands Metro

Posted on Tuesday 3 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

Tuesday 3rd August has been another day with overhead issues on UK light rail systems – both Stagecoach Supertram and West Midlands Metro have been affected this time and for a change it is Sheffield which has the more serious … Continue reading →

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Two more trams commissioned for service at Crich

Posted on Wednesday 28 July 2021 by Gareth Prior

Throughout the operating season so far at the Crich Tramway Village extra trams have gradually been commissioned for service to take into account the changing weather conditions and increasing visitors to the museum. And with the school summer holidays now … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: A day at the East Anglia Transport Museum

Posted on Monday 12 July 2021 by Gareth Prior

One heritage tramway which often seems to go under the radar is the one at the East Anglia Transport Museum so we look to remedy that in this article as we take a look at the trams during a visit … Continue reading →

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Chance to ride on Seaton Tramway’s Boat Tram!

Posted on Thursday 27 May 2021 by Gareth Prior

Throughout the past year one thing which has proven itself time and time again is how popular Seaton Tramway’s Blackpool Boat type tram, no. 4, is and to cash in further on this popularity it will run some “Boat Tram … Continue reading →

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