Category Archives: General

Ever wanted to drive a tram or run your own tram system? Now’s your chance with the release of the new City Transport Simulator: Tram game.

It may not be getting restored as a tram but work on returning Aberdeen Suburban Tramway Company 11 to the rails is continuing to make good progress at the Alford Valley Community Railway in Aberdeenshire.

A collection of 40 historic London County Council Tramway posters are to go on display next month at the London Archives. This will be a rare chance to see some of the designs which were seen across the LCC network … Continue reading →

Over the years we’ve become used to reporting on how this city has found some tram tracks under the road during works and removed them, or reburied them, ignoring the history of what they’ve discovered. But in Bradford it’s a … Continue reading →

Can you not face watching The Sound of Music yet again? Is Bake Off not your thing? Do you need some escape from the family? Well, if you do why not head over to YouTube to watch some video footage … Continue reading →

It hasn’t taken long for there to be a change at the Department for Transport with a new Secretary of State for Transport announced on Friday 29th November. The change comes after press reports regarding the outgoing Secretary of State … Continue reading →

An Aerospace Museum is probably the last place you would expect to find an old horse tram but that is exactly where the sole surviving Bristol Tramways horse can be found with in a partially restored condition.

Trams have started to run again on the Saltburn Cliff Tramway, although for now this is just testing with no date announced for the public reopening of the funicular which connects the town to the Pier and Promenade.

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Following the results of the UK General Election which took place on 4th July the change of administration of course means a complete change of personnel with the Department for Transport who will be responsible, amongst many other things, for … Continue reading →

The Dundee Museum of Transport opened in April 2014 and is currently located in a former abbatoir in Market Mews not far from the centre of the city. Work to expand the museum has been ongoing since although it is … Continue reading →

Not all trams end up being restored back to their former use but do still end up carrying passengers once again, and it is a tram which falls into that category which we feature in this article. The Alford Valley … Continue reading →

For over 15 years the Transport Trust have been recognising the transport history of the UK with their “Red Wheel” scheme. Similar to the familiar blue plaques seen on buildings across the country, the idea of the “Red Wheel” scheme … Continue reading →

The Light Rail Safety Standards Board (LRSSB) have developed new Safety Management System (SMS) to aid the whole light rail sector in the UK whilst also supporting the South Yorkshire Mayor Combined Authority (SYMCA) during the transition of the operation … Continue reading →

The Light Rail Safety and Standards Board (LRSSB) are to set up a new working group to thoroughly investigate the reasons why trams sometimes fail to stop at signals when they are required to.

A document which sets out the core principles of light rail safety has been reissued to the industry after a review was completed by sector experts. More than 200 amendments have been made to the Tramway Principles and Guidance (TPG1) … Continue reading →

The Light Rail Safety and Standards Board have confirmed another permanent appointment to its board of directors. Danny Vaughan (Head of Metrolink at Transport for Greater Manchester) is now on the board permanently having served as an interim board member … Continue reading →

Whilst not only concerned with trams and light rail, a new report commissioned by the Urban Transport Group lays bare the current position of public transport in major English cities with the group calling on more clarity and certainty over … Continue reading →

A tram which once ran on Bournemouth Corporation Tramways is heading to auction. No. 113 has been in use as an office by Plankbridge (a firm who specialise in making and restoring shepherd’s huts) for around a decade but they … Continue reading →