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Category Archives: London Tramlink
Trams in Video: London Tramlink in the Snow 2013
It has to be said that when snow falls on any UK tramway it seems to change the scene allowing for some different photos and video to be shot of the trams running and so it was on 21st January … Continue reading
15 Years Apart: London Tramlink 2544
For the only time in “15 Years Apart” for 2020 we take a trip to London Tramlink to see the changes in one of the original CR4000 trams.
Christmas and New Year services 2020/21
Its been a year like no other and with restrictions and social distancing still in place the Christmas and New Year period will also be different but despite that there will still be services in operation across the various operating … Continue reading
What’s New on British Trams Online?
Its another look into the recent past for this week’s photo collection as we go to Croydon in 2005:
Tramlink inquest delay confirmed until Spring 2021
It has been confirmed that the inquest into the London Tramlink derailment at Sandilands in November 2016 will now not take place until spring 2021. The inquest had originally been due to start on 10th October but was delayed as … Continue reading
Tram Operations Limited named Operator of the Year at Global Light Rail Awards
Its the Global Award ceremony where most of the winners seem to come from the UK but the winners have again been announced for the annual Global Light Rail Awards with the “big” Operator of the Year prize going to … Continue reading
TfL agree £1.8 billion funding package with DfT
The threat to services across the Transport for London network has been averted following the announcement of an £1.8 billion funding agreement. It was widely reported that without this new funding package services may have to be cut on the … Continue reading
More Tramlink Engineering Works
Another closure on London Tramlink through the central Croydon area started on Friday 23rd October and will be continuing until Sunday 1st November. Throughout this period no trams will be running between Wandle Park and East Croydon in both directions.
Tramlink derailment inquest postponed due to Coronavirus restrictions
The inquest into the London Tramlink derailment at Sandilands in November 2016 which tragically saw seven people lose their lives has been delayed after extra Coronavirus restrictions were introduced in London. It had been due to get underway on Monday … Continue reading
Covid-19 service update – operating systems
It’s been around two months since we last brought you a summary of the service being run on the tram and light rail systems of the British Isles – so its about time we gave a handy update all in … Continue reading
London Tramlink works to see August and September closures
The 2020 programme of engineering works on London Tramlink have been announced with closures of sections of line during August and September as part of the renewal of the infrastructure. Most work will affect trams in the vicinity of the … Continue reading
RAIB release report into incident at Gravel Hill which saw pedestrian hit by tram
The latest RAIB safety digest into an incident on a UK tramway has just been released and it relates to an incident which saw a pedestrian being hit by a tram at Gravel Hill tramstop on London Tramlink on 10th … Continue reading
Tramlink Sutton extension “paused”
It’s a project which has been on then off on a pretty regular basis over the years but the London Tramlink extension to Sutton is once again on the “no” pile after Transport for London confirmed in their revised budget … Continue reading
Trams &: London Tramlink 2558 & bus
We feature another modern tram in this series today as London Tramlink Variobahn 2558 is seen in operation with a single-deck London bus for company.
Manchester Metrolink bucks the trend as light rail journeys fall
Its that time of year again when the Department for Transport release details of journeys taken on light rail across England – and its not good news with a significant fall in the total number of journeys on all systems … Continue reading
Covid-19 service update – operating systems
Its been a while since we had a round-up of the service being operated on operating tramways and light rail systems in the British Isles (by which we mean those which operate primarily as public transport and not heritage systems … Continue reading
What’s New on British Trams Online?
Photos old and new are included in this week’s latest main site update:
TfL announce stepping up of services
Further to the government bail-out announcement last week, Transport for London have now confirmed they are stepping up service frequencies across all modes of transport they are responsible for. With Tube, Bus, TfL Rail, London Overground and the Emirates Airline … Continue reading
TfL awarded government funding package
Usually the perception is London gets funding first and then the rest of the country has to wait to follow at a later date but during this Coronavirus pandemic it has been rather different with the regions transport undertakings being … Continue reading
In Review: Croydon Tramlink A Definitive History by Gareth David
I guess its sign of getting old when a book entitled “A Definitive History” on one of the UK’s modern tramways comes out but when the main wave of new systems have now been around for approximately 20 years it … Continue reading