Category Archives: London Trams

Coming just before the announcement of the shortlist to bid for a fleet of replacement trams was the return of a long-term out of service tram. 2547 made its return to London Trams’ Therapia Lane Depot overnight on Saturday 6th/Sunday … Continue reading →

Transport for London has asked four companies to submit full bids to design and build a new fleet of trams for the London Trams system. They are looking for 24 trams to replace the fleet of original Bombardier CR4000s with … Continue reading →

Strikes which had been set to cause major disruption across the London Trams network during July have been cancelled after members of Unite the Union voted to accept a new pay deal which could see some enjoy a pay increase … Continue reading →

The ongoing dispute on London Trams has escalated with more dates announced for strike action by engineering staff represented by Unite the Union. This dispute has been ongoing since earlier this year and is over pay where the union claim … Continue reading →

Article updated 10/05/2024 with details of further service changes The first of two planned strikes by Unite the Union members at London Trams is now over which should have meant that as from Thursday 9th May a normal service resumed … Continue reading →

As reported earlier this week, engineers on London Trams will be going on strike from 2000 on Sunday 5th May until 0600 on Thursday 9th May. This will cause major disruption on the network and now just before the strike … Continue reading →

When planned strikes affecting London Trams services were suspended back in March it was said by Unite the Union that this was to allow meaningful talks to take place, but the proposed dates in May and July were kept in … Continue reading →

Unite the Union members employed as engineers on London Trams will not be going on strike later this month after all with the union agreeing to suspend the planned action after Transport for London “agreed to engage in meaningful talks”.

Services on London Trams – which were already set to be disrupted owing to engineering works from the end of this month – are set to be further after it was announced that members from Unite the Union who maintain … Continue reading →