Category Archives: London Trams

Stop by Stop London Trams: New Addington line – New Addington

Posted on Monday 19 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

“Stop by Stop” returns and we’re back on the London Trams network. Having previously taken a look at the stops on the Beckenham Junction and Elmers End lines for the next seven weeks we’ll be taking a look at the … Continue reading →

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London Trams to celebrate 25 years

Posted on Sunday 18 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

On 10th May 2000 modern trams returned to the streets of London for the first time in almost 48 years with the opening of the then Croydon Tramlink network. Now branded as London Trams the network continues to link Wimbledon … Continue reading →

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London Trams Engineering Works: Saturday 10th May 2025

Posted on Saturday 10 May 2025 by Gareth Prior

Late night services on the London Trams network will be affected by trackworks taking place after 2030 on Saturday 10th May 2025. No trams will be able to run on the eastern part of the network with the Beckenham Junction, … Continue reading →

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 27th April 2025

Posted on Sunday 27 April 2025 by Gareth Prior

More photos this week as we head to London Trams for a selection taken earlier this month:

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London Trams Engineering Works: 5th to 18th April

Posted on Friday 4 April 2025 by Gareth Prior

School holidays? You all know what that tends to mean – more engineering works on the London Trams network! Starting from Saturday 5th April and continuing until Friday 18th April there will be no service from Sandilands to New Addington … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: London Trams 2547 back in service

Posted on Tuesday 11 March 2025 by Gareth Prior

The London Trams network have another tram to call on for service again after 2547 returned to service on Friday 7th March 2025. The Bombardier built CR4000 had been out of service long-term with its last recorded use being on … Continue reading →

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London Trams Engineering Works: 15th to 23rd February 2025

Posted on Saturday 1 February 2025 by Gareth Prior

The first school holiday of the year is incoming, and as it often does it comes along with engineering works on London Trams with the central Croydon section of the network being closed for an extended period of time.

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Christmas and New Year services 2024/25

Posted on Tuesday 24 December 2024 by Gareth Prior

If you need to get out over the Christmas and New Year period and were wondering what services may be running on tramways then wonder no further! This is your regular one-stop guide to planned services over the festive period; … Continue reading →

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Trams &: London Trams 2553 & bus

Posted on Monday 9 December 2024 by Gareth Prior

Another chance to take a look at “Trams &” in South London.

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London Trams Engineering Works: Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November

Posted on Friday 22 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

Another short-notice set of engineering works will see alterations to services on the London Trams network this week, Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November.

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London Trams Engineering Works: Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd November

Posted on Sunday 3 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

Essential engineering works on the London Trams network have been announced (at fairly short notice with the details being confirmed on Thursday 31st October) which have been impacting services since 2000 on Saturday 2nd November and will continue throughout Sunday … Continue reading →

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Trams &: London Trams 2532 & train

Posted on Sunday 27 October 2024 by Gareth Prior

For this edition of “Trams &” we feature two modern vehicles.

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English light rail journeys increase again

Posted on Friday 20 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

In what is a mainly positive story, the latest Department for Transport figures have shown that passenger journeys being undertaken on English tram and light rail systems are continuing to increase and whilst they have still not yet got to … Continue reading →

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London Trams CR4000 2547 returns to Therapia Lane

Posted on Saturday 14 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

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 →

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Four asked to submit bids for new vehicles for London Trams

Posted on Wednesday 11 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

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 →

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 8th September 2024

Posted on Sunday 8 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

Two sets of photos this week – London Trams and Blackpool Tramway the locations.

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Picture in Time: Croydon Tramlink 2535

Posted on Friday 26 July 2024 by Gareth Prior

For the last time in this series of “Picture in Time” we are going to South London for a photo of the Croydon Tramlink system in 2008.

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Picture in Time: Croydon Tramlink 2553

Posted on Friday 19 July 2024 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Picture in Time” we take a look at another tram operating on the Croydon Tramlink network.

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Picture in Time: Croydon Tramlink 2541

Posted on Friday 12 July 2024 by Gareth Prior

We go back into the archives again as we have another edition of “Picture in Time” from Croydon Tramlink.

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Picture in Time: Croydon Tramlink 2535

Posted on Friday 5 July 2024 by Gareth Prior

Another edition of “Picture in Time” as we feature Croydon Tramlink again.

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