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Category Archives: Tram of the Year
And the winners are! Isle of Man and Edinburgh victorious in Tram of the Year 2023
Five categories and two winners, that is the story of the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2023. After four weeks of voting the Manx Electric Railway can celebrate wins in three categories whilst the other two categories see … Continue reading
British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2023 – Voting Now Open!
Thank you to all those who took the time to send in nominations for the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2023 – your ideas have helped us to form a shortlist as (for the first time) we look … Continue reading
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Tram of the Year 2023 – nominations are open!
It is that time of the year again as we launch the British Trams Online Tram of the Year contest for 2023! Once again we will be looking to find the “Tram (Heritage)”, “Tram (Modern)”, “Tramway/Museum” and “Event” of the … Continue reading
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What’s New on British Trams Online? 22nd January 2023
This week we take a look back at 20 winners of the Tram of the Year contest in our latest set of photos:
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British Trams Online Tram of the Year voting now open!
Voting is now open for the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2022! Thanks to everyone who took their time to nominate in the four categories and we are now able to confirm the trams, tramways and events which … Continue reading
Tram of the Year 2022 – nominations now open!
As we enter December it is time once again to launch the British Trams Online Tram of the Year contest – every year since 2003 we have run a vote to find the “Tram of the Year” with 2012 seeing … Continue reading
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Winners announced for British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2022!
Voting is over, votes have been checked with multiple votes removed and we have our winners of the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2022 contest! In truth it hasn’t been a close contest with winners in all four … Continue reading
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Tram of the Year voting closes this Saturday at 10am!
If you haven’t voted yet in the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2021 you don’t have long – voting will close at 10am on Saturday 8th January 2022! You can register a vote for all four categories: “Tram … Continue reading
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Voting now open for Tram of the Year!
After the two weeks nomination period you can now start to vote in the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2021! We will be looking to crown all four categories: Tram (Traditional), Tram (Modern), Tramway and Event of the … Continue reading
Posted in Blackpool Tramway, Crich Tramway Village, East Anglia Transport Museum, Manchester Metrolink, Manx Electric Railway, Seaton Tramway, South Yorkshire Supertram, Tram of the Year
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Tram of the Year returns for 2021!
Is it that time of the year again? Yes, that’s right today marks the launch of our “just for fun” British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2021! For the second year in a row it has been anything but … Continue reading
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Stockport 5, Seaton Tramway and Metrolink 3073 win at the Tram of the Year!
It’s a tram which has so often been the bridesmaid in the British Trams Online Tram of the Year contest but at the fourth time of asking it has finally won the main “Tram (Traditional) of the Year” category – … Continue reading
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Tram of the Year 2020 voting now open!
You can now register your votes for the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2020 with the final shortlist now announced in all four categories: Tram (Traditional), Tram (Modern), Tramway and Event of the Year. Some years it is … Continue reading
Posted in Blackpool Tramway, Heaton Park Tramway, Manchester Metrolink, Manx Electric Railway, Seaton Tramway, Tram of the Year, West Midlands Metro
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It’s that time again! Tram of the Year is back!
We don’t know if you’ve noticed but 2020 has been anything but normal with a long period where barely anything tram related happened. Despite this, and after much consideration, we have decided that the British Trams Online Tram of the … Continue reading
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Heaton Park Tramway win Tramway of the Year as Isle of Man also wins big in Tram of the Year
There can be no denying that 2019 was a challenging year for the volunteers at the Heaton Park Tramway with the theft of overhead wires in September bringing a temporary halt to operations but following on from industry help and … Continue reading
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Tram of the Year 2019 – Voting is now open!
Following the last week of nominations we ca now announce that voting for the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2019 is now open! You can vote once in each category (multiple votes will be removed) between now and … Continue reading
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It’s back! Tram of the Year returns – nominations now open!
The end of November is traditionally the time of year when we start to take a look back at the previous 12 months and to this end today marks the launch of the British Trams Online Tram of the Year … Continue reading
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A trio of wins for Manx Electric Railway in Tram of the Year!
To be fair it was always likely to be a case of how big the win would be in the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2018 and so it turned out with the Manx Electric Railway winning three … Continue reading
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Tram of the Year 2018 – let voting commence!
Its been a difficult selection process this year but we now have four shortlists and voting for the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2018 is now open! There are 12 nominations across the four categories for you to … Continue reading
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Nominations open for Tram of the Year!
Yes, it is once again that time of year – the time when we start the process of anointing the new winners of the British Trams Online Tram of the Year contest! Last year the winners were Douglas Bay Horse … Continue reading
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Douglas, Sheffield and Statfold Barn win in Tram of the Year 2017
Douglas Bay Horse Tramway 36 – which returned to service on the very last day of the 2017 season after a major overhaul – has been voted the Tram of the Year (Traditional) for 2017 after six weeks of public … Continue reading