Category Archives: Tram of the Year

The winners are… Tram of the Year Results announced!

Posted on Saturday 17 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

After four weeks of hard fought voting the results are in of the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2025 – and the winners can now be revealed! The winners this year come from the Isle of Man, Manchester, … Continue reading →

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British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2025 – Voting Open!

Posted on Saturday 20 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

It may be a tad later than planned (apologies once again for the delays in updates on the site over the past couple of weeks) but we are delighted to confirm that voting for the British Trams Online Tram of … Continue reading →

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Tram of the Year 2025: Nominations now open!

Posted on Saturday 29 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

Whilst it is probably fair to say 2025 has hardly been a classic year for trams across the British Isles, as we reach the end of November it is time to start thinking about the British Trams Online Tram of … Continue reading →

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East Anglia Transport Museum the big winner in Tram of the Year 2024!

Posted on Sunday 5 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

The East Anglia Transport Museum in Carlton Colville can celebrate after they walked away with three of the categories at the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2024! They received the most votes from the public in all three … Continue reading →

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Tram of the Year 2024 – nominations open!

Posted on Sunday 1 December 2024 by Gareth Prior

As December arrives it can only mean one thing (well, it probably means quite a lot of things!) – its time to launch the British Trams Online Tram of the Year contest for 2024! Regular readers of this website will … Continue reading →

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And the winners are! Isle of Man and Edinburgh victorious in Tram of the Year 2023

Posted on Sunday 7 January 2024 by Gareth Prior

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 →

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British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2023 – Voting Now Open!

Posted on Sunday 10 December 2023 by Gareth Prior

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!

Posted on Sunday 3 December 2023 by Gareth Prior

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

Posted on Sunday 22 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

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!

Posted on Sunday 11 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

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 →

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Tram of the Year 2022 – nominations now open!

Posted on Sunday 4 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

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!

Posted on Sunday 9 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

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!

Posted on Thursday 6 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

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!

Posted on Sunday 5 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

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 →

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Tram of the Year returns for 2021!

Posted on Sunday 21 November 2021 by Gareth Prior

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!

Posted on Sunday 10 January 2021 by Gareth Prior

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!

Posted on Sunday 6 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

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 →

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It’s that time again! Tram of the Year is back!

Posted on Sunday 15 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

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

Posted on Sunday 12 January 2020 by Gareth Prior

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!

Posted on Sunday 1 December 2019 by Gareth Prior

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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