Category Archives: Still Standing!

Still Standing! Overhead poles in Edinburgh

We’ve been in Edinburgh several times before in “Still Standing!” but we haven’t previously featured the overhead pole we take a look at today in the last of the series.

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Still Standing! Maryfield Tram Depot, Dundee

“Still Standing!” returns to Dundee for this latest edition and this time we take a look at the former Maryfield Tram Depot.

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Still Standing! Tram track, Dundee

In this latest “Still Standing!” article we head to the Scottish city of Dundee to take a look at some track.

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Still Standing! Tram track, Southsea

We return with more from our “Still Standing!” series and head to the south coast for some surviving tram track in Southsea near Portsmouth.

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Two new Transport Trust Red Wheels unveiled

The National Transport Trust have recently unveiled two more “Red Wheels” at tram related locations. The significance of Blackpool’s Rigby Road Depot and the Kingsway Tram Subway in London have been recognised by these latest “Red Wheels” and join over … Continue reading

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Still Standing! Bolton Tramway overhead support pole

In the last of this current series of “Still Standing!” we head back to the northwest of England as we feature the last remaining overhead support pole in Bolton which has recently been restored by the Bolton 66 Tramcar Trust.

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Still Standing! Lowestoft Tram Depot

We continue this latest series of “Still Standing!”  with a trip to East Anglia as we take a look at the former Lowestoft tram depot.

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Still Standing! Norwood Tram Depot

With its vast tramway network it is probably no surprise that throughout this series we have featured a lot of structures in London which are “Still Standing!”. In this edition we head to south London to take a look at … Continue reading

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Not Still Standing! Bennett Street Parcel Depot, Ardwick

Its “Still Standing” with a difference today as its not! We return to a previous location as we see the former Bennett Street Parcel Depot in Ardwick, Greater Manchester during its recent demolition.

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Still Standing! Saltaire Tram Depot, Shipley

As we return to another series of “Still Standing!” we start off by heading to West Yorkshire and taking a look at an old tram depot in Shipley which remains in existence and has now found a fairly novel use … Continue reading

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Heritage Open Day tours of old Darwen Tram Depot

There is the chance to see the old Darwen Tram Depot up close during this September’s Heritage Open Day event with the current owners of the building throwing open the doors for twice daily yours for a week between 12th … Continue reading

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Still Standing! Brighton Corporation Tramways Depot – revisited!

Today we return to a location we have featured before – the former Brighton Corporation Tramway Depot on Lewes Road – and take an alternative view at the structure, which remains in use as a bus depot to this day.

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Still Standing! Garage sign, Norwich

In this edition of “Still Standing!” we feature something a little bit different… Its not a structure or a piece of track from a first generation tramway but rather a sign with a tram connection.

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Still Standing! Birmingham Snow Hill Tram Stop

Its not just first generation tramway structures that we can feature in this series as there are also some old modern tram system survivors including the original Birmingham City Centre terminus of the then Midland Metro route at Snow Hill.

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Still Standing! Marton Depot, Blackpool

Every Monday throughout February sees the return of the popular “Still Standing” series as we look at old tram structures which are still in existence today. In this edition we are off to Blackpool as we take a look at … Continue reading

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The rosettes of Darwen

In September 2020 one of our “Still Standing” series of articles featured some rosettes in Darwen Town Centre and this attracted the interest of former Darwen resident, Glenn Taylor, who set about doing some research to see if there were … Continue reading

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 7th November 2021

This week we have another couple of Photo Galleries added – Nottingham Express Transit and the Kingsway Tram Subway feature:

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Still Standing! Manhole cover in Atherton

After 78 editions we come to the end (for now?) of our “Still Standing” series as we take a look at old tramway infrastructure still in situ, even if it was being used for something very different to its original … Continue reading

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Still Standing! Poplar Depot, London

“Still Standing” continues today as we take a trip to East London to view the former London County Council tram depot in Poplar which remains in existence in 2021.

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Still Standing! Edinburgh Cable Tramways track

Another trip to Edinburgh in this edition of “Still Standing!” and it’s the Cable Tramway which has again attracted our interest as we find a small section of surviving track.

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