Pop app available to Apple users for first time – but only for real time updates

Posted on Thursday 2 February 2023 by Gareth Prior

Apple smartphone users will have access to real-time Tyne and Wear Metro travel information for the first time after the upgrading of the Pop app – which now becomes the only official app for everything Metro related. For at least the time being Apple users will only be able to use it for travel information with the Pay as you Go functionality only available to Android users.

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Winter maintenance underway at Seaton

Posted on Wednesday 1 February 2023 by Gareth Prior

The Seaton Tramway only have a short period in the year without any trams running and whilst it may seem that is downtime for the staff it is very much busy with various maintenance tasks taking place. This includes both the infrastructure and the trams.

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Rugby Return ticket back for Six Nations matches at Murryfield

Posted on Wednesday 1 February 2023 by Gareth Prior

With the Guinness Six Nations Championship getting underway this weekend its not only an excuse for Edinburgh Trams to use some terrible rugby based puns but also for the reintroduction of the Rugby Return tickets!

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In Pictures: More trams at Dudley for repairs

Posted on Tuesday 31 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its getting hard to keep up with all the tram movements on the West Midlands Metro! With trams returning to Wednesbury after repairs and trams leaving for repairs (and at strange time and in strange places!) it seems there is a lot of movement at the moment and there are two trams which have headed to Dudley at some point but which we have never reported on!

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A third of single and day journeys on the Metro now made by a Pop card

Posted on Tuesday 31 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Nexus have revealed that a third of all single and day journeys on the Tyne and Wear Metro are now being made by passengers using Pop Pay As You Go. This news comes after the start of an offer in January which sees single journeys capped at £2 when using Pop with more people than ever now taking advantage. The offer remains in place until March.

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No decisions on funding for Glasgow metro and more Edinburgh tram extensions to come until spring

Posted on Monday 30 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Michael Matheson, the Transport Secretary in the Scottish Government, has confirmed that decisions of funding for the proposed Glasgow Metro and more Edinburgh Trams extensions will not be made public until the spring as he needs to wait for the budget announcement. The two proposals are part of the Second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) and it has originally been planned that at the same time as that announcement a delivery plan would also be unveiled but this now won’t happen.

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Out and About: Around Middlewood in December 2022

Posted on Monday 30 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

For this edition of “Out and About” (the last for a while) we take a trip to Middlewood on the Stagecoach Supertram network a few days before Christmas 2022 with some photos of two of the Siemens-Duewag trams around the terminus.

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The Number 20: Zurich tram route 20

Posted on Sunday 29 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

It’s a bit different for this last part of the current series of “The Number 20” as its not the tram which has a connection to the number 20 but the route on which its running!

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New recruitment campaign launched for Edinburgh Trams

Posted on Sunday 29 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

With the Edinburgh Trams set to expand in the spring once the Trams to Newhaven extension opens, the organisation have launched a new recruitment campaign targeting people from a diverse range of backgrounds.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 29th January 2023

Posted on Sunday 29 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

This week we feature the second part of our collection looking at what happened at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Trolley Fair 2022:

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Edinburgh Council to vote on new transport plan

Posted on Saturday 28 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

If you think you’ve read this before you probably have! It seems to be another case of a new report on previously announced plans but a vote is set to take place in the City of Edinburgh Council to approve various transport plans including one which looks at public transport in the area. This includes possible extensions alongside other improvements to the bus, tram and rail networks around Edinburgh.

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Around the World in Trams: Innsbruck 310 & friend

Posted on Saturday 28 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Another chance to head to Austria and the trams in Innsbruck as we look at a couple of trams in service in September 2022.

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Luas Engineering Works: February 2023

Posted on Saturday 28 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

There are due to be essential engineering works on Luas’ Green Line this February which will see reduced operating hours on some days during the month. The works will be affecting services on two weekends during February and the Red Line will be unaffected.

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NET to offer reduced travel for students

Posted on Saturday 28 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Any students in Nottingham who regularly travel on the trams are set to enjoy even cheaper travel with a 6 month tram pass being reduced to £150 at three student events taking place over the coming week.

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Major expansion of Wednesbury Depot officially launched

Posted on Friday 27 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

The expansion of West Midlands Metro’s Wednesbury Depot is now officially underway to allow it to fully house the complete fleet of CAF Urbos3 and Urbos 100 trams. Costing £43 million, the project was officially launched during a visit by local politicians and transport leaders in January 2023.

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Forthcoming engineering works on Manchester Metrolink

Posted on Friday 27 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

During February 2023 there will be a number of line closure to facilitate engineering works on the Manchester Metrolink network. None of these will be major long-term closures with work either taking place late evening or across a weekend.

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Picture in Time: South Yorkshire Supertram 16

Posted on Friday 27 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its time for another trip back to 1995 in Sheffield as “Picture in Time” continues.

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In Pictures: Cathedral points maintenance in Sheffield

Posted on Thursday 26 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Over the past few months there have been a few issues with the well used points at Cathedral but with a view to rectifying this issue, Monday 23rd January 2023 saw a Supertram maintenance crew attending to them.

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New Blackpool tram book out now!

Posted on Thursday 26 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

The name Brian Turner on a tram book is always a sure sign of a high quality publication and the third volume of his history of the tramways in and around Blackpool is out now! The Blackpool Conduit Tramway tells the story of the first Promenade tramway from opening all the way until it was converted to overhead operation.

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In Pictures: 27 & 26 return to the West Midlands Metro – in an unusual place!

Posted on Wednesday 25 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Over the years on British Trams Online we have featured the delivery or collection of many trams – some of them heritage trams, some of them modern vehicles. Almost every time these have been in or just outside depots so we think that this one is a bit of a change as West Midlands Metro Urbos3s 27 and 26 have been returned to the system  with the unloading taking place on Bilston Road!

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