Haymarket Sidings becomes a temporary terminus in Edinburgh again

Posted on Wednesday 18 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Tuesday 17th January again saw the flexibility of the Edinburgh Trams system when, due to a signalling and traffic lights fault at Haymarket, services were temporarily turned at Haymarket Sidings loop. And why did this show flexibility? There isn’t a full stop located there with just a slightly raised platform provided but despite that it has been used on a few occasions to allow passengers to get as close to onward bus travel as possible.

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In Pictures: 48 breakdown on West Midlands Metro

Posted on Tuesday 17 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

It may be the newest tram to be running in the UK but that doesn’t mean that its immune to breaking down – West Midlands Metro Urbos100 48 came to a halt just after departing Soho Benson Road on Saturday 14th January leading to disruption on the network and the fairly rare sight of another tram being called upon to tow it back to depot.

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Progress for FTT trams

Posted on Tuesday 17 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

The first couple of weeks of 2023 has already seen some progress for two of the Fylde Transport Trust’s trams. The two in question are Twin Motor Car 281 and Coronation 304 with the former’s repaint almost completed in St Helens whilst for the popular Coronation Car there has been a significant delivery ahead of its eventual return to service.

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Seaton Tramway get ready for another packed year

Posted on Monday 16 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

They may have only last run on 2nd January but its very nearly for another season to get underway at the Seaton Tramway with daily running due to take place during the February Half Term holidays before its weekends only until the last week of March – and then there are daily trams all the way until the end of October!

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First track installed in Lower Bull Street

Posted on Monday 16 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

We brought you photos of this last week but the Midland Metro Alliance have now released an update on construction work for the Birmingham Eastside extension which has confirmed that the first sections of track have now been installed on Lower Bull Street in the city centre.

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Out and About: A double tram view at Beamish – November 2022

Posted on Monday 16 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

In this latest “Out and About” we are heading back to early November 2022 for a visit to Beamish when Trevor Hall captured a shot of the usual winter pairing of trams together.

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The Number 20: London County Council 106 & Sheffield 15

Posted on Sunday 15 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its time to get those calculators out again as we have another edition of “The Number 20” for you. And today we are returning to the Crich Tramway Village to take a look at a couple of trams which get us to the number 20.

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Greater Manchester TravelSafe Partnership to step-up enforcement across the region

Posted on Sunday 15 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

With a number of knife-related incidents on public transport – with Metrolink particularly affected – across Greater Manchester the region’s TravelSafe Partnership have sought to reassure the travelling public that they are stepping up enforcement. Although knife crime is not unique to public transport it remains a top priority for the TSP and Greater Manchester Police with plans for increased activity at hotspots across the public transport network.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 15th January 2023

Posted on Sunday 15 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

We go overseas for our photos this week – and its the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Trolley Fair 2022 that provides the action for us:

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Funding to help kick-start very light rail revolution in the West Midlands

Posted on Saturday 14 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

The West Midlands Combined Authority have agreed to release the first instalment of what could eventually amount to £72 million worth of funding towards the Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR) system. Much of the funding will go towards building a real world demonstration track in Coventry City Centre and to help develop a business case for a fully operational system.

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Around the World in Trams: Innsbruck 311

Posted on Saturday 14 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

For the next few editions of “Around the World in Trams” we are heading to Innsbruck in Austria where its not just the trams which are impressive but also the surrounding scenery.

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West Midlands Metro service change: Sunday 22nd January

Posted on Saturday 14 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Overhead line work being carried out on the West Midlands Metro will see a change to services during the morning of Sunday 22nd January.  The essential maintenance work will be taking place from the start of service until 1100 and will mean no trams will run between Wednesbury Parkway and Edgbaston Village.

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Man hit by tram in Nottingham

Posted on Saturday 14 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Nottingham Express Transit services between Highbury Vale and Phoenix Park were suspended for several hours on Wednesday 11th January after a man was reported to have been hit by a tram. The incident was reported at around 1345 with officers from Nottinghamshire Police attending the scene. It was later confirmed that the man’s injuries were not thought to be serious.

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Metro services return to South Hylton

Posted on Friday 13 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Tyne and Wear Metro services are running between Park Lane and South Hylton once again after Network Rail engineers completed the rebuild of a flood damaged electrical substation. Services were last able to run on this section on Thursday 17th November but following heavy rainfall the substation received significant damage which, after assessment, required a full rebuild.

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Luas Engineering Works: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th January

Posted on Friday 13 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

There will be more engineering works taking place on Luas this coming weekend (14th and 15th January) with the Red Line set to be affected with services due to finish an hour earlier on the Saturday and start two hours later on the Sunday.

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Picture in Time: South Yorkshire Supertram 02

Posted on Friday 13 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

As our collection of photos taken in 1995 in Sheffield continues as part of “Picture in Time” we take a look at the second lowest numbered tram in the fleet at a time when trams ran no further than Gleadless Town End.

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In Pictures: Sign of the times in Edinburgh

Posted on Thursday 12 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Work on extending the Edinburgh Trams system has been going on since November 2019 and now as it enters its final stages (trams running from the spring!) some of the finishing cosmetic touches are being applied. This has included the installation of signs on each of the stops and in this article we take a look at that signage which is in the standard Edinburgh Trams style.

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Metro performance is up but still below 75%

Posted on Thursday 12 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

The latest Tyne and Wear Metro performance poster has been put up at stations across the network and when comparing to both the previous period and the same time twelve months ago it does show an improvement – although it still remains just below 75%.

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Overhead wires to be connected in Edinburgh – trams to terminate at West End

Posted on Wednesday 11 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Another sure sign of progress on the Trams to Newhaven project is the installation of the overhead wires and it has now been confirmed that these will be connected up to the existing line in York Place later this month. Whilst this work takes place a revised service will run on Edinburgh Trams with all services from the Airport only running as far as West End.

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Metro hit by cable thefts three times in a week

Posted on Wednesday 11 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

2023 hasn’t got underway to a great start for the Tyne and Wear Metro with the line between Monkseaton and Wallsend suspended three times in a week – all down to cable theft on this section. The cable theft obviously required emergency repairs on each occasion which meant services had to be suspending leading to disruption for any would be passengers.

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