New pay offer for Tramlink drivers – further ballot to come

Posted on Wednesday 9 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

The ongoing pay dispute on London Tramlink has taken another turn with a new pay offer made by Tram Operations Limited (operator of the network) with the ASLEF Executive Committee now recommending its members accept the offer.

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Ashton line delays after car drives into tram underpass on Ashton line

Posted on Wednesday 9 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Tram services between Piccadilly and Ashton-under-Lyne were suspended for around two hours on Saturday 29th October after a car took a wrong turn and drove into an underpass on the line before getting stuck and requiring rescue.

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In Pictures: More new adverts on Edinburgh Trams

Posted on Tuesday 8 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

The changeover of adverts on trams in Edinburgh is still showing no signs of abating with the start of November seeing a further two trams have a change. Those two trams are 263 and 277 with the former welcoming a new advertiser to the trams whilst the highest numbered tram in the Edinburgh fleet has an identical advert to another tram in the city.

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In Pictures: Work continues on Metro Flow project

Posted on Tuesday 8 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

The £104 million project to dual 4.6km of track on the Tyne and Wear Metro between Pelaw and Bede is continuing and as it reaches the final scheduled month of work good progress continues to be made. With £95 million worth of funding coming from the government’s Transforming Cities Fund the result of the work will be increased capacity on the network as well as increasing resilience for recovery from service disruption.

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Metro penalty fare to increase from January 2023

Posted on Tuesday 8 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Anyone found to be travelling on the Tyne and Wear Metro without a ticket will be liable to a penalty fare of up to £100 from January 2023. This is a nationwide increase for the national penalty fare regime on the rail network of which the Metro is included.

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In Pictures: Temporary timetable on Manchester Metrolink

Posted on Monday 7 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Starting from Monday 24th October a temporary timetable has been in operation on Manchester Metrolink with a change in service pattern through Piccadilly Gardens because of a delay in engineering works due to take place on the delta junction. This has meant that trams from Ashton have been diverted to run to Crumpsall whilst the Eccles line has only been running as far as Deansgate-Castlefield. Trams from both Bury and Altrincham have also been unable to reach Piccadilly and so all services from these termini are running to each other. In this pictorial article, with photos from Steve Hyde, we take a look at some of these temporary operations at the end of October.

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Solution agreed for emergency braking equipment on Coronation 304

Posted on Monday 7 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

The chances are many of you out there have been pondering how good it would be to have a Coronation Car running in time for King Charles III’s Coronation (scheduled to take place on Saturday 6th May 2023). Well, if you have you are not alone as the Fylde Transport Trust and Blackpool Transport Services have been thinking the very same! And if plans now in place come to fruition it is hoped that the FTT’s Coronation Car 304 could be running by next May – although there remains various caveats involved before it can be guaranteed.

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Out and About: More at Edinburgh Airport

Posted on Monday 7 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

A few weeks ago “Out and About” visited Edinburgh Airport – and we’re at it again today! This time we take a look at the tramstop itself along with the only tram which doesn’t ever go anywhere.

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Trams &: Oporto 196 & bus

Posted on Sunday 6 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

We have another edition of “Trams &” for you today and we’re off to Beamish once more as we see one of the resident trams in action along with a bus.

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Edinburgh Trams pay tribute to armed services

Posted on Sunday 6 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Trams in Edinburgh are once again carrying poppies in their windows as Edinburgh Trams pay their respects ahead of Remembrance Sunday on 13th November. In addition armed services veterans and serving members of the Army, Air Force and Navy are being offered free travel to get to Remembrance events taking place in the city.

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In Pictures: Poppies return to Supertram

Posted on Sunday 6 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

November is traditionally the month when we pause to remember those who have died in the line of duty during the many conflicts seen across the world. Originally conceived following World War I Remembrance Day is on the 11th day of the 11th month to coincide with when the armistice was signed and the highest profile part of the commemoration is the poppies which are sold annually to raise funds for the Royal British Legion. As well as people wearing poppies, in recent years many public transport undertakings have put poppies on their vehicles – such as Sheffield’s Stagecoach Supertram system.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 6th November 2022

Posted on Sunday 6 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

We head to the West Midlands Metro for this week’s set of photos:

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First DLR B90 sent for scrap

Posted on Saturday 5 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

With the Docklands Light Railway set to get a fleet of new trains from 2024 (currently being built by CAF) it was inevitable that the long-standing fleet of trains dating from the early and mid-1990s would not have much of a future and now the first of these has been sent for scrap with B90 39 heading on a one way trip to Rotherham – the ultimate destination of many a last journey of UK light rail and heavy rail vehicles.

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Around the World in Trams: Dijon 1002

Posted on Saturday 5 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

“Around the World in Trams” changes location again from today for the next few weeks and we end up in France to take a look at the modern tram system in Dijon.

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Two incidents in one evening combine to cause major Metrolink disruption

Posted on Saturday 5 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

The evening of Wednesday 2nd November saw two incidents on the Manchester Metrolink system leading to major disruption on both the Eccles and Ashton lines. Whilst this would usually be one service impacted with trams running between Ashton and Eccles, with the temporary timetable in place at the moment it meant that trams between Eccles and Deansgate-Castlefield and from Ashton to Crumpsall were affected.

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Late evening Supertram changes on 6th November

Posted on Saturday 5 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

No Stagecoach Supertram services will run beyond Cathedral after 2100 on Sunday 6th November to allow for essential engineering works to take place on West Street. Both the Blue and Yellow routes will be affected by this change.

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Strikes back on in Edinburgh after part of deal removed

Posted on Friday 4 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

It looked for a time during the summer that the Edinburgh Festival would see a disrupted tram service after a dispute erupted over a pay deal for staff on the tram network. But after negotiations – which included a pay rise of between 6.5% and 11% – the threat was averted with Unite union members at the company voting heavily in favour of accepting this offer. However, it now looks like strikes are back on with allegations from the union that part of the deal has now been removed by Edinburgh Trams management.

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Luas Engineering Works in November

Posted on Friday 4 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

The latest engineering works on Dublin’s Luas network will be taking place on the Red line on various dates during November. As with other recent works it won’t see full day closures of the line but instead services will start later and end earlier.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 22+47

Posted on Friday 4 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

For the next few weeks “Picture in Time” returns to the Isle of Man for a set of photos taken by Donald Brooks during June 1977.

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In Pictures: Track and bridges on WMM Dudley extension

Posted on Thursday 3 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

A lot of the news recently on the West Midlands Metro extension from Wednesbury to (eventually, subject to funding) Brierley Hill has been about the “re-phasing” of the project which has seen the section from Dudley to Brierley Hill delayed due to a lack of funding. But the section which is scheduled to open in 2024 – from Wednesbury to Dudley Town Centre – has also been seeing some significant progress with track continuing to go down in Dudley whilst as we reported earlier this month a new bridge is being installed on Sedgley Road. This update with photos from Andy Walters shows some of the more recent work which has been taking place.

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