In Pictures: Birmingham Eastside extension update

Posted on Monday 8 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

Amongst the opening of the Birmingham Westside extension, splitting of the Brierley Hill line into two phases and the continuing delays to the Wolverhampton Railway Station extension, there is one other extension being built on the West Midlands Metro – the Birmingham Eastside line. Due to run for 1.7km it will leave the current Birmingham City Centre line at the Bull Street/Corporation Street delta junction (installed last year) and travel to High Street Deritend via the HS2 railway station at Curzon Street.

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Out and About: West Midlands Metro 41

Posted on Monday 8 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its time to go on another trip “Out and About” and the latest location we visit is the West Midlands Metro.

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Trams &: Stagecoach Supertram 399 206 & bus

Posted on Sunday 7 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

Today “Trams &” is back in Sheffield as we feature another of the trams operating on the Supertram network along with a bus.

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In Pictures: Douglas Bay Horse Tram on the road!

Posted on Sunday 7 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

When the assets of the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway were transferred between Douglas Borough Council and the Isle of Man Government, there were a number of trams which were deemed surplus to requirements and so were made available via auction. All did find new homes although the majority have remained out of the public eye since. But one which has made a few public appearances is no. 34 – although its no longer able to run on rails as it has been converted with rubber wheels and an engine!

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In Pictures: Streetlife Museum, Hull

Posted on Sunday 7 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

In this pictorial article we take a trip to the Streetlife Museum in Hull which has been open since 1989 and is currently home to three exhibits with tram connections – one which is very local and the others which are a long-way from home! They are Hull 132 (on long-term loan from the Tramway Museum Society), Ryde Pier Tramway 3 and Portstewart Tramway Tram Engine 1. These photos were taken by David Mee on 14th August 2021.

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West Midlands Metro staff set to be balloted on strike action

Posted on Saturday 6 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

There is the potential for more disruption on the West Midlands Metro but this time its nothing to do with the trams but staff are set to vote on taking strike action following the rejection of a pay offer which has been described as “insulting”. The ballot for strike action will open on Monday 8th August and will be open for two weeks.

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Around the World in Trams: Lviv 1077+1079

Posted on Saturday 6 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

In today’s edition of “Around the World in Trams” we take another trip to Ukraine and the city of Lviv.

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Metro’s new train mock-up goes on public display

Posted on Saturday 6 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

The future of the Tyne and Wear Metro is on public display for the first time after a full sized replica of a cab of one of the new trains was transferred to the Stephenson Steam Railway in North Tyneside for display.

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Metrolink 3145 sneaks in to Manchester and 3144 enters service

Posted on Friday 5 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink M5000 3145 has arrived at Queens Road Depot – although it managed to sneak in almost unnoticed arriving later than usual. It made the usual journey across from mainland Europe via Hull Docks with it arriving either late on Saturday 30th July or early on Sunday 31st July.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool OMO 5

Posted on Friday 5 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its Blackpool – well, Fleetwood – again for this edition of “Picture in Time” as it’s a hattrick of images of an OMO car.

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In Pictures: New adverts on Metrolink

Posted on Thursday 4 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

The turnover of adverts on Manchester Metrolink continues with 3087 and 3102 the latest to see new designs – both of which are now on their second adverts since entering service but for the former it comes after a very short-term contract came to an end.

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Crich’s cabmen shelter now open!

Posted on Thursday 4 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

Whilst the high profile restorations at the Crich Tramway Village are tramcars, that’s not all that gets restored at the home of the National Tramway Museum. We’ve featured the Bradford Cabmen’s Shelter on these pages before which has seen extensive restoration over the past couple of years and now visitors to the museum can get inside it once more with all work completed and it open to the public once more.

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Metro services resume full operation as planned after bridge works

Posted on Thursday 4 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

Services on the Tyne and Wear Metro between St James and Tynemouth starting running again as planned on Saturday 30th July after a two week closure. The closure had been necessary to allow Tanners Bank Bridge to be replaced amongst other works.

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In Pictures: Napier University advertise on Edinburgh Trams again

Posted on Wednesday 3 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

Edinburgh Napier University are the latest sponsor of a tram in Edinburgh after a new design for the University was unveiled on 257 at the end of July 2022. This isn’t the first time they have advertised on a tram with a previous design being seen on 269 between July and October 2021.

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Apologies for the slight disruption in updates over the past few days. There’s no one main reason for it just a combination of various factors but hopefully news updates will start to resume in full over the next few days. This disruption does mean that there will be no main site update this weekend (7th August) as planned but we should be back with that the following weekend all being well.

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New Family Group Ticket available on NET

Posted on Wednesday 3 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

With the Summer School Holidays now in full swing and with families looking for ways to entertain the kids for the duration, Nottingham Express Transit are trying to help save a little bit of money with a new Family Group Ticket launched for travel during August.

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In Pictures: Douglas Bay Horse Tramway 14

Posted on Tuesday 2 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

If you think of double-deck horse trams on the Isle of Man you are likely to immediately think of 18 as the operational tram on the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway. But it isn’t the only double-decker which remains on the island as no. 14 can be found in the Manx Museum in Douglas.

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In Pictures: The Electric Idea – Bournemouth

Posted on Tuesday 2 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

It has been 85 years since trams last ran in Bournemouth but they are not completely forgotten in the south coast town with a sculpture using rediscovered parts of the Conduit system having been in situ since July 2015. Designed by Karen Hansen “The Electric Idea” can be found on Horseshoe Common off Old Christchurch Road.

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In Pictures: Blackpool 290 arrives at Carlton Colville

Posted on Monday 1 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

Earlier in the week we reported on the departure of Blackpool Brush Car 290 from Rigby Road Depot and now it can be confirmed that it has arrived at its new home of the East Anglia Transport Museum in Carlton Colville. Wasting no time in getting it used to its new surroundings it has already made its first trip (albeit not under its own power) along the entire line to check clearances.

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Out and About: Double Starling Bank adverts in Manchester

Posted on Monday 1 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink is the latest subject of our “Out and About” series as we have to take a double-take with two trams carrying the same advert livery.

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