In Pictures: Latest from the Newhaven terminus

Posted on Saturday 30 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

We return once more to Edinburgh to see what progress there is on the Trams to Newhaven project. This time we are off to Newhaven as we see recent work on installing a scissors crossover just before the terminus and on the road connecting Lindsay Road and Melrose Drive. John Hampton is the photographer.

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Metrolink 3088 receives new advert

Posted on Saturday 30 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

You wait ages for a new advert to be applied to a tram in Manchester and then a second one comes along soon after! The latest tram to receive a wrap is 3088 which is now advertising Charlotte Tilbury. As with last week’s new advert this is the second design that 3088 has carried since new.

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Tram allocations announced for Blackpool’s Vintage Weekend

Posted on Friday 29 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

Blackpool Heritage Tram Tour’s second Vintage Weekend of 2022 takes place from Saturday 30th April until Monday 2nd May and the tram allocations for the hop-on, hop-off tours have now been announced. The trams chosen are mostly as you would expect although Sunday should see a fairly rare outing for the illuminated Trawler.

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More Luas engineering works

Posted on Friday 29 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

Further essential engineering works on Dublin’s Luas network will see service changes on the Red Line across the two weeks between Saturday 30th April and Sunday 8th May. The work will see no trams running from Blackhorse to Heuston on Saturday 30th April and Sunday 1st May whilst other dates will see an early finish and late start for services.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloons 703 & 712

Posted on Friday 29 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Picture in Time” we head to Blackpool again with an image which just says Blackpool all over it – trams and the Tower what more is there to say!

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In Pictures: 3030’s new Pension Bee advert

Posted on Thursday 28 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

We brought you the news a few days ago about the new advert on Manchester Metrolink 3030 and now we bring you a photo of the advert! Now advertising Pension Bee the tram received the vinyl wrap during April 2022 with the being the first new advert of 2022 on Metrolink.

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In Pictures: Road-Rail Works Vehicle out on the Blackpool Tramway

Posted on Thursday 28 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

The Blackpool Tramway has always had a varied works car fleet. In the earlier days of the tramway many of the works fleet were converted withdrawn passenger trams but as technology has developed there has been a bigger reliance on purpose built vehicles – several of which have been road-rail vehicles allowing them (surprisingly enough) to run on both the road and rails. We’ve regularly seen some of the fleet numbered Unimogs of these pages but one vehicle which hasn’t featured a great deal is the unnumbered vehicle with the registration number MX14 LRJ.

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Midland Metro Alliance use new risk assessment process as part of handover of extensions

Posted on Thursday 28 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

With testing now underway on the West Midlands Metro extension to Edgbaston Village and set to kick-off in the coming months on the line to Wolverhampton Railway Station, the Midland Metro Alliance are starting to prepare for the handover of the lines to the operator with a new risk assessment process being adopted by the Light Rail Safety Standards Board (LRSSB).

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Major doubts that horse trams will run on Isle of Man in 2022

Posted on Wednesday 27 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

Just when you thought the ongoing saga of the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway had taken as many twists and turns as is possible then another comes along. It now looks as if 2022 will be another year without any service after the Minister in charge of the Department of Infrastructure told Tynwald he was not hopeful of them running this year – and that’s just on the shortened line which had been expected to see operation in time for the main summer season.

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In Pictures: Signalling problems sees Tram-Train services diverted to Meadowhall

Posted on Wednesday 27 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

Network Rail signalling problems around Rotherham on Monday 25th April meant the Stagecoach Supertram operated Tram-Train service to Rotherham Parkgate was disrupted. As is often the case when it isn’t possible to access the line via the Tinsley Chord the Tram-Train service was diverted to Meadowhall – with the destination displays on the Citylink vehicles displaying the service as being on the Yellow route.

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NET signs up to sponsor Masters Hockey Tournament this summer

Posted on Wednesday 27 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

Nottingham Express Transit will be sponsoring the World Masters Hockey Cups 2002, due to take place at the Nottingham Hockey Centre between Friday 12th and Sunday 21st August. With the Hockey Centre being located adjacent to the tramway close to the University of Nottingham and University Boulevard tramstops the sponsorship will also see discounted travel passes available to those connected with the tournament.

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In Pictures: Another season underway on the Volk’s Electric Railway

Posted on Tuesday 26 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

As we reported a little while back the 2022 season on the Volk’s Electric Railway got underway on Monday 11th April (it was unable to start the preceding weekend due to the Brighton Marathon) with former BBC newsreader Nicholas Owen doing the official reopening. Services are currently only able to operate between Aquarium and Halfway with the section through to Black Rock closed due to council works on the foreshore which is seeing new crossings installed. Its hoped that a full service may resume at the end of May or start of June. This pictorial update from Tony Sullivan shows services running on Friday 22nd April.

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In Pictures: 121 returns to service after accident repairs

Posted on Tuesday 26 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

Stagecoach Supertram has welcomed 121 back to the operating fleet after the completion of accident repairs. 121 was only out of service for a couple of weeks after being involved in a collision with a police van on Monday 11th April.

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New interpretation for remains of Birmingham 107

Posted on Tuesday 26 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

The only tram at the Aldridge Transport Museum – formerly the Aston Manor Road Transport Museum – has recently received some new interpretation to give visitors to the museum a better idea of what the tram would have looked like. The tram is Birmingham 107 which has been preserved at the museum since 1988.

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Bluebird runs under its own power!

Posted on Monday 25 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

As milestones in the restoration of a tram go they don’t get much more significant than the first runs under its own power – and that is exactly what happened for Bluebird at the Crich Tramway Village on Friday 22nd April. London County Council 1 has been under restoration since June 2014 and with work progressing well it has now reached the stage where it can be shunted without the need for something else to provide the power.

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In Pictures: Glasgow 585 at the Science Museum store

Posted on Monday 25 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

Whilst there are many Glasgow trams which have been preserved there is probably one which has proved to be elusive to most – Glasgow 585. Owned by the Science Museum the tram used to be on display at the Kensington based museum (until the late 1990s) but has more recently been kept in their off-site storage in Wiltshire. With no public access to the Wroughton store for some time the tram has remained out of sight but when volunteers from the Ipswich Transport Museum went to collect an Ipswich trolleybus which was being transferred east they couldn’t resist the chance to record the Standard car in photographic form.

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Out and About: Grassed track in Edinburgh

Posted on Monday 25 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

Today’s “Out and About” goes outside of the city centre in Edinburgh as we feature a tram speeding across the grassed track in the Edinburgh Park area.

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Stop by Stop Blackpool Tramway: Fisherman’s Walk

Posted on Sunday 24 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

Today in “Stop by Stop” we come to the last stop before entering Fleetwood Town Centre at Fisherman’s Walk.

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In Pictures: Work at Balfour Street tramstop in Edinburgh

Posted on Sunday 24 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

In this latest pictorial look at the ongoing Trams to Newhaven construction works in Edinburgh we head to the stop at Balfour Street. This will be the third new stop on the line coming from the city centre and will again be an island platform with track either side. The main structure of the stop is now in place with contractors hard at work in putting the edging stones in place when these photos were captured by John Hampton.

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Artists selected for Tyne and Wear Metro train interior artwork

Posted on Sunday 24 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

Four artists from the north east of England have won the commission to supply artwork to be applied to the interior of the new Tyne and Wear Metro trains after an open call for submissions. Each artist will go on to create a major new work to cover the full height and width of carriage end walls right throughout the fleet of 46 trains now being built by Stadler.

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