In Pictures: Blackpool 31 kicks off the year at Beamish

Posted on Thursday 6 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

Having been one of the last heritage tramways to run in the UK during 2021, Beamish has been one of the first to run in 2022 with the museum being open across the festive period with the trams part of the attractions on offer. And with unseasonably warm temperatures being experienced there was a chance to take a ride on an open top tram at the turn of the year with the one tram service being in the reliable old wheels of Blackpool 31. In this pictorial article we see some of the tram sights around Beamish on 2nd January 2022 from the camera of Trevor Hall.

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In Pictures: Signal posts erected for Blackpool Tramway extension

Posted on Thursday 6 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

The year may only be a few days old but its time for our first update of 2022 on the construction work for the extension of the Blackpool Tramway along Talbot Road and to a new terminus close to Blackpool North Railway Station on the site of the old Wilko’s store. At the end of 2021 when we last reported from the extension we saw that the track and overhead along the length of the route was in place and now further progress has been made with the erection of the posts to allow for the installation of the signals.

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Tram of the Year voting closes this Saturday at 10am!

Posted on Thursday 6 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

If you haven’t voted yet in the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2021 you don’t have long – voting will close at 10am on Saturday 8th January 2022! You can register a vote for all four categories: “Tram (Traditional)”, “Tram (Modern)”, “Tramway” and “Event” – remember its one vote per person and multiple votes will be removed before the results are announced on the morning of Sunday 9th January 2022. Head to http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/tramofyear.html for details of the nominees and go to https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/2YBZN6H to register your vote!

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Purple route changes on Supertram 18th to 26th January

Posted on Thursday 6 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

Stagecoach Supertram services running on the Purple route between Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 26th January will be subject to change as a result of essential works being undertaken by Sheffield City Council. The Purple route will continue to run throughout this period but will not be running all the way to Herdings Park (except for the weekend in the middle) with different terminating points at different times.

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Heaton Park Tramway look ahead to a busy 2022

Posted on Wednesday 5 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

The 2021 season has just come to an end for the volunteers at the Heaton Park Tramway after the conclusion of their after dark running during the Lightopia event but that doesn’t mean that they are resting on their laurels as plans are now being formulated for an even busier 2022! With a delayed birthday celebration, a two day Tramtastic event, a new models exhibition and a night photography event there should be plenty of excuse for you to pop along to the UK’s only truly preserved tramway!

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Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours back for 2022!

Posted on Wednesday 5 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

It may seem that they never went away (in fact there has been a gap of just 6 days since the 2021 season of heritage tours came to an end!) but Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours are back for 2022 with both Promenade and Coastal Tours now available for booking through their website – and for the Coastal Tours there has been a bit of a tweak to the offering.

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Season tickets prices to increase through NETGO! app

Posted on Wednesday 5 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

Nottingham Express Transit have announced that there will be a small increase in season ticket prices purchased through the NETGO! app as from Monday 10th January 2022. The aim of the increase is to “bring all of our season ticket prices in line with each other” and affects 1 month, 3 month, 6 month and annual season tickets.

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In Pictures: Balloon 700 on tour for the Fylde Tramway Society

Posted on Tuesday 4 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

Having missed a year because of a certain global pandemic, Tuesday 28th December 2021 saw the Fylde Tramway Society’s Christmas Tour take place. And if the fact that the tour was back wasn’t exciting enough it included the use of Balloon 700 in its relatively recently applied new coat of wartime green and cream paint – for many the first chance to catch a glimpse and a ride on the new look tram.

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More Metrolink improvement works in the early part of 2022

Posted on Tuesday 4 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

There will be major works taking place on the Manchester Metrolink network in the early part of 2022 with line closures being seen at various points in the first three months of the year. We have already seen the start of these works with closures through Victoria but in the coming months there will be other areas of work including no services on the Eccles line for over a week in February and major changes for services through Manchester City Centre for a week during March.

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Performance continues to fall on the Tyne and Wear Metro

Posted on Tuesday 4 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

In the last performance article on the Tyne and Wear Metro we mentioned how low performance had fallen – but if that was low then what does that make the latest set of figures with a further 2% decrease seeing the number of trains considered as on time recorded below 70% for the first time in a long while.

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Metrolink 3134 enters service

Posted on Monday 3 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

The latest Manchester Metrolink M5000 to be delivered to the city has now started to run in service with 3134 being noted in action on Friday 24th December 2021 meaning that once again it took less than a month from delivery to carry its first fare paying passengers.

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15 Years Apart: Blackpool Engineering Car 754

Posted on Monday 3 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

Today we come to an end of this latest series of “15 Years Apart” and the last tram to feature is a Works Car in Blackpool.

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Winter timetable starts in Blackpool as COVID staff shortages hit elsewhere in the UK

Posted on Sunday 2 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

It seemed throughout 2020 and 2021 that the most regular type of article added to British Trams Online was in relation to timetable changes on UK tram systems – and 2022 is starting exactly the same as the very first news article of the year brings a new timetable in Blackpool whilst other tramways have been suffering from COVID related staff shortages leading to temporary changes there too.

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15 Years Apart: Croydon/London Tramlink 2531

Posted on Sunday 2 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “15 Years Apart” we are off to South London as we focus on a CR4000 which operates on the Tramlink network.

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Out and About: Around Didsbury on Metrolink

Posted on Saturday 1 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

Our new year offerings continue with another edition of “Out and About” for you today as we head out onto Manchester Metrolink with some views taken around Didsbury.

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They Ran in 2021: Seaton 11

Posted on Saturday 1 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

And we come to an end of our “They Ran in 2021” series with one final trip out, and the location is the Seaton Tramway.

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15 Years Apart: Blackpool Illuminated Frigate

Posted on Saturday 1 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

Happy New Year! What will 2022 bring us? The way the last couple of years have been we think its very unwise to predict that one! We start off the year with another edition of “15 Years Apart” and we go all illuminated!

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Out and About: Taking a look at an advert in Edinburgh

Posted on Friday 31 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

In this latest edition of “Out and About” we return to Scotland as we take a closer look at one of the adverts which has recently been carried by a tram.

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They Ran in 2021: Metropolitan Electric Tramways 331

Posted on Friday 31 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

“They Ran in 2021” is making another visit to the Crich Tramway Village today.

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15 Years Apart: Leeds 345

Posted on Friday 31 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

This edition of “15 Years Apart” features another Leeds tram which operated in service at the Crich Tramway Village during 2021.

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