15 Years Apart: Nottingham Express Transit 206

Posted on Saturday 19 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

We are once again heading to the East Midlands for the subject of “15 Years Apart” as we take another look at one of the Nottingham Express Transit Incentro trams.

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NET offer free passes to local homeless charity outreach workers

Posted on Saturday 19 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Nottingham Express Transit has renewed a community partnership with a local charity that’s supporting the city’s homeless as the pandemic continues to put additional pressure on the most vulnerable. New travel passes are being offered to Framework’s street outreach team, renewing a partnership which goes back to 2018.

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Trams &: Gateshead 5, Sheffield 189 & bus

Posted on Saturday 19 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this “Trams &” we are again on the way to Crich for an image taken showing a tram alongside something which isn’t a tram!

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First tramstop on second phase Birmingham Westside extension started

Posted on Friday 18 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Its another week and another photo opportunity for local dignitaries in the West Midlands! This time the Mayor of the West Midlands and others were on Broad Street in Birmingham City Centre where the first tramstop for phase two of the Birmingham Westside extension is now under construction.

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Overhead woes spread to Nottingham

Posted on Friday 18 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Services on Nottingham Express Transit between Wilkinson Street and Hucknall/Phoenix Park were severely disrupted on Friday 18th December after a fault with the overhead wires was discovered. The first reports of the issue were released at around 1500 with ticket acceptance on other forms of transport soon in place.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 5+40

Posted on Friday 18 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

We’re a bit more recent than many of the photos in the “Picture in Time” series from today but then who needs an excuse to show some photos from the Manx Electric Railway?

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Lockdown Walks: Stagecoach Supertram 104

Posted on Friday 18 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

This latest instalment of “Lockdown Walks” is off to South Yorkshire again as we take another look at the Stagecoach Supertram system.

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Trams &: Birkenhead 70 & 69 & bus

Posted on Friday 18 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this latest edition of “Trams &” we are going back to the Wirral for an image of a couple of trams alongside a bus.

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Howdon Depot is operational

Posted on Thursday 17 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

The temporary Tyne and Wear Metro depot at Howdon in North Tyneside has officially become operational following the completion of work to create a new facility on a former landfill site. The depot will be used initially for the maintenance of up to a quarter of the current fleet while the main facility at South Gosforth is rebuilt for the new fleet of trains.

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Metrolink staff trained in mental health awareness

Posted on Thursday 17 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

The Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) has started to train Manchester Metrolink staff in mental health awareness to improve the skills needed support to support someone in distress. So far more than 120 of Metrolink’s frontline customer service staff received this life-saving training through the GMMH’s Recovery Academy so that they can be better at supporting the public in the region experiencing poor mental health.

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Stop by Stop Nottingham Express Transit: Clifton South line – Southchurch Drive North

Posted on Thursday 17 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

This series where we are looking at tram stops on Nottingham Express Transit’s Clifton South line continues as we reach Southchurch Drive North.

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15 Years Apart: Blackpool Boat 227

Posted on Thursday 17 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

The feature of our then and now series “15 Years Apart” is a tram which has been renumbered in the intervening period – its Blackpool Boat 227 (or 602 as was).

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Trams &: Chesterfield 7 & car & bus

Posted on Thursday 17 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

We’re getting more than our monies worth for today’s “Trams &” as we see a tram along with not just one but two other vehicles!

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NET introduce the Trambot!

Posted on Wednesday 16 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

In a bid to help passengers find out information about travelling on Nottingham Express Transit the company have recently adopted the use of WhatsApp to make it even easier to find the information you want – and this will include an automated Trambot outside of times when the Customer Services team are working.

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West Midlands Metro features on new album by Tom Aspaul

Posted on Wednesday 16 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Songs which feature references to trams are in fairly short supply – even more so in recent years – but a new album and video by top Black Country recording artist and disco star Tom Aspaul remedies that! Tom’s first album was released in October and features his affection for home sights and sounds – and this includes the West Midlands Metro!

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Still Standing! Rochdale Corporation Tramway track

Posted on Wednesday 16 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Today as we return to “Still Standing!” – those pieces of old tram infrastructure which remain in situ all these years later – we find some more long disused track, this time we are in Rochdale.

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Lockdown Walks: Manchester Metrolink 3082

Posted on Wednesday 16 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

“Lockdown Walks” continues today with another view of a tram in Manchester.

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Trams &: Cardiff 131 & steam roller

Posted on Wednesday 16 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Beamish always provides us with plenty of opportunities for photos of trams alongside another vehicle and that is where we head for this latest edition of “Trams &”.

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Metrolink 3122 arrives in Manchester

Posted on Tuesday 15 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

The second of the additional order for 27 new M5000 trams to run on Manchester Metrolink was delivered to Queens Road Depot on Saturday 12th December. Numbered 3122 this tram will help to increase capacity on the Metrolink network and after it has gone through the full commissioning programme will allow more double units to be operated on the networking aiding social distancing.

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Forgotten piece of history discovered during Metro Brierley Hill extension preparatory works

Posted on Tuesday 15 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

We’ve seen throughout the early stages of the construction of Edinburgh’s Trams to Newhaven project that under the road surface there are a number of historical artefacts which have laid untouched for many years and now down in the West Midlands the same has happened as a long-forgotten fountain has been found in Dudley.

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