Tram derails in Old Market Square **updated**

Posted on Thursday 25 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Nottingham Express Transit services have been severely disrupted following the low speed derailment in Old Market Square of Citadis 235. The derailment happened shortly after 1530 on Thursday 25th May as the tram was using the crossover just beyond the Old Market Square stop on the Royal Centre side.

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Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours reveal Spring Bank Holiday output

Posted on Thursday 25 May 2017 by Andrew Waddington

Once again another weekend of enhanced heritage tram activity in Blackpool is almost here, with the Spring Bank Holiday weekend providing the perfect excuse for three days of the excellent ‘Gold’ service to be in operation. As with the May Day Bank Holiday weekend, each day will see an illuminated tram join the six timetabled cars to give a total of seven trams running daily, each of which will run one trip to Fleetwood.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloons 706 and 709

Posted on Thursday 25 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

We are off to Blackpool again for this edition of Picture in Time and this instalment finds us in 2005 for a view of two trams now very different but once identical.

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Crich get their buckets and spades ready

Posted on Wednesday 24 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Beside the Seaside, one of the most popular family events held at the Crich Tramway Village – home of the National Tramway Museum, will once again be taking place over the May Half Term holiday from Saturday 27th May to Sunday 4th June.

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Douglas Bay Horse Tramway to resume limited service

Posted on Tuesday 23 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Services will resume of the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway from Wednesday 24th May following the temporary closure after the horses were found to be suffering with a respiratory infection. An hourly service will run on Wednesday 24th with trams every half hour from Thursday 25th May.

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Picture in Time: Modern Electric Tramways 6 & 7

Posted on Tuesday 23 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of Picture in Time we are again visiting Eastbourne for an image taken on the Modern Electric Tramways line which used to run in the Sussex coastal town before the operation was moved along the coast to Seaton in Devon.

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In Pictures: Blackpool Standard 48 in Oregon

Posted on Sunday 21 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Continuing our series looking at the Blackpool trams now residing in the United States we take a trip to Oregon for an update on Standard 48. As with fellow Standard car 144, the news is good on 48 which is currently being restored to working order by the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society.

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 21 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

We are back with a main site update this week and we are in the north west of England for a couple of new Photo Galleries:

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Picture in Time: Stagecoach Supertram in the snow

Posted on Saturday 20 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

We head back to winter in today’s edition of Picture in Time with a couple more images taken following heavy snow back at the start of December 2010.

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In Pictures: Blackpool 144 in the USA

Posted on Saturday 20 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Standard 144 was the very first Blackpool tram to be exported to the USA when it departed in 1955. Over the past 62 years the tram has remained at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Maine and although it has been a number of years since it ran in service 144 has recently seen a significant amount of work take place to bring it back to operational condition.

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In Pictures: L&CBER 7 on the road once again

Posted on Saturday 20 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Following on from its appearance at the Llandudno Transport Festival over the May Bank Holiday weekend, Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway 7 can once again be seen in public over this weekend. This time it is heading to the Colwyn Bay 1940s Festival which takes place on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st May.

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Douglas Bay Horse Tramway to resume limited services

Posted on Friday 19 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

A limited service will resume of the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway from Wednesday 24th May, Isle of Man Transport have confirmed. All services had been suspended on 10th May following the discovery a number of horses were experiencing a respiratory issue but after treatment a service will be able to resume.

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MER Winter Saloon 22 suffers fire

Posted on Friday 19 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Manx Electric Railway Winter Saloon 22 – a vehicle not exactly a stranger to fire – suffered a fire whilst in service on Monday 15th May close to Ballaglass Glen causing disruption to services and passengers to be transferred to another tram.

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Jurassic Mule bus services returns for 2017

Posted on Friday 19 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

After the success of the service in 2016 the Jurassic Mule heritage bus service will return on Saturday 27th May, once again including a link to the Seaton Tramway (with discounted joint fares available). The route has been expanded for 2017 and now includes a link in the morning and evening to Axminster Railway Station during peak periods.

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Nottingham Express Transit Service Change: Saturday 27th to Monday 29th May

Posted on Friday 19 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Track replacement work will see the Nottingham Express Transit network split into two over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend with trams running from Hucknall and Phoenix Park to Wilkinson Street and from The Forest to Toton Lane and Clifton South.

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Re-launch date for Blackpool 718 announced

Posted on Friday 19 May 2017 by Andrew Waddington

Following a repaint into a classic green and cream livery, Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours are re-launching Rebuilt Balloon car 718 with a series of special trips on the evening of Friday 26th May. It will be recalled that 718 previously operated in all-over white since its return to use last summer, having shed its advertising livery for Madame Tussaud’s Blackpool.

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New trains set to be sourced for Docklands Light Railway

Posted on Thursday 18 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Transport for London are starting the search for 43 trains for the Docklands Light Railway with the fleet set to enter service from 2022. The trains – which will be “walk-through and air-conditioned” – will replace 33 of the current fleet with an additional 10 required to boost capacity at busy times.

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Brush Car standee windows

Posted on Thursday 18 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

You may recently have been following the debate in our comments section on the restoration of Brush Car 621 in Blackpool and just how in depth the restoration is mainly in connection with the green standee windows. Although it is not currently the plan to restore these on 621 the subject did come up last year over the private restoration of fellow Brush Car 625…

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Jubilee 761

Posted on Thursday 18 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

As the majority of our Picture in Time images are written in advance sometimes we land lucky with the tram featured as it has been in the news and that is exactly the situation this week (even if it has meant a bit of re-writing!) as we take a look at Blackpool Jubilee 761.

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In Pictures: Once you start, you can’t stop – another new vinyl wrap in Edinburgh

Posted on Wednesday 17 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

If the start of 2017 is remembered for one thing in Edinburgh it looks set to be the advent of the vinyl wrap livery on the tram fleet with 261 having recently received its third different design. This time around it is advertising the Royal Highland Show, which will take place at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston between 22nd and 25th June.

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