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Daily Archives: Wednesday 21 March 2012
Centenary car may stay in Blackpool
The future of Blackpool Centenary car 648 was thrown into doubt in November this year, when the Tramway Museum Society announced that they had gone back on their original plan to acquire this tram for preservation at the National Tramway … Continue reading
Blackpool bids farewell to 15 trams during 2011!
With 2011 almost at an end, it seems an appropriate time to review the major changes that have affected the Blackpool tram fleet during the past twelve months. The dispersal of the historic cars has continued, with no less than … Continue reading
Thornton Gate site approved for LTT museum
Christmas came early for the Lancastrian Transport Trust this year, when on December 23rd, the Trust were presented with an offer of lease for the Thornton Gate permanent way yard, adjacent to the Blackpool tramway. The LTT have long aspired … Continue reading
Blow for Birkenhead Tramway as Wirral Council say no to re-opening
The Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society have been dealt another devastating blow with the news that they will not be able to reopen the Birkenhead Heritage Tramway in early 2012 after all. They had been led to believe by official from … Continue reading
Conductors to go within 18 months following Tramlink Nottingham takeover
In an interview published at http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Conductors-smartcards-new-tram-company/story-14198669-detail/story.html, the Chairman of the Tramlink Nottingham consortium, Roger Harrison, has confirmed that the firm are planning to remove conductors from the trams within 18 months along with the introduction of an Oyster card type … Continue reading
New information campaign launched to make Tramlink safer
Transport for London have launched a new information campaign in a bid to make London Tramlink safer which will see brightly coloured images of bunches of flowers painted in the ground at 15 spots in Croydon town centre! The idea … Continue reading
Birkenhead Welcomes Santa!
More bad news may have been received about the Birkenhead Heritage Tramway since but it was all systems go again on the Wirral on Saturday 17th December when the tramway reopened for their Santa Specials. Two trams were in operation … Continue reading
Jobs advertised for NET Phase Two construction
No sooner had final sign off for phase two of Nottingham Express Transit been confirmed then the first jobs for the construction of the new lines to Clifton and Chilwell were being advertised. The 70 new jobs are being recruited … Continue reading
Vandalism causes Metrolink service suspension
Services on the Altrincham, Eccles and St Werburgh’s Road lines of Manchester Metrolink were suspended during the morning of Monday 19th December after vandalism caused a signal failure. The lineside equipment was vandalised near to Cornbrook which led to the … Continue reading
New Supertram Managing Director named
Margaret Kay has been confirmed as the new Managing Director of Stagecoach Supertram. Ms Kay was formerly the Human Resources Director at Supertram and is said to be “delighted to be leading the team” and will look to improve standards … Continue reading
Pat Armstrong to retire
Pat Armstrong – the director of Nottingham’s tram network and who has been involved in the project since the beginning – is to retire from his role early next year, Mr Armstrong – who had the honour of the road … Continue reading
DLR & Tramlink services to be unaffected by Boxing Day Tube Strike
The strike called by the ASLEF union on the London Underground network on Boxing Day will not affect the planned services on either the Docklands Light Railway or London Tramlink. The DLR still plan to operate their special Boxing Day … Continue reading
January launch for Blackpool Brush car 623
2012 looks set to get off to an exciting start at the Heaton Park Tramway in Manchester, with the announcement that Blackpool Brush Railcoach 623 is set to be launched into passenger service at the tramway on Sunday 22nd January.
Sheffield 264 gets back on track!
Some excellent news comes from the Beamish Museum, where the project to expand the amount of covered accommodation to railed vehicles in the main tram & bus depot has been completed after a very short time in progress.
A Brush car for Christmas
The National Tramway Museum has received its latest gift from Blackpool Transport just in time for Christmas, in the shape of Blackpool Brush Railcoach 630. This tram became the latest to leave Rigby Road for good aboard a low loader … Continue reading
Goodbye Blackpool – Hello Merseyside!
An extremely hectic time for the hard-working staff of Scott’s Heavy Haulage has continued with further trams being transported away from Blackpool this week. 19th & 20th December have seen Twin Set 671+681 and Brush Railcoach 625 depart, for a … Continue reading
Heaton Park gets a white Christmas!
Sunday 18th December marked the end of another highly successful operating season for Manchester’s Heaton Park Tramway, with the final passenger services of 2011 operating in the park on this day. What could have been a fairly ordinary day was … Continue reading
A new era in news from British Trams Online!
If you are reading this message, congratulations you have managed to find the all new British Trams Online News page! This new look page really is a new era for news on this website as it will now enable the … Continue reading
Trams start testing in Edinburgh
Monday 12th December 2011 – mark that date in your diary for that was the day when finally the first of the new breed of Edinburgh Trams ran under their own power in the Scottish capital. The test runs were … Continue reading
Contracts signed, it’s full steam ahead with NET Phase Two!
Following the final Government sign off of Phase Two of Nottingham Express Transit, contracts have been signed between Nottingham City Council and Tramlink Nottingham. As a result Tramlink Nottingham took on the concession for operation of the current system from … Continue reading