Monthly Archives: September 2012

Permanent Way Brush car leaves Rigby Road

The Lancastrian Transport Trust have begun to remove their remaining trams from the Rigby Road tram depot in Blackpool, with former Permanent Way Brush car 259 becoming the first departure of the month on the afternoon of Tuesday 4th September. … Continue reading

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Boating by night in Blackpool

Blackpool Boat car 600 became the first non-illuminated tram to work an evening heritage/illuminations tour during the new era of the tramway on Monday 3rd September. This followed on from speculation that only the three feature cars would operate on … Continue reading

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50th Anniversary since the last Glasgow tram – it’s not all about Crich!

On 4th September 1962 it was the end of an era in Glasgow when the final tram route ran for the last time bringing to an end 90 years of tramway operation in Scotland’s second city. With this year being … Continue reading

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Changes at the Department for Transport

Today saw a major cabinet reshuffle in the UK government and this included changes at the Department for Transport where the top job changed hands and a new face was also seen in the Junior Minister ranks.

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Metrolink delays after computer failure

The complete Manchester Metrolink network was suspended for a little over 30 minutes during the evening of Monday 3rd September after a server fault in the main control room. The fault was first reported at approximately 2030 leading to all … Continue reading

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Supertram revise their scooter policy

As from Monday 1st October Stagecoach Supertram will be operating a new policy for the carriage of mobility scooters following a period of consultation. From this date they will only be accepted for travel if the owner has a CPT … Continue reading

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Shandwick Place businesses to get business rates reduction

The Lothian Assessor has agreed to a proposal which will see a reduction in business rates for traders on Shandwick Place which is said to be as a result of work by the City of  Edinburgh Council’s Trams team to … Continue reading

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Welcome back to Bolton 66!

Pleasing news from Blackpool concerns the ever-popular Bolton 66, which has recently returned to service following a lay-off. Hang on a moment… haven’t we run this story before!? Well, of course 66 missed the entire 2011 season due to not … Continue reading

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Big queues and big disapointments in Blackpool

The start of the 2012 illuminations has been a rather challenging time for the Blackpool tramway. This is of course, the first time that the illuminations have shone in the ‘new’ tramway era with Flexity2 LRVS providing the core service. … Continue reading

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Tramcars transformed at Beamish

The 2012 ‘Power from the Past’ event at Beamish, the Living Museum of the North, has witnessed the unveiling of two familiar trams in very unfamiliar new colour schemes. As has been extensively reported here on British Trams Online, Oporto … Continue reading

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Heaton Park Tramway grows – very slightly!

Preparations for the construction of a new tram depot at Manchester’s Heaton Park are now making good progress, with a short length of track laid connecting the current terminus adjacent to the park’s boating lake to the future depot site. … Continue reading

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