Daily Archives: Friday 30 January 2015

Seaton unveil events for 2015

Posted on Friday 30 January 2015 by Gareth Prior

Southern England’s only operational heritage tramway, the Seaton Tramway, have become the latest organisation to reveal their event plans for 2015. As well as the regular Bird Watching Trips, Dinosaur Tram and the evening events at the Tramstop Restaurant this … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time 26: Leeds 602

Posted on Friday 30 January 2015 by Gareth Prior

Featuring for the second time in our “Picture in Time” series is Leeds 602. Last time we took a look at the tram we were in 1994 but our time machine has gone back to 1980 for this image as … Continue reading →

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Another Urbos 3 enters service

Posted on Friday 30 January 2015 by Gareth Prior

Ten different Urbos 3s have now carried passengers on Midland Metro following the entry into service of 31 on Thursday 29th January. This day saw a seven-three split of Urbos 3/T69s in service with an eighth Urbos 3 also out … Continue reading →

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More snow woe for Supertram

Posted on Friday 30 January 2015 by Gareth Prior

Of all the tram systems in the UK Stagecoach Supertram suffers most when snow falls with its large amount of street running and the height of parts of the route and the past few days has once again seen some … Continue reading →

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Trams to return to Wolverhampton St George’s in March

Posted on Friday 30 January 2015 by Gareth Prior

After much rumour and debate it has now been confirmed by Centro that Midland Metro services should return to the full length of the route to Wolverhampton St George’s in March. The official announcement states that work has resumed on … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Manchester Metrolink in the snow

Posted on Friday 30 January 2015 by Gareth Prior

Sheffield was not the only UK tramway to be hit by snow this week with Manchester Metrolink also seeing a slight covering but this caused very few problems for the service. Steve Kemp went out with his camera to take … Continue reading →

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