Daily Archives: Wednesday 1 April 2015

Gateshead 52 moves in

Posted on Wednesday 1 April 2015 by Andrew Waddington

Monday 22nd March was an important day in the life of one of the most unfortunate preserved trams in the country – Gateshead 52. Since being moved from the National Tramway Museum store at Clay Cross to a new home … Continue reading →

Posted in Beamish Tramway | 1 Comment

Volunteers keep heritage tram tours running

Posted on Wednesday 1 April 2015 by Andrew Waddington

“Staff shortage” – probably the two most dreaded words to impact upon the Blackpool tramway in the last couple of years. Understandably, whenever these two words rear their collective ugly head, the heritage tours have often suffered as Blackpool Transport … Continue reading →

Posted in Blackpool Tramway | 15 Comments

Passengers remain satisfied with the UK’s tramways

Posted on Wednesday 1 April 2015 by Gareth Prior

Transport Focus – formerly Passenger Focus – carried out the second annual Tram Passenger Survey in Autumn 2015 and the results have recently been released showing that 90% of those questioned remain satisfied with the overall tram service with passengers … Continue reading →

Posted in Blackpool Tramway, Edinburgh Trams, Manchester Metrolink, Nottingham Express Transit, South Yorkshire Supertram, West Midlands Metro | 4 Comments