Daily Archives: Wednesday 17 June 2015

Liverpool 869 comes back to life

Posted on Wednesday 17 June 2015 by Andrew Waddington

Whilst most visitors to the Crich Tramway Village were enjoying the London-themed activities taking place on Sunday 14th June, another exciting development was taking place in the depot yard. There, Liverpool 869 was making its first tentative moves under its … Continue reading →

Posted in Crich Tramway Village | Comments Off on Liverpool 869 comes back to life

Urbos 3 33 enters service on Midland Metro

Posted on Wednesday 17 June 2015 by Gareth Prior

The Midland Metro operational fleet is now up to 15 Urbos 3s following the entry into service of 33 on Wednesday 17th June. The tram had been undergoing commissioning, testing and mileage accumulation over the past few months and it … Continue reading →

Posted in West Midlands Metro | 4 Comments

Double slip diamond point – can you help?

Posted on Wednesday 17 June 2015 by Gareth Prior

During a recent visit to the AMITRAM museum line near Lille in France British Trams Online regular contributor Tony Sullivan viewed a double slip diamond point (photo provided below). Seeing this got Tony wondering whether any such point was ever … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 2 Comments