Monthly Archives: October 2017

More Supertram rail replacement works to come

Posted on Friday 6 October 2017 by Gareth Prior

Disruption for passengers on Stagecoach Supertram is coming over the next two summers with the news that the rail replacement works – started in 2013 – are to be concluded as part of a £12.5 million project. South Yorkshire PTE … Continue reading →

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New cycle lanes to be added in Edinburgh to make crossing tracks safer

Posted on Friday 6 October 2017 by Gareth Prior

The City of Edinburgh Council are to install a number of red surfaced cycle lanes at key points of Edinburgh’s tram network within the city centre in order to try and make it safer for cyclists when traversing the tram … Continue reading →

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Protestors cause Metrolink disruption

Posted on Friday 6 October 2017 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink services running through St Peter’s Square were disrupted on Sunday 1st October after protestors decided to sit and stand on the tracks during protests outside the Conservative Party Conference (which was taking place at Manchester Central and the … Continue reading →

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Man dies after being hit by tram at St Paul’s

Posted on Friday 6 October 2017 by Gareth Prior

A man has died after being hit by a tram at St Paul’s Midland Metro stop. The incident happened at approximately 0530 on Saturday 30th September with the Police treating the death as unexplained. Trams were only able to run … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 621

Posted on Thursday 5 October 2017 by Gareth Prior

In this Blackpool edition of Picture in Time we feature the original Brush Railcoach – 621 as we know it today or 284 as originally numbered.

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In Pictures: Work continues on Bilston Road

Posted on Wednesday 4 October 2017 by Gareth Prior

The work to replace both in and out bound tracks on Bilston Road between Priestfield and The Royal is continuing with the Midland Metro Alliance still stating that they are on schedule for the line to fully reopen by Christmas. … Continue reading →

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Daytime heritage service cut back in Blackpool

Posted on Wednesday 4 October 2017 by Andrew Waddington

Since the end of the summer school holidays, Blackpool’s daytime heritage service has only been operating at weekends. With effect from 30th September, this has been cut again, with a reduction in the number of hours that the heritage tours … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: IKEA opens in Sheffield

Posted on Tuesday 3 October 2017 by Gareth Prior

Thursday 28th September saw the latest IKEA open in the UK with the new store opening adjacent to Carbrook Supertram stop. This is the second IKEA to have a tramstop directly serving it with Ampere Way on London Tramlink the … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Sheffield 264 (1)

Posted on Tuesday 3 October 2017 by Gareth Prior

A trip to Beamish is on the cards for today’s instalment of Picture in Time as we feature a tram which at this time was an open topper numbered 1 but it better known as Sheffield 264.

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In Pictures: Citylink trams used on Purple route

Posted on Monday 2 October 2017 by Gareth Prior

So far the Citylink trams used in service have been used as “service extras” with the odd round trip in between the standard service but on Monday 2nd October that changed with their first use on timetabled services. 399 205 … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: 12th and 13th C R Smith vinyl ads applied

Posted on Monday 2 October 2017 by Gareth Prior

There are now 13 trams running in Edinburgh with the C R Smith advertising vinyls applied with the entry into service of 252 and 258 carrying their versions of the adverts. With 18 due to receive the special liveries this … Continue reading →

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 1 October 2017 by Gareth Prior

We have just the one Photo Gallery added for you to enjoy this week but we hope you agree that it is well worth it!

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