Daily Archives: Saturday 16 June 2018

Recruitment Day for Supertram conductors

Posted on Saturday 16 June 2018 by Gareth Prior

Have you ever fancied working on the trams? If so now is your chance to become a conductor on Stagecoach Supertram with a Conductor Recruitment Day taking place on Thursday 12th July 2018. Supertram are currently looking to expand their … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Engineering Car 754 towing Balloon 718

Posted on Saturday 16 June 2018 by Gareth Prior

A few weeks ago we featured a tram breakdown in Blackpool and that is the theme of today’s Picture in Time today as well. This time we move forward to 2003 and a view of Balloon 718 being returned to … Continue reading →

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RAIB look into passenger trapping incident on Metrolink

Posted on Saturday 16 June 2018 by Gareth Prior

The RAIB have announced that they are been investigating an incident on Manchester Metrolink at the end of May which saw a passenger get their hand trapped in a door as a tram pulled away from Bury.

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In Pictures: Volk’s Electric Railway 6 out on test

Posted on Saturday 16 June 2018 by Gareth Prior

The next car to return to service on the Volk’s Electric Railway looks set to be no. 6 which is now undergoing final test running before it being commissioned for public use once again. As we reported recently 6 has … Continue reading →

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