Daily Archives: Thursday 12 March 2020

Metro Flow project funded by Government

Posted on Thursday 12 March 2020 by Gareth Prior

Four additional new trains and the double tracking of sections of the Tyne and Wear Metro are on the cards after the Government agreed to part funding of the Metro Flow project in the recent budget. £95 million will come … Continue reading →

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Metrolink trial new driver monitoring system

Posted on Thursday 12 March 2020 by Gareth Prior

In the aftermath of the tragic derailment on London Tramlink in November 2016, a number of recommendations were made by the RAIB in order to try and prevent any similar accidents happening in the future. One of these was to … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool OMO 4

Posted on Thursday 12 March 2020 by Gareth Prior

As last week we are featuring a Blackpool tram during 1984 in this edition of “Picture in Time”. This time it is one of the OMO cars.

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