Monthly Archives: August 2020

Designs confirmed for new Southend Pier Railway trains

The new trains due to be introduced into service on the Southend Pier Railway will be a mixture of heritage and modern after the local Council revealed the confirmed final designs earlier in the summer. Green and cream will return … Continue reading

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West Midlands Metro launch Fare Finder

West Midlands Metro are trying to make it as easy as possible for passengers to find the right ticket for their journey with the launch of a new online “Fare Finder”. Available on the official West Midlands Metro website, passengers … Continue reading

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Engineering Car 753

The year is 1986, the month October as we head down to Rigby Road Depot for a view of Engineering Car 753 in today’s edition of “Picture in Time”.

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Trams in Video: Crich Tramway Village – Starlight Spectacular 29th October 2016

Today’s video takes us back to the Crich Tramway Village with some footage filmed at the Starlight Spectacular event on 29th October 2016. An intensive service was running on the line throughout the day, including after dark running until 2000 … Continue reading

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In Pictures: Archaeology work on Trams to Newhaven project

When new tram lines are constructed we are used to the initial stages of utility diversion works before much obvious progress can be seen but an extra stage of works on the Trams to Newhaven project in Edinburgh has seen … Continue reading

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Lockdown Walks: Manchester Metrolink 3113

Let’s get out and about again in 2020 with another “Lockdown Walk”!

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Nexus staff raise over £12,000 for Alzheimer’s Society

Staff at Nexus have raised a total of £12,675 for the Alzheimer’s Society with a virtual check presentation recently taking place to hand the money over. Nexus chose the Alzheimer’s Society as their charity for 2019/20 with various activities taking … Continue reading

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A tale of two Coronations

There is no denying that Blackpool’s Coronation Cars remain popular with enthusiasts even though (or maybe because!) there hasn’t been an operational example on the Promenade tramway for several years. The road to return for two of the three survivors … Continue reading

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Around the World in Trams: Seville 303

Continuing our look at trams running in the centre of Seville.

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Driver Safety Wrist Band to be developed by Edinburgh Trams and IHF

Edinburgh Trams and IHF have confirmed that they are continuing to progress a project aimed at improving the safety of drivers and mobile workers by using wearable technology. The Driver Innovation Safety Challenge (DISC) aims to support the development of … Continue reading

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Lockdown Walks: Edinburgh Trams 276

Its time for another “Lockdown Walk” today and the location is again central Edinburgh.

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Comments on articles

Many of you have already noticed this – thanks to those who have let me know – but the comments on articles are not currently showing (although they are held in the “backend” of the database which is used to … Continue reading

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Blackpool Brush Car 298 restoration moves forward

Work may not have resumed yet on the restoration of Blackpool Brush Car 298 at Crich but another major and significant milestone has been reached in the project with confirmation that the Tramcar Sponsorship Organisation and the Tramway Museum Society … Continue reading

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In Pictures: Rail replacement works on Tyne & Wear Metro

As we mentioned a few weeks ago weekends during August have seen closures on the Tyne and Wear Metro to allow for some essential track maintenance to take place south of Gateshead. The work is concentrated on the section between … Continue reading

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Picture in Time: Sheffield 74 & Southampton 45

Its back to Crich again for this edition of “Picture in Time” as we have one further image during the temporary working arrangements on 25th May 2011.

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New Ashton Interchange to open 30th August

Passengers travelling on Manchester Metrolink will be able to enjoy far easier interchange with buses at Ashton-under-Lyne from Sunday 30th August with the new Interchange due to open for 90% of bus services. The £32.7 million has been built to … Continue reading

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Great Orme Tramway to remain closed in 2020

It has been announced that the Great Orme Tramway will not run at all during 2020 with the decision made in light of the continued Coronavirus restrictions and the practicalities of running the trams on the two sections between Victoria … Continue reading

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Lockdown Walks: West Midlands Metro 27

We are today heading to the West Midlands Metro for another image taken during the Covid-19 restrictions.

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Tree maintenance to see NET changes over the Bank Holiday weekend

Nottingham Express Transit will be undertaking some standard maintenance work on the trees close to the tramway over the August Bank Holiday weekend which will see some changes to services to allow this to safely take place. Both the Phoenix … Continue reading

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Covid-19 service update – operating systems

It’s been around two months since we last brought you a summary of the service being run on the tram and light rail systems of the British Isles – so its about time we gave a handy update all in … Continue reading

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