Daily Archives: Tuesday 1 December 2020

Enabling works for Metro Eastside extension agreed with HS2

Posted on Tuesday 1 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

HS2 and the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) have come to an agreement to deliver utility diversions to enable the Birmingham Eastside extension of the West Midlands Metro to serve the HS2 station at Curzon Street.

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Stadler to work in partnership with Newcastle University on new Metro fleet

Posted on Tuesday 1 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

When Stadler were announced as the winning bid to construct the new fleet of trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro there was controversy in the local area as Hitachi – who have a factory in the region – had … Continue reading →

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Whatever Happened To? Midland Metro 03

Posted on Tuesday 1 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

It won’t surprise you to know that the third tram we take a look at in this retrospective series to see what happened to Midland Metro T69s is 03.

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Lockdown Walks: Manchester Metrolink 3030

Posted on Tuesday 1 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

The second of our December extras will be the return of “Lockdown Walks” with the first in a series of images taken on Manchester Metrolink during early November.

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Trams &: Hull 96 & bus

Posted on Tuesday 1 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

As part of our regular celebration December, over the next 32 days we will have some extra articles with three of our photo series rotating with two added a day all the way through until 1st January. The first of … Continue reading →

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Advent Calendars now online!

Posted on Tuesday 1 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Its 1st December and you know what that means – the launch of the British Trams Online Advent Calendars! Again, we have two versions: “Modern Trams” and “Traditional Trams”. This year while the “Modern Trams” version still features photos from … Continue reading →

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