Daily Archives: Saturday 22 May 2021

Contractor appointed for track dualling project on Tyne and Wear Metro

Buckingham Group Contracting Limited has won a tender worth £55 million to dual three key sections of track between Pelaw and Bede, creating the capacity for an extra 24,000 passenger journeys each day on the Tyne and Wear Metro. This … Continue reading

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 22nd May 2021

Once more we into the archives we go as we head back to 2005 for some views from Blackpool:

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Around the World in Trams: Postlingbergbahn I

We are off to Linz again for this “Around the World in Trams” as we feature one of the historic trams which used to run on the Postlingbergbahn mountain line.

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Blackpool Tramway extension to see disruption on Promenade service

Work to complete the construction of the Blackpool Tramway extension up Talbot Road to a new terminus at Blackpool North Railway Station is to get underway once again this month and works at Talbot Square will see a disruption of … Continue reading

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Lockdown Walks: Stagecoach Supertram 103

In this latest “Lockdown Walks” we are off out in Sheffield again as we take a look at a tram which at the time was just back in service after a spell out of service.

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