Monthly Archives: July 2022

Birmingham Eastside extension progresses with building demolition

Posted on Wednesday 6 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

The Birmingham Eastside extension, one of four new lines currently being built on the West Midlands Metro, has recently seen more good progress with a derelict college building in Digbeth being demolished. The building has been removed to allow trams … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Testing comes to an end in Blackpool for now

Posted on Tuesday 5 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

It was planned to take place on five days and it did take place on five days, although they may not have been the five days that had been originally intended, and now the first period of daylight testing on … Continue reading →

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Trams start testing to Edgbaston Village

Posted on Tuesday 5 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its been a day of tram testing – whilst in Blackpool its been the last day of testing on the North Station extension (more on that in the next article) down on the West Midlands Metro it was the first … Continue reading →

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Light rail operators look at ways of tackling anti-social behaviour

Posted on Tuesday 5 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

Light rail operators across the UK and Ireland are getting together to look at ways to tackle the increase in anti social behaviour seen across the countries since the lifting of Covid restrictions.

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In Pictures: Heaton Park Tramway have a Tramtastic day

Posted on Monday 4 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

Four trams in service and stored trams on display were amongst the highlights of the Heaton Park Tramway’s Tramtastic event which took place over the weekend of Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd July. Although a two day event this report … Continue reading →

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Trams start running at Crich again!

Posted on Monday 4 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

As promised, Saturday 2nd July was a good day for the Crich Tramway Village as after a little over six weeks trams started running once more! Both days of the first weekend back saw a standard three tram service in … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Trams around St Andrew Square in Edinburgh

Posted on Monday 4 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

“Out and About” returns today as we take a trip to St Andrew Square in Edinburgh – the current city centre terminus of the Edinburgh Trams system – to see some of the trams in service.

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Trams &: Gateshead 10 & Foden Steam Tractor

Posted on Sunday 3 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Trams &” we take a trip into the Town at Beamish where Gateshead 10 is pulling up to the stop and finds a steam lorry alongside.

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New tram into service and new advert on another

Posted on Sunday 3 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

There’s another couple of changes to the status of the Manchester Metrolink fleet to report on. First off we have seen another of the new batch of M5000s to enter service whilst there is also a new advert now applied … Continue reading →

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Nottingham tram becomes film studio for school pupils

Posted on Sunday 3 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

Pupils from Beeston Fields Primary & Nursey School recently got the chance to use a tram on Nottingham Express Transit to film a video which will be shown at the forthcoming Flying High Trust Awards at the Motorpoint Arena in … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Blackpool North extension testing hits a snag

Posted on Saturday 2 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

We saw earlier in the week the start of daytime testing on the Blackpool Tramway extension to the North Station terminus with the promise at that point of a full week of testing. But as we all know things don’t … Continue reading →

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Around the World in Trams: Lviv Works Car 2

Posted on Saturday 2 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its not all about the passenger trams as in this latest instalment of “Around the World in Trams” we take a look at a tram which was, at this point, a works car.

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Still no long-term funding agreement for TfL

Posted on Saturday 2 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

The continued political games between the Department for Transport and Transport for London shows no signs of coming to an end with yet another short-term funding agreement announced – this one truly is short-term as its only a 19 day … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh Trams name their charity of the year

Posted on Saturday 2 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

Edinburgh Trams will be supporting the Breast Friends and Family charity for the next 12 months in memory of a former senior tram driver who lost her brave battle against breast cancer last June. Evelyn Kiernan is being remembered by … Continue reading →

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Overhead problems return to West Midlands Metro

Posted on Friday 1 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

Back in the day (well, around 2019), the biggest problems to impact services on the West Midlands Metro were overhead line problems with relatively frequent issues seeing the service having to be suspended. Into 2022 and there have been far … Continue reading →

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Two week closure for part of Tyne and Wear Metro network this July

Posted on Friday 1 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

There will be no Tyne and Wear Metro services between St James and Tynemouth for 14 days between 16th and 29th July to allow for more modernisation works on the network. This will include the complete renewal of an ageing … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Gateshead Garden Festival – Sunderland 100 & Blackpool 167

Posted on Friday 1 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

And its back to the Gateshead Garden Festival for this edition of “Picture in Time”.

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