Monthly Archives: November 2022

Metro Flow works extended by a week

Posted on Wednesday 30 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Work on the Metro Flow project which has seen the line to South Shields closed since September will be going on for a week longer than planned to allow contractors extra time to complete the installation of overhead line and … Continue reading →

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Service alteration on West Midlands Metro for maintenance work

Posted on Wednesday 30 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Trams will not serve Wolverhampton St Georges from lunchtime on Saturday 3rd December until early on Monday 5th December to allow for essential maintenance work to take place on the Wishbone Bridge in Wolverhampton.

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In Pictures: Rail replacement works in Piccadilly Gardens

Posted on Tuesday 29 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

The delayed rail replacement works in Piccadilly Gardens have been taking place over the past week which upon completion should see the return of a normal service on Manchester Metrolink – the first time since mid-July that we’ll have been … Continue reading →

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Historic phone box on the Metro to be restored

Posted on Tuesday 29 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

A community group is set to restore a historic phone box at Whitley Bay Metro station with it due to be returned to its former glory. The Grade II listed kiosk was one of only 50 to be introduced in … Continue reading →

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East Anglia Transport Museum get two more Blackpool trams!

Posted on Monday 28 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

The East Anglia Transport Museum in Carlton Colville shows no signs of slowing down with their acquisitions following the news that two more Blackpool trams have made the long journey east – Brush Car 625 and Balloon Car 726. Both … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: West Midlands Metro services disrupted after car finds way onto the tracks at St Chads

Posted on Monday 28 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

If its not one thing its another disrupting services on the West Midlands Metro. Sunday 27th November saw disruption for the service and it was no fault of the trams as a car was driven onto the tracks becoming stuck … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Edinburgh Trams at the start of November

Posted on Monday 28 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Today’s trip “Out and About” is going north to Edinburgh once more as we take a look around the city centre at some of the trams running on the first day of November.

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Trams &: Blackpool Balloon 715 & bus

Posted on Sunday 27 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Today “Trams &” is in Fleetwood as we feature the now withdrawn Balloon Car 715 alongside a modern day Blackpool Transport bus.

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Performance plummets on Tyne and Wear Metro

Posted on Sunday 27 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

The period from 16th October to 12th November has not been the best four weeks of the year for the Tyne and Wear Metro with performance falling by 13% from the previous four weeks.

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In Pictures: Preserved Edinburgh Trams in Scotland

Posted on Sunday 27 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Think of trams in Edinburgh and now you probably immediately think of the modern system which links the Airport with the city centre. Then if you think of preservation then it is probably Edinburgh 35 which is on static display … Continue reading →

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 27th November 2022

Posted on Sunday 27 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Down to Devon for images from the Seaton Tramway this week:

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In Pictures: Trams get the blues, another arrives and one gets ready to enter service on the West Midlands Metro

Posted on Saturday 26 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

With the strikes now over on the West Midlands Metro it should now all be systems go in operating the service and in the lead up to Christmas it has been announced that extra trams will be running at peak … Continue reading →

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Around the World in Trams: Dijon 1010

Posted on Saturday 26 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

We carry on with our series of photos from Dijon in north-eastern France as part of “Around the World in Trams” today.

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Metro won’t return to South Hylton until the new year

Posted on Saturday 26 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

It has been confirmed that services on the Tyne and Wear Metro network between Park Lane and South Hylton won’t run until the new year with Network Rail needing to complete major repairs to an electrical substation which recently suffered … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Birmingham Eastside extension works progress

Posted on Friday 25 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Likely to be the next but one extension of the West Midlands Metro to open to the public, the Birmingham Eastside extension saw the first major signs of work last year with the installation of the delta junction at Bull … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Snaefell Mountain Railway 1

Posted on Friday 25 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

In today’s edition of “Picture in Time” we are again on the Isle of Man and although we are on Manx Electric Railway property its not a MER vehicle that we’re looking at.

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In Pictures: Sorry sir you can’t get on the tram here…

Posted on Thursday 24 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Readers of this website will probably be well aware that although trams in Edinburgh are running to York Place to use the crossover there is no longer a stop there with services back to the Airport starting at St Andrew … Continue reading →

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RAIB release report into fatal collision between tram and pedestrian in Blackpool

Posted on Thursday 24 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

The latest RAIB report to be released is in relation to a collision between a tram and pedestrian in Blackpool which tragically saw the 69 year old pedestrian die in hospital the following day from his injuries suffered. The collision … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: 28 in service on the West Midlands Metro

Posted on Wednesday 23 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

If you cast your mind back to June/July 2022 you may remember that West Midlands Metro Urbos3 28 departed Wednesbury Depot for Wolverton Works where it would receive repairs to the bodyside cracks. The tram spent around a month there … Continue reading →

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Derailment on Lower Mosley Street

Posted on Wednesday 23 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink services have been disrupted from the early afternoon of Wednesday 23rd November after 3023 derailed on Lower Mosley Street. The tram was running from Altrincham to Bury when it derailed causing major service changes whilst engineers set about … Continue reading →

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