Daily Archives: Thursday 1 December 2022

Replacement trams for Tramlink on TfL’s Business Plan

Posted on Thursday 1 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

Transport for London have published their latest Business Plan and included in their long term aspirations are the procurement of replacement trams on London Tramlink. These would replace the original Bombardier built CR4000 trams which are now 23/24 years old … Continue reading →

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Old Edinburgh Trams IT equipment donated to Africa

Posted on Thursday 1 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

Following a recent upgrade of IT equipment in Edinburgh Trams’ Operations Control Centre, the old hardware has been donated to the Turing Trust. This will enable schools in Africa to receive the repurposed equipment to help students in the developing … Continue reading →

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Crich Photo line-ups: London Trams – 2013

Posted on Thursday 1 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

Throughout December this new photographic series will be taking a look at some of the line-ups at the Crich Tramway Village showcasing the many varied trams in their collection, usually with a theme whether that be a certain system or … Continue reading →

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The Number 20: Manx Electric Railway 20

Posted on Thursday 1 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

As we are celebrating our 20th anniversary we thought a good photographic series would be to look at trams with the number 20. Then we looked at how many trams there are in British Isles with the number 20 which … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to us! British Trams Online is 20 today!

Posted on Thursday 1 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

Now this is a day I wouldn’t have predicted on 1st December 2002 – today is the 20th anniversary of British Trams Online! That’s right British Trams Online has been taking bandwidth on the internet for a full two decades. … Continue reading →

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Advent Calendars 2022 are now online!

Posted on Thursday 1 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its December and you know what that means! Its time for the British Trams Online Advent Calendars 2022! Once again this year we bring you two Advent Calendars: Traditional Trams and Modern Trams. Its really an excuse just to bring … Continue reading →

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