West Midlands Metro survey passengers

Posted on Saturday 6 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

As part of their commitment to continue to deliver a safe, secure, reliable, and sustainable service that meets the needs of its passengers, West Midlands Metro have recently launched a new survey.

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Delay to updates

Posted on Friday 5 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

Apologies for the continued delays to up-to-date uploads to the website due to ongoing personal reasons. I do now have a bit more spare time but this is likely to be limited for the next few weeks still. I am hoping to be able to do some updates over the next week but will initially concentrate on the news before other parts of the site can be looked at. When various “photo series” start to be updated this article will be updated with more details. Thanks for your understanding, and thank you to all those who have reached out to check in with me, it is much appreciated.

Recent updates:

20/12/25 – Tram of the Year voting opened (Tram of the Year page)

21/12/25 – All Advent Calendar images uploaded – no peeking ahead of time! (Advent Calendars Index)

21/12/25 – Out and About articles added – slotted in to their usual position during the week (All Out and About articles)

21/12/25 – Old and New articles added – slotted in to their usual publication slot during the week (All Old and New articles)

22/12/25 – Picture in Time articles added – slotted in their usual weekly publication slot (All Picture in Time articles)

22/12/25 – Around the World in Trams added – slotted in their usual weekly publication slot (All Around the World in Trams articles)

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In Pictures: Trams on the move around Beamish’s Depot

Posted on Friday 5 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

Things have been fairly static in Beamish’s tram depot for much of this year with Gateshead 10 in its position at the rear or road 2 undergoing its major overhaul whilst Lisbon 730 had been on road 1, with out of service Newcastle 114 on road 3. But during the middle of November there had been a little bit of a move round for a couple of trams.

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Trafford Park line the catalyst for a boost in regeneration and economic growth

Posted on Friday 5 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink’s Trafford Park line (which opened to the public in March 2020) is said to have been a major catalyst in boosting regeneration and economic growth across the area, whilst also helping to take cars off the road.

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro 02

Posted on Friday 5 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

The next topic of “Picture in Time” sees us go with a more modern theme as we view pictures from one of our light rail system – the Midland Metro. Pictures will be featured of the original T69 trams.

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Adverts They Wore 2025: Edinburgh Trams 260 – Emirates

Posted on Friday 5 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

Adverts and Edinburgh Trams have been synonymous with each other in recent years and 2025 was certainly no different! And one company dominated things with a contract for 10 identical adverts.

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Numbers 5 – Stockport 5

Posted on Friday 5 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

We hit the number 5 as “Numbers” continues today.

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In Pictures: A look at the new Magna Tram-Train station

Posted on Thursday 4 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

Due to open in early 2026 (date to be announced) work on the new Magna Tram-Train station has been progressing well over the past few months. It is now entering its next phase which means there will be no further disruption to Tram-Train services (March-November 2025 saw no services after 1700 on a Saturday) and its hoped it won’t be too far before passengers will be able to use it.

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DLR to further reduce service over Christmas and New Year period

Posted on Thursday 4 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

There will be a further reduction in services on the Docklands Light Railway from Saturday 13th December 2025 until Sunday 4th January 2026. The announcement of this revised service was included in Transport for London’s annual confirmation of their planned services across the Christmas and New Year period.

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Metro launches door tram safety campaign

Posted on Thursday 4 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

With the West Midlands Metro to expand in the coming months (with the line to Millennium Point on the Eastside extension due to open before the end of the year, and the Dudley line at some point in 2026), a new campaign focused on tram door awareness and etiquette has been launched.

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15 Years Apart: Blackpool Brush 630

Posted on Thursday 4 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

Time for another edition of “15 Years Apart” and it’s a Blackpool to Crich tram which features this time.

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Numbers 4 – Great Orme Tramway 4

Posted on Thursday 4 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

Another day in December and another tram with a number in this series – we have now reached the number 4.

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In Pictures: Heritage tram runs to Fleetwood – but things don’t go according to plan

Posted on Wednesday 3 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

Saturday 29th November saw the Fleetwood Lantern Parade (and Christmas lights switch-on) and one of the centrepieces of this was meant to be the use of Illuminated Frigate 736, which would have been the first heritage tram to run in Fleetwood of the year. And whilst the feature car did take that honour (with Balloon 717 on Illumination Tour duty instead) things didn’t actually happen as they should have done.

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Metrolink strikes postponed

Posted on Wednesday 3 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

The planned strikes on Manchester Metrolink, due to start on Friday 5th December, has been suspended following negotiations between Unite the Union and KeolisAmey Metrolink. The strikes had been called because of concerns over fatigue caused by the driver rotas which were said not to give enough rest.

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Good and bad news on Tyne and Wear Metro performance

Posted on Wednesday 3 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

Its time for another look at the Tyne and Wear Metro performance poster – and the latest one contains some good and some bad news for travellers on the network.

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Adverts They Wore 2025: Manchester Metrolink 3117 – Wednesday

Posted on Wednesday 3 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

The next advert we take a look in “Adverts They Wore 2025” is something which was advertised on two tramways during the year, including Manchester Metrolink.

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Numbers 3 – Snaefell Mountain Railway 3

Posted on Wednesday 3 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

We continue counting up and reach the number 3 today.

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More old Metro trains go for scrap

Posted on Tuesday 2 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

The big changeover of the fleet of trains on the Tyne and Wear Metro has continued over the past few days as we’ve seen two more of the original Metrocars go on a final journey to the scrap merchants.

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Tram stop improvements at Meadowhall South

Posted on Tuesday 2 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

When the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) took control back of the Supertram system they promised investment into the infrastructure, and as well as various trackworks this includes work on the stops across the network. One such stop is Meadowhall South/Tinsley which has recently seen work take place to enhance and make it a more pleasant area to wait for the tram.

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Edinburgh Trams extend partnership with Edinburgh Rugby

Posted on Tuesday 2 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

Edinburgh Trams have extended their commitment towards getting people to rugby matches at The Hive (the smaller stadium next to Murrayfield in the city) as a Community Impact Partner for Edinburgh Rugby throughout the 2025/26 season.

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