Final stage of Wolverhampton extension works to start

Posted on Saturday 4 February 2023 by Gareth Prior

Whisper it quietly but there could be an end in sight for construction work on the short West Midlands Metro extension to Wolverhampton Railway Station. Midland Metro Alliance – who are in charge of all construction for WMM extensions – have confirmed that the final stage of works will get underway from Monday 6th February, and that it should only take up to eight weeks to be finished. And then after that? The first trams should be able to start testing on the route! No timeline for that one yet though.

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Around the World in Trams: Innsbruck 315

Posted on Saturday 4 February 2023 by Gareth Prior

We have one last visit to Innsbruck before “Around the World in Trams” moves on.

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From TV weatherman to Tyne & Wear Metro Customer Service Advisor!

Posted on Saturday 4 February 2023 by Gareth Prior

Would you leave behind the Cayman Islands for the north east of England? Well, it seems that the Tyne and Wear Metro has been enticing enough for a former TV weatherman as he has left it all behind to become a Customer Services Advisor!

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London Tramlink Engineering Works: February 2023

Posted on Saturday 4 February 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its become something of a tradition in recent years and again during the February Half Term holidays there will be engineering works taking place on London Tramlink which will mean there will be no trams running between Wimbledon and Therapia Lane.

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Leith Walk to see two traffic again as overhead set to go live mid-February

Posted on Friday 3 February 2023 by Gareth Prior

Things that we like to see – good progress for trams to return to Leith Walk as the Trams to Newhaven project continues ahead of an expected public opening in the spring. The City of Edinburgh Council have announced that two-way traffic will return to Leith Walk this February and that the overhead will be fully electrified shortly afterwards.

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Blackpool Tramway engineering works: February 2023

Posted on Friday 3 February 2023 by Gareth Prior

There will be essential maintenance taking place on the Blackpool Tramway this February which will mean that no trams will run after 2000 during the week for a two week period. Although the works are due to take place between Cabin and Tower, there will be no trams running along the entire length of the tramway during the work.

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Picture in Time: South Yorkshire Supertram 17

Posted on Friday 3 February 2023 by Gareth Prior

Today “Picture in Time” is again in South Yorkshire as we take a look at a couple of images taken in 1995 of one of the original trams built by Siemens-Duewag.

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Crich getting ready for the new season

Posted on Thursday 2 February 2023 by Gareth Prior

Last night we brought you an update from winter maintenance at the Seaton Tramway and tonight we turn our attention to the Crich Tramway Village where they too are getting ready for a new operating season. The workshop team have been busy on readying various trams for a return to action whilst out on the mainline there has been attention to the all important infrastructure.

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Pop app available to Apple users for first time – but only for real time updates

Posted on Thursday 2 February 2023 by Gareth Prior

Apple smartphone users will have access to real-time Tyne and Wear Metro travel information for the first time after the upgrading of the Pop app – which now becomes the only official app for everything Metro related. For at least the time being Apple users will only be able to use it for travel information with the Pay as you Go functionality only available to Android users.

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Winter maintenance underway at Seaton

Posted on Wednesday 1 February 2023 by Gareth Prior

The Seaton Tramway only have a short period in the year without any trams running and whilst it may seem that is downtime for the staff it is very much busy with various maintenance tasks taking place. This includes both the infrastructure and the trams.

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Rugby Return ticket back for Six Nations matches at Murryfield

Posted on Wednesday 1 February 2023 by Gareth Prior

With the Guinness Six Nations Championship getting underway this weekend its not only an excuse for Edinburgh Trams to use some terrible rugby based puns but also for the reintroduction of the Rugby Return tickets!

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In Pictures: More trams at Dudley for repairs

Posted on Tuesday 31 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its getting hard to keep up with all the tram movements on the West Midlands Metro! With trams returning to Wednesbury after repairs and trams leaving for repairs (and at strange time and in strange places!) it seems there is a lot of movement at the moment and there are two trams which have headed to Dudley at some point but which we have never reported on!

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A third of single and day journeys on the Metro now made by a Pop card

Posted on Tuesday 31 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Nexus have revealed that a third of all single and day journeys on the Tyne and Wear Metro are now being made by passengers using Pop Pay As You Go. This news comes after the start of an offer in January which sees single journeys capped at £2 when using Pop with more people than ever now taking advantage. The offer remains in place until March.

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No decisions on funding for Glasgow metro and more Edinburgh tram extensions to come until spring

Posted on Monday 30 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Michael Matheson, the Transport Secretary in the Scottish Government, has confirmed that decisions of funding for the proposed Glasgow Metro and more Edinburgh Trams extensions will not be made public until the spring as he needs to wait for the budget announcement. The two proposals are part of the Second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) and it has originally been planned that at the same time as that announcement a delivery plan would also be unveiled but this now won’t happen.

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Out and About: Around Middlewood in December 2022

Posted on Monday 30 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

For this edition of “Out and About” (the last for a while) we take a trip to Middlewood on the Stagecoach Supertram network a few days before Christmas 2022 with some photos of two of the Siemens-Duewag trams around the terminus.

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The Number 20: Zurich tram route 20

Posted on Sunday 29 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

It’s a bit different for this last part of the current series of “The Number 20” as its not the tram which has a connection to the number 20 but the route on which its running!

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New recruitment campaign launched for Edinburgh Trams

Posted on Sunday 29 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

With the Edinburgh Trams set to expand in the spring once the Trams to Newhaven extension opens, the organisation have launched a new recruitment campaign targeting people from a diverse range of backgrounds.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 29th January 2023

Posted on Sunday 29 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

This week we feature the second part of our collection looking at what happened at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Trolley Fair 2022:

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Edinburgh Council to vote on new transport plan

Posted on Saturday 28 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

If you think you’ve read this before you probably have! It seems to be another case of a new report on previously announced plans but a vote is set to take place in the City of Edinburgh Council to approve various transport plans including one which looks at public transport in the area. This includes possible extensions alongside other improvements to the bus, tram and rail networks around Edinburgh.

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Around the World in Trams: Innsbruck 310 & friend

Posted on Saturday 28 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Another chance to head to Austria and the trams in Innsbruck as we look at a couple of trams in service in September 2022.

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