Around the World in Trams: Innsbruck 311

Posted on Saturday 14 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

For the next few editions of “Around the World in Trams” we are heading to Innsbruck in Austria where its not just the trams which are impressive but also the surrounding scenery.

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West Midlands Metro service change: Sunday 22nd January

Posted on Saturday 14 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Overhead line work being carried out on the West Midlands Metro will see a change to services during the morning of Sunday 22nd January.  The essential maintenance work will be taking place from the start of service until 1100 and will mean no trams will run between Wednesbury Parkway and Edgbaston Village.

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Man hit by tram in Nottingham

Posted on Saturday 14 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Nottingham Express Transit services between Highbury Vale and Phoenix Park were suspended for several hours on Wednesday 11th January after a man was reported to have been hit by a tram. The incident was reported at around 1345 with officers from Nottinghamshire Police attending the scene. It was later confirmed that the man’s injuries were not thought to be serious.

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Metro services return to South Hylton

Posted on Friday 13 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Tyne and Wear Metro services are running between Park Lane and South Hylton once again after Network Rail engineers completed the rebuild of a flood damaged electrical substation. Services were last able to run on this section on Thursday 17th November but following heavy rainfall the substation received significant damage which, after assessment, required a full rebuild.

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Luas Engineering Works: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th January

Posted on Friday 13 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

There will be more engineering works taking place on Luas this coming weekend (14th and 15th January) with the Red Line set to be affected with services due to finish an hour earlier on the Saturday and start two hours later on the Sunday.

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Picture in Time: South Yorkshire Supertram 02

Posted on Friday 13 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

As our collection of photos taken in 1995 in Sheffield continues as part of “Picture in Time” we take a look at the second lowest numbered tram in the fleet at a time when trams ran no further than Gleadless Town End.

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In Pictures: Sign of the times in Edinburgh

Posted on Thursday 12 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Work on extending the Edinburgh Trams system has been going on since November 2019 and now as it enters its final stages (trams running from the spring!) some of the finishing cosmetic touches are being applied. This has included the installation of signs on each of the stops and in this article we take a look at that signage which is in the standard Edinburgh Trams style.

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Metro performance is up but still below 75%

Posted on Thursday 12 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

The latest Tyne and Wear Metro performance poster has been put up at stations across the network and when comparing to both the previous period and the same time twelve months ago it does show an improvement – although it still remains just below 75%.

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Overhead wires to be connected in Edinburgh – trams to terminate at West End

Posted on Wednesday 11 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Another sure sign of progress on the Trams to Newhaven project is the installation of the overhead wires and it has now been confirmed that these will be connected up to the existing line in York Place later this month. Whilst this work takes place a revised service will run on Edinburgh Trams with all services from the Airport only running as far as West End.

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Metro hit by cable thefts three times in a week

Posted on Wednesday 11 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

2023 hasn’t got underway to a great start for the Tyne and Wear Metro with the line between Monkseaton and Wallsend suspended three times in a week – all down to cable theft on this section. The cable theft obviously required emergency repairs on each occasion which meant services had to be suspending leading to disruption for any would be passengers.

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In Pictures: Work continues on West Midlands Metro Wolverhampton extension

Posted on Tuesday 10 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its one of three tram extensions that should/could/might open in 2023, the West Midlands Metro extension to Wolverhampton Railway Station. Much delayed (it should have opened in 2020) in the run-up to Christmas more work took place and now there seems to be just a few pieces of infrastructure to be completed. However, what’s not know is whether the issues with the signals (and the delay in receiving the relevant equipment) have yet been solved as this is not immediately apparent to the untrained eye.

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Busking returns to the Tyne and Wear Metro

Posted on Tuesday 10 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Here at British Trams Online we always seek to bring you the really important news stories… The latest from the Tyne and Wear Metro is the return of buskers to the three dedicated pitches in the city centre – for the first time since before Covid started. Nexus have decided that its now safe for buskers to return and the first performer has already done a session with bookings now open for further acts to start entertaining commuters once more.

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In Pictures: Revised Edinburgh Trams service for Hogmanay

Posted on Monday 9 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

For the first time since 2019, Edinburgh was able to hold its world famous Hogmanay celebrations which meant that once again West End was used as a temporary terminus for trams from the Airport with Princes Street itself closed. Whilst West End has been no stranger to being a terminus during 2022 (whilst York Place stop was demolished it was in use for this purpose earlier in the year) this still allowed for some unusual shots of the trams using the crossover in service.

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Passenger numbers continue to go up on Metrolink

Posted on Monday 9 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

90% of pre-pandemic passenger numbers were carried on Manchester Metrolink in the lead up to Christmas 2022 according to the latest TfGM Committee report released ahead of their next meeting on Friday 13th January 2023. This has continued a trend over recent months for an increase in patronage on the network which has seen some capacity issues during peak periods.

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Out and About: Beighton Drakehouse Lane, Stagecoach Supertram – December 2022

Posted on Monday 9 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Today’s “Out and About” is again in Sheffield as we take a look at some trams running at Beighton Drakehouse Lane on the Blue route out to Halfway.

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The Number 20: Geneva 875

Posted on Sunday 8 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

We did say never say never to this series returning in the future – although even we didn’t expect it to be back this quick! With a number of you seeming to enjoy working out how we can get to “The Number 20” it returns for the next few weeks as we take a look at a few more trams – and we even start to go overseas in this edition.

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In Pictures: Llandudno & Colwyn Bay 7 on Parade

Posted on Sunday 8 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Before Christmas we mentioned the return of Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway 7 to the North Wales streets where trams used to run regularly until the system closed in 1956. The tram had not been seen out since before the pandemic as the Matador lorry which hauls it around (owing to the lack of tracks or overhead in the area now!) needed maintenance but with this work completed it was possible for the tram to again be part of the Llandudno Christmas Parade which took place on Saturday 3rd December.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 8th January 2023

Posted on Sunday 8 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its into the archives for our photos this week as we take a look at some of the construction works during the Nottingham Express Transit Phase 2 extensions:

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Tram of the Year 2022 winners announced!

Posted on Sunday 8 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

The winners of the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2022 contest can today be revealed – and its been a good year for the East Anglia Transport Museum who go home with two of the four awards! They received the most votes as both “Tramway of the Year” and Blackpool Standard 159 was the most popular nominee for “Tram (Traditional) of the Year”. The Blackpool Tramway also had a good year in the contest with the Jubilee Tram Parade winning “Event of the Year” and Blackpool Flexity2 011 being named “Tram (Modern) of the Year”.

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In Pictures: Another year gets underway at Beamish

Posted on Saturday 7 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

With Beamish remaining open all year round (albeit its winter offering sees more limited opening hours) its always a good place to see the “first heritage trams” of the year and in these first visits on British Trams Online for 2023 we see the two trams which have run in service so far this year – Sunderland 16 and Sheffield 264 (hardly surprising choices for January which doesn’t exactly lend itself to open top tram rides in northeast England!). In this article we also look inside the depot to see the ongoing progress on the restoration of Gateshead 10. Trevor Hall is our photographer.

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