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 before it returned to its home tramway but its use since its return has not been extensive. It does now seem to have settled into more regular use though as seen in this pictorial update.

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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 rerailing the tram.

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Main building at new Metro Gosforth Depot completed

Posted on Wednesday 23 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

The new main building of the redeveloped depot at Gosforth on the Tyne and Wear Metro has been completed as the project starts to come to an end. The completion of this section of the depot comes just a few weeks ahead of the first of the new Stadler built trains arriving in the northeast with it set to be delivered from Switzerland during December.

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In Pictures: Balloon 715 runs a farewell tour in Blackpool

Posted on Tuesday 22 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Blackpool Balloon 715 – owned by the Fylde Transport Trust – is now officially withdrawn from service after running a special Farewell Tour during the afternoon and evening of Saturday 19th November 2022. It had been announced during the summer that a mutual decision had been reached by the FTT and Blackpool Transport Services to take the tram out of service and put it on static display at Tramtown and this special tour was the last chance to both ride and see the double decker out on the Promenade.

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NET staff vote in favour of strike action

Posted on Tuesday 22 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Staff on Nottingham Express Transit could strike in the lead up to Christmas after a ballot by the GMB Union over the apparent threat by NET to withdraw payments to two terminally ill staff members. 94% of those who voted were in favour of strikes and talks are continuing between the two parties before any strike days are confirmed.

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Temporary timetable introduced in Edinburgh

Posted on Monday 21 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

The frequency of trams on the Edinburgh Trams network has been halved as part of a temporary timetable introduced on Monday 21st November. The revised timetable will run until further notice to allow maintenance work of the overhead wires to take place.

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No Metro services to South Hylton for at least a week

Posted on Monday 21 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

There will be no Tyne and Wear Metro services running between Park Lane and South Hylton for at least seven days as a result of flood damage caused to a Network Rail substation last week. The damage was experienced on Thursday 17th November and Network Rail engineers are now assessing the damage before deciding on a repair plan.

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Out and About: Supertram in service at the University of Sheffield

Posted on Monday 21 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

For this edition of “Out and About” we are going to South Yorkshire as we see trams running on the Stagecoach operated Supertram network.

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Trams &: Nottingham Express Transit 235 & train

Posted on Sunday 20 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

In recent editions of “Trams &” this series has more or less become tram and a bus but we have a bit of a change today as it’s a tram and a train which is featured!

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Supertram £8.6 million upgrade confirmed

Posted on Sunday 20 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Local leaders within the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority have approved a £8.6 million funding package to pay for urgent renewal work on the Supertram network. Due to come back under public control from March 2024 the network is currently operated by Stagecoach and this funding will presumably be released before this change of control.

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In Pictures: Steampunk at the Crich Tramway Village

Posted on Sunday 20 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Over the past few years one of the most popular special events at the Crich Tramway Village has been the Steampunk event (which has developed into a full weekend). With Steampunk enthusiasts visiting the museum with their blend of science fiction and 19th century industrial steam-powered machinery, the trams at Crich work around this and with many coming as they do from the early 20th century when the technology which inspires Steampunk was still around they prove to fit right in. This pictorial update shows some of the sights from the 2021 event from the camera of Brian Toohey.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 20th November 2022

Posted on Sunday 20 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

We’re off to Blackpool again this week with the Flexity2 trams featuring in the gallery.

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Fundraiser announced to bring Balloon 710 back to Rigby Road

Posted on Saturday 19 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

As we reported earlier this month, Blackpool Balloon 710 is set to return to Rigby Road Depot where it will initially become a static exhibit at the Tramtown attraction. And now in order to fund its transport from its current home in Wyre Dock, Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours have launched an online fundraiser.

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Around the World in Trams: Dijon 1005

Posted on Saturday 19 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

“Around the World in Trams” today is back in Dijon, north-east France for another image of the tramway operating in the city.

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Public displays look at future work for Douglas Promenade – could include return of horse trams to Sea Terminal

Posted on Saturday 19 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Could the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway reach the Sea Terminal again? It’s a question which has been posed countless times over the past few years with the “yes its funded, no its not” saga seemingly to have been going on for a long time and now there could be a final answer to it with new public displays giving options for how the Promenade could look in the future. This includes the potential option of re-extending the tramway beyond its (hopefully) temporary terminus at Broadway.

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NET delays after another car finds its way onto Lenton Road Bridge

Posted on Saturday 19 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Services on the Nottingham Express Transit line to Toton Lane were disrupted on Tuesday 15th November after yet another car managed to drive onto the tram only Lenton Road Bridge – and then proceeded to get stuck.

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In Pictures: Overhead goes up on Leith Walk

Posted on Friday 18 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Since construction work started three years ago in November 2019 we’ve reported on various different milestones as progress has continued on the Trams to Newhaven project in Edinburgh and its time for another significant milestone to be reached – overhead wires are now installed on most of Leith Walk!

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New pay deal accepted on West Midlands Metro

Posted on Friday 18 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

There will be no further strikes on the West Midlands Metro after member of Unite the Union voted to accept a revised pay offer made earlier this week. As we’ve reported before, the dispute had centred over pay with negotiations previously unable to reach an agreement which both parties could sign up to.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 9

Posted on Friday 18 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

The Isle of Man and the Manx Electric Railway is again the subject of “Picture in Time” as we feature another photo taken on June 1977.

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John Bull finally returns to Crich!

Posted on Thursday 17 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Back in May, Crich Tramway Village’s steam tram engine John Bull made what was expected to be a brief trip away from the museum – but it turned out that it would be away for very nearly six months! It has now returned to Crich though with its being delivered back on Wednesday 16th November.

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