Discounted tickets available on et app

Posted on Friday 30 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

Edinburgh Trams’ app – the “et app” – is now offering discounted bundles of tickets as the new way of working following the pandemic sees a change in patterns of travelling to and from the office. A number of different options are available on the app including discounted bundles of tram day tickets for £9.50.

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Picture in Time: Seaton Tramway 14 & 16

Posted on Friday 30 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

We have one more image from the Seaton Tramway in 1995 before “Picture in Time” moves on and this time its two trams for the price of one!

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In Pictures: Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11 runs at East Anglia Transport Museum Trolleybus Weekend!

Posted on Thursday 29 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

Whilst most Blackpool tram fans may have had their eyes turned towards the Fylde Coast over the weekend of 24th and 25th September, there was another Blackpool tram which was causing excitement over on the other side of the country. The unique Marton VAMBAC 11 was used briefly in service at the East Anglia Transport Museum’s Trolleybus Weekend – thought to be its first use since at least before the pandemic hit in 2020.

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3012 involved in minor derailment in Piccadilly Gardens

Posted on Thursday 29 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

There was a minor derailment at Piccadilly Gardens on Monday 26th September involving M5000 3012 which led to disruption to services through Manchester City for a little over three hours. The tram was the lead tram in a double unit which had just departed from Piccadilly Gardens when it suffered the derailment.

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Timetable change for Supertram from 9th October

Posted on Thursday 29 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

A revised timetable is to be introduced on Stagecoach Supertram as from Sunday 9th October – although it will see no changes in frequency with just changes to times trams will depart from stops, particularly in the late evening.

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Order completed! Final M5000 delivered for Manchester Metrolink

Posted on Wednesday 28 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

3147 – the last of the M5000s ordered for Manchester Metrolink – has arrived at Queens Road Depot. It was delivered on Saturday 24th September in the usual Saturday lunchtime slot having made the journey from Alstom’s plant in Vienna, Austria.

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Edinburgh Trams on the shortlist at Global Light Rail Awards

Posted on Wednesday 28 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

Edinburgh Trams have their fingers crossed for success at the forthcoming Global Light Rail Awards as they are up for two awards – including the Rising Star category as well as Significant Safety Initiative Award.

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Goose Fair returns to Nottingham – NET to run extra services

Posted on Wednesday 28 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

Having the missed the last couple of years because of the pandemic, Nottingham’s Goose Fair is back for 2022 and whilst it does mean that The Forest Park and Ride site is closed it also means that there will be extra tram services running as the crowds head back to the Fair.

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In Pictures: Balloon 715 says goodbye as Blackpool celebrates 137 years of operation

Posted on Tuesday 27 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

The farewell public runs of the Fylde Transport Trust’s Balloon 715 was one of the highlights of the latest special event in Blackpool as 137 years of the tramway was celebrated on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th September. In total 15 heritage trams ran on daytime tours over the weekend – including a few surprises as the days went on!

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West Midlands Metro services to terminate at Library again from tomorrow

Posted on Tuesday 27 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

Trams on the West Midlands Metro will once again only be running between Wolverhampton St George’s and Library between Wednesday 28th September and Sunday 9th October. The closure of the newest part of the line to Edgbaston Village comes to allow for work to take place on Broad Street as well as coinciding with the Conservative Party Conference.

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Dudley bus and Metro interchange gets full planning permission

Posted on Monday 26 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

A new interchange between bus and Metro services in Dudley will move to the next stage after it was given full planning permission. The interchange will replace the existing bus station (built in 1986) and will provide a state of the art facility which will allow passengers to easily move between the two different transport modes.

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Out and About: Summerlee trams

Posted on Monday 26 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Out and About” we are again in Scotland but instead of our usual look at modern trams in Edinburgh we head along to Summerlee – the only heritage tramway in the country.

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Still Standing! Lowestoft Tram Depot

Posted on Sunday 25 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

We continue this latest series of “Still Standing!”  with a trip to East Anglia as we take a look at the former Lowestoft tram depot.

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In Pictures: Trams run through PoliNations festival in Birmingham

Posted on Sunday 25 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

When Birmingham was awarded the 2022 Commonwealth Games part of the wider offering to the city would be an arts festival to create even more reason for visitors to head to the second city. One of the strands for this festival was PoliNations which was described as “a supernatural celebration of colour, beauty and natural diversity that ends with a spectacular party”. Whilst all that sounds exciting we’re more concerned about the fact that the West Midlands Metro ran through the site giving some new photo opps! As Andy Walters discovered for us!

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In Pictures: West Midlands Metro 36 at the end of the rainbow

Posted on Saturday 24 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

Birmingham Pride – which takes place in the city on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th September – is being celebrated and support by the West Midlands Metro again with Urbos3 36 receiving a special livery complete with rainbows. This is just the latest Pride based livery to be carried by a tram in the West Midlands with previous trams also having carried similar temporary vinyls.

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Around the World in Trams: Geneva 895

Posted on Saturday 24 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

For the next few weeks our location for “Around the World in Trams” will be Geneva in Switzerland.

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Piccadilly Gardens works confirmed for October

Posted on Saturday 24 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

It looks like the Manchester Metrolink network will have one day with a full service on the entire network before the next set of works get underway. There is currently a major line closure of the Eccles line which started in July and will go on until Friday 21st October and now its been confirmed that there will be more rail replacement works which get underway on Sunday 23rd October in Piccadilly Gardens.

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In Pictures: Back to fleet livery for Metrolink 3087

Posted on Friday 23 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

After two short-term adverts in a row, Manchester Metrolink 3087 has returned to fleet livery again. With the advertising vinyls for the Co-op removed at the depot it is now once again running the Silver and Yellow livery although as with many of the trams on Metrolink this is now starting to look a little tired (not helped with the vinyls it has carried recently no doubt!)

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Picture in Time: Seaton Tramway 19

Posted on Friday 23 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its time to go back to the Seaton Tramway again for this instalment of “Picture in Time” with another shot from 1995.

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In Preview: Blackpool Anniversary Weekend – 24th & 25th September

Posted on Thursday 22 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

Having now firmly established itself in the annual special event calendar the Blackpool Anniversary Weekend returns on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th September. The weekend will see another hop-on, hop-off timetable in operation with seven trams running on each day whilst there are also depot tours, a mini system tour plus the usual pre-bookable themed, Coastal and Promenade Tours.

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