West Midlands Metro Penalty fares to increase to £100

Posted on Sunday 7 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

Travelling without a ticket on the West Midlands Metro is set to get a lot more expensive from 2026 with confirmation that the penalty fare is increasing to £100 – up from the current £10 and bringing the network in line with other systems across the UK.

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Mr Monopoly takes the tram in Nottingham!

Posted on Sunday 7 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

Nottingham now has its very own edition of Monopoly and to mark the occasion Mr Monopoly visited the city and took a ride on a tram!

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A trip to… Luas Dublin

Posted on Saturday 6 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

In this pictorial article Jim Smythe takes a trip to Dublin’s Luas tram network and provides some images of operations. These were taken whilst the Red line was suspended between Connolly and The Point following a major fire in August 2025.

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Around the World in Trams: Bratislava 7831

Posted on Saturday 6 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

A new month and as always that means we change location for “Around the World in Trams”. And this time we stick in the pin in to the map and find ourselves in Bratislava.

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TfGM and Stockport Council work on plans for Metrolink extension

Posted on Saturday 6 December 2025 by Gareth Prior

One of the headline Metrolink extensions mentioned in Greater Manchester’s big transport plan is the much mooted line to Stockport, and it has now been confirmed that Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and Stockport Council are working closely together to develop the plans ahead of submitting the first stage of a business case in 2026.

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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

Please note, with apologies, that for personal reasons there will be a delay to updates for the immediate future. This will include our additional photo series, any new news plus Tram of the Year will not launch as planned on Sunday.

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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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