Storm Claudia leads to tram service changes

Posted on Friday 14 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

Friday 14th November 2025 saw the arrival of another named storm as Storm Claudia (named by the Spanish Met Office) hit the UK. Unfortunately, its strong winds and heavy rain led to some service changes on UK tramways.

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Picture in Time: Grimsby & Immingham 26

Posted on Friday 14 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

For the third week in a row we feature the same tram as part of “Picture in Time” but this time its looking a little bit different and its also having a spot of bother!

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In Pictures: Trams come and go from service at Crich

Posted on Thursday 13 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

Another season has now come to an end at the Crich Tramway Village with the museum now closed to the public until Saturday 14th March 2026. As the season concludes we look set to be saying goodbye to one tram from regular use, whilst work continues on returning other trams to service. It’s a very Blackpool dominated update, and it includes a surprise of what may be running in 2026…

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9 runs the most at Seaton in October

Posted on Thursday 13 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

As another main operating season comes to a close at the Seaton Tramway, the latest newsletter gives us more details about how far each tram ran during the last full month of running in 2025. Although the weather has been cooling and becoming less settled it was a month which still saw the open top double deckers dominating the mileage with the usual top three.

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Another closure coming for a section of the Tyne and Wear Metro

Posted on Thursday 13 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

There will be no Tyne and Wear Metro service between Regent Centre and Airport for five days at the end of November with rail replacement works set to take place from Wednesday 26th and Sunday 30th November 2025.

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In Pictures: Edinburgh Trams 251 gets is eighth advert for St James Quarter!

Posted on Wednesday 12 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

Some trams swap advertisers quickly, some keep the exact same advert for a long time and then there is Edinburgh Trams 251! This tram is in a completely different category as although its had a long association with the same advertiser – St James Quarter – it often sees changes to some of its vinyls and is now on its eighth different iteration.

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New DLR trains temporarily taken out of use

Posted on Wednesday 12 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

Transport for London have confirmed that they have temporarily taken the new trains out of service whilst they investigate an incident which occurred during November 2025.

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Discounted travel for hospital visitors and staff continues on West Midlands Metro

Posted on Wednesday 12 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

The pilot to provide discounted travel for visitors and staff to the Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital on the West Midlands Metro has been extended for a further 12 months. For the past six months the West Midlands Metro have partnered with the hospital to offer up to 15% off tram fares for patients and their families travelling to the hospital, and it has proved to be a success with loads of people having taken up the offer.

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In Pictures: The lights go on for Tramlight at Crich

Posted on Tuesday 11 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

The Crich Tramway Village ended 2025 in style once again with, for the second year in a row, a special premium event taking place over the weekend of 8th and 9th November. This year branded as “Tramlight” the idea behind the event is fairly simple (even if the efforts behind the scenes to make it possible are anything but simple!) – trams running after dark with special lighting effects and even illuminated trams!

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Whitefield Tunnel works completed

Posted on Tuesday 11 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

Work to repair Whitefield Tunnel has been completed, securing its long-term operation and safety. The 19th century tunnel is used by trams on the Manchester Metrolink line to Bury and is crucial to being able to provide a reliable service on this crucial part of the network.

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DLR to get into the festive spirit

Posted on Tuesday 11 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

As Transport for London’s 25th anniversary celebration year starts to come to an end, the DLR is celebrating another significant event – Christmas! There will be a festive treasure hunt whilst local school children will be performing carols at Canary Wharf on select dates too.

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In Pictures: Manx Electric Railway and Snaefell Mountain Railway end another season

Posted on Monday 10 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

And just like that another main operating season on the Manx Electric Railway and Snaefell Mountain Railway comes to an end. To celebrate the conclusion of another year of operation, the final weekend of 1st and 2nd November 2025 saw an End of Season Gala and for the Manx Electric Railway that saw a celebration of 50 years since the end of mail traffic on the line.

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In Pictures: West Midlands Metro 18 in service

Posted on Monday 10 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

Over the past few years we have seen plenty of movement of trams on the West Midlands Metro. Some have had to go for repairs after the body cracking issues were discovered, whilst others have just gone away for storage with reduced depot capacity during upgrade works. One tram which went away to Dudley in May is now firmly back in service as we see in this latest pictorial article.

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Side by Side: Nottingham Express Transit 202 & 204

Posted on Monday 10 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

We go “Side by Side” once more and the system features on this occasion is Nottingham Express Transit.

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Out and About: West Midlands Metro – August 2025

Posted on Sunday 9 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

We have another “Out and About” as photography comes from the West Midlands Metro during August 2025.

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In Pictures: Work continues to return trams to The Point

Posted on Sunday 9 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

Back on 19th August 2025 a major fire in Dublin City Centre caused significant damage to George’s Dock bridge which has meant that no trams have been able to run between Connolly and The Point since. Major work has been ongoing since and this is now starting to reach a conclusion, although there will be further disruption of the Red line before that happens with a planned one-day closure between Abbey Street and Connolly on Saturday 15th November 2025.

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Proposals to reduce Supertram fares

Posted on Sunday 9 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

It could cost less to travel on South Yorkshire Supertram from 1st January 2026 if proposals being discussed by the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) are given the go-ahead.

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Puppet Metro train gets spooky makeover for Halloween

Posted on Sunday 9 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

A puppet replica of a Tyne and Wear Metro train got into the Halloween spirit with it being transformed into a ghost train for the Great North Museum: Hanock’s Halloween Great North Night after-hours event.

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In Pictures: Llandudno & Colwyn Bay 7 gets ready for Christmas

Posted on Saturday 8 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

Yes, its time to mention the “C” word which is rapidly approaching in less than two months time! We, of course, mean Christmas and in preparation for another outing for the tram, the Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Tramway Society took no. 7 out for an autumnal run on the first day of November 2025.

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Around the World in Trams: Rome 7077 and 7107

Posted on Saturday 8 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

We take another look at trams in Rome, Italy as “Around the World in Trams” continues.

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