Out and About: West Midlands Metro – celebrating 25 years

Posted on Monday 18 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

We get celebratory for this latest “Out and About” on the West Midlands Metro.

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Manchester Metrolink Then & Now: Mosley Street

Posted on Sunday 17 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

Its time for “Manchester Metrolink Then & Now” again and we remain in the city centre, although its back onto the original route across the city centre this time.

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Restoration of Whitley Bay Metro Station enters next phase

Posted on Sunday 17 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

A £5.3 million project restoring the historic canopy at Whitley Bay Metro Station is entering a new phase as work moves on to focus on the atrium at the front of the building. This comes as some scaffolding starts to come down allowing passengers using the station on a daily basis the chance to see the restored canopy for the first time.

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Two Metrolink collisions in a week on Ashton line

Posted on Sunday 17 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink services on the line out to Ashton-under-Lyne were disrupted twice within a week after collisions between trams and cars.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 17th November 2024

Posted on Sunday 17 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

This week photos come from the West Midlands Metro:

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In Pictures: A look at Birmingham’s Eastside extension – Part 2

Posted on Saturday 16 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

Ken Jones is back with some more photos as his walk along the route of the Birmingham Eastside extension of the West Midlands Metro continues. Having reached the HS2 station last time he now starts to take a look at the section of the route from the Clayton Hotel, which will be the first part of the line to welcome passengers.

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Around the World in Trams: San Francisco 1055

Posted on Saturday 16 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

Another edition of “Around the World in Trams” and we are still in San Francisco.

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Metrolink latest UK tram network to join nationwide safety campaign

Posted on Saturday 16 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

Visitors to Manchester Metrolink may recently have noticed new safety notices around the tramway as the network becomes the third in the UK to adopt the LRSSB led nationwide safety campaign already seen in Blackpool and Edinburgh.

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NET strikes suspended

Posted on Saturday 16 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

Tram services in the lead up to Christmas in Nottingham look set to run as normal following news that the GMB Union have voted to suspend planned industrial action. The action had initially been planned after a Union rep was suspended.

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Big Heritage update confirms MTPS trams to leave the Wirral

Posted on Friday 15 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

In news which had previously been released to members of both the Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society (MTPS) and the Tramway Museum Society (TMS), the latest public update from new custodians of the Wirral Transport Museum and Heritage Tramway has confirmed that trams owned by the MTPS are to depart from Taylor Street and head to the Crich Tramway Village.

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15 back into service as 10 dominates the October mileage charts at Seaton

Posted on Friday 15 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

Having missed much of the summer season at the Seaton Tramway undergoing maintenance, 15 has returned to service during the month of October. It was one of 11 trams to be used in service over the course of the month with 10 again leading the mileage charts.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool OMO 3

Posted on Friday 15 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

We return to Blackpool for the next set of images in “Picture in Time”. These were all taken in January 1979 just after the Fylde Coast had been hit by some snowfall.

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In Pictures: Metrolink 3061 swaps clothing brands!

Posted on Thursday 14 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink 3061 is on to its fourth different advert of the year following the application of new vinyls for asos. This new ad was first seen out on the track during the week commencing 11th November 2024.

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Optimism a new train will run on the Metro this year

Posted on Thursday 14 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

Its often been mentioned in press releases and the like that the first of the new trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro is due to enter service by the end of 2024 (well, that’s been the case for a while since the introduction was delayed from last year) and now it appears that is edging closer to being the case, according to a report on Newcastle Chronicle website.

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West Midlands Metro launch customer satisfaction survey

Posted on Thursday 14 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

As part of their continued strategy to improve things for passengers, the West Midlands Metro have recently launched a customer satisfaction survey looking for comments about recent journeys on the network.

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In Pictures: NET 202 gets a new advert

Posted on Wednesday 13 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

We saw a few weeks that Nottingham Express Transit 202 had been stripped of its Consent Coalition vinyls which had left the tram looking less than at its best. But its now looking a lot better following the addition of new advertising vinyls.

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In Pictures: A look at Birmingham’s Eastside extension – Part 1

Posted on Wednesday 13 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

There are currently two major extension projects on UK tramways and they are both on the West Midlands Metro. Having recently paid a visit to see progress on the line out to Dudley (now to be known as the Black Country line) this time we go onto the Eastside line which will end up being a two phase extension as well due to the delays caused by HS2 construction. Ken Jones is our guide for these photos and in this first part we take a look at the route at the far end in Digbeth.

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Its almost time for The Polar Express Tram Ride at Seaton

Posted on Wednesday 13 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

It is only a matter of days until the Seaton Tramway awakes from their brief rest after the end of the main season with the of The Polar Express Tram Ride which will be taking place on select dates between 23rd November and 24th December.

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In Pictures: Trams run in the dark at Crich

Posted on Tuesday 12 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

There’s always something a little bit special about preserved trams running after dark (probably because it doesn’t happen that often) and that was the case over the weekend of Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th November at the Crich Tramway Village. This saw an extra special event take place – “A Journey Through Time and Light” – which for many included the highlight of trams running in the dark. Steven Hughes was there on Saturday 9th November and has shared a selection of images with us.

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Next phase of West Midlands Metro expansion set to be given go-ahead

Posted on Tuesday 12 November 2024 by Gareth Prior

During the recent budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves called out the Brierley Hill West Midlands Metro as one of the schemes which would benefit from the confirmation of funding and whilst, at the time, there was no specific word from the region that this would definitely be happening that has now come with the decision to be green lit at a meeting later this month. However, its not quite the full originally proposed line that is funded with the final section to Brierley Hill still requiring a further business case.

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