Crich receive Heritage Fund grant

Posted on Tuesday 24 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

Crich Tramway Village have announced that they have been awarded a special Heritage Grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The award, worth £83,080, is in support of a year-long project to help build the business resilience of the Tramway Museum Society.

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Tyne and Wear Metro put jobseekers on the path to employment

Posted on Tuesday 24 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

The Tyne and Wear Metro have signed up to the Sector Work Academy Programme (SWAP) with the aim of creating new opportunities for people who are out of work to secure frontline customer services roles on the network.

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In Pictures: West Midlands Metro 58 receives advert for Birmingham City University

Posted on Monday 23 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

The number of trams carrying adverts on West Midlands Metro has doubled with new vinyls having recently been applied to Urbos100 58. The tram is now advertising Birmingham City University with a full wrap in place, except for the ends of the tram.

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A record breaking day for public transport at the Great North Run

Posted on Monday 23 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

It wasn’t just the runners breaking records at this year’s Great North Run – it was a record breaking day for public transport in the area as well. Local services saw 146,000 customer journeys made on the day, which was a rise of nearly 20% in two years.

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Out and About: Edinburgh Trams in Leith – April 2024

Posted on Monday 23 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

We go “Out and About” again in this article and its Edinburgh which is our location.

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Manchester Metrolink Then & Now: Newton Heath & Moston

Posted on Sunday 22 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

In this latest edition of “Manchester Metrolink Then & Now” we move onto the Oldham & Rochdale line.

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West Midlands Metro celebrate success at European Tram Driver Championships

Posted on Sunday 22 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

As we reported a few weeks ago the West Midlands Metro sent a team to the European Tram Driver Championships in Frankfurt and now the dust has settled on the contest it has been revealed that whilst they didn’t win the entire competition they have UK and Ireland bragging rights as they were placed highest amongst the three teams who went along.

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Events this week…

Posted on Sunday 22 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

The next seven days sees the annual Trolleybus Weekend at the East Anglia Transport Museum and the last enhanced weekend of heritage tram operation in Blackpool for 2024 which also includes another Full System Tour.

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Tramtastic awards given to Edinburgh Trams staff who helped to entertain passengers during Taylor Swift concerts

Posted on Sunday 22 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

Two members of the Edinburgh Trams team have been recognised internally with “You are Tramtastic” awards in recognition of their efforts to help entertain passengers during the Taylor Swift concerts earlier this summer at Murrayfield Stadium. Driver Jade Holden and Ticketing Services Assistant Tony Wallace have been praised by colleagues after going the extra mile to get everyone into the spirit of the occasion.

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Trams get some TLC at Beamish

Posted on Saturday 21 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

Now that Beamish is out of the busy summer school holiday season, the transport team is taking the opportunity to give some attention to the tram fleet with paintwork being seen to as well as a few other pieces of maintenance.

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Around the World in Trams: Innsbruck 325

Posted on Saturday 21 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

Innsbruck is again the location of this latest edition of “Around the World in Trams”.

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Delays for NET after tram derails following collision

Posted on Saturday 21 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

There was significant disruption for services on the Nottingham Express Transit system on Thursday 19th September after a tram was derailed after being hit by a lorry. The collision happened at 1045 and services weren’t able to resume until just before 1500.

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Open trams out this weekend both sides of Atlantic

Posted on Saturday 21 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

There could be the chance to enjoy rides of single deck open trams this weekend – but you’d probably be hard pressed to enjoy all of them! This weekend (21st and 22nd September) sees the annual Muni Heritage Weekend in San Francisco and there should be two Blackpool Boat cars in operation whilst on Sunday 21st September the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway are hoping to use Toastrack 21 in service.

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English light rail journeys increase again

Posted on Friday 20 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

In what is a mainly positive story, the latest Department for Transport figures have shown that passenger journeys being undertaken on English tram and light rail systems are continuing to increase and whilst they have still not yet got to pre-pandemic levels they are starting to edge closer. But while it is mainly positive there are some outliers which have seen numbers fall over the past 12 months – including London Trams and Blackpool Tramway.

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West Midlands Metro service change: 25th September to 2nd October

Posted on Friday 20 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

There will be a revised service running on the West Midlands Metro for just over a week as trams will not be allowed to operate past the International Conference Centre during the Conservative Party Conference, presumably for security reasons.

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Picture in Time: Seaton 12

Posted on Friday 20 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

We now move a long way south from our photos of Glasgow as we’re now in Seaton for more “Picture in Time”.

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Plans unveiled for tramway in Cardiff

Posted on Thursday 19 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

Transport for Wales and Cardiff Council have revealed plans for a new tramway linking Cardiff Central and Cardiff Bay with a 6 week public consultation now underway. This would be the first phase of Cardiff Crossrail and would be the first rail link between Cardiff Central and Cardiff Bay. It will significantly improve the railway network between the city centre and Cardiff Bay providing benefits to the wider city and region.

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Derailment on Metrolink causes delays

Posted on Thursday 19 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

They say Friday 13th is unlucky and that was certainly the case for Manchester Metrolink in September when a tram derailed at Cornbrook leading to severe delays across the network whilst the tram was rerailed.

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Seaton Tramway volunteer driver lends voice to BBC drama “Nightsleeper”

Posted on Thursday 19 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

One of Seaton Tramway’s volunteer drivers, Matthew Streeton, can currently be heard in the new BBC One drama series “Nightsleeper”. Matthew is well known across the rail network in the UK as after having worked in the rail industry he became the voice at around 200 stations delivering automated platform announcements between London and Sussex.

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In Pictures: Electric Tram Weekend at Crich

Posted on Wednesday 18 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September saw the annual enthusiast event take place at the Crich Tramway Village – this year titled Electric Tram Weekend. With 2024 marking the 60th anniversary of electric tram operation at the museum there was a focus on celebrating that with static trams on display whilst there was also a look forward to the future with recent restoration projects having come to an end and the trams entering service.

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