Out and About: Edinburgh Trams in Leith – April 2024

Posted on Monday 26 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Time to go “Out and About” again and we find ourselves in Edinburgh this time out.

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Trams &: Blackpool 634, trolleybus & bus

Posted on Sunday 25 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Another of our regular locations for “Trams &” is the East Anglia Transport Museum with the museum featuring trams, trolleybuses, buses and more all operating or on display on any given opening day.

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Steampunk returns to Crich this September

Posted on Sunday 25 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

The Steampunk weekend at the Crich Tramway Village has become one of the most popular events at the museum in recent years and it will return again on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September. Organised in conjunction with Steampunks Always Welcome – Lincoln the weekend sees alternative history celebrated and of course the trams will keep on running too.

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Car and tram collision on Ashton line

Posted on Sunday 25 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink services were disrupted between Ashton-under-Lyne and Velopark for a time on Sunday 18th August after a car and tram collided close to The Snipe. The tram involved was 3083 which was bound for Ashton.

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Events this week…

Posted on Sunday 25 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

More family orientated events this week as we also still see the end of the hop-on, hop-off timetable on Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours.

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In Pictures: Track renewal continues on Supertram

Posted on Saturday 24 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

The track renewal works on the South Yorkshire Supertram network which are taking place along Middlewood Road until early September have been continuing over the past few days as the area seeing new rails laid increases.

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Around the World in Trams: Rhein-Neckar 256

Posted on Saturday 24 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

A move into Germany for this latest “Around the World in Trams”.

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In Pictures: West Midlands Metro 44 back to fleet livery

Posted on Saturday 24 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Article updated 27th August with photo added.

The West Midlands Metro fleet has taken one further step towards having a more uniform look as another of the Urbos 100 trams which were carrying adverts is now back in full fleet livery. Coming just a couple of days after 58 went back to blue, 44 is now also running around in the standard fleet colours.

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The Metro inspires a Geordie version of a classic country music song

Posted on Saturday 24 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

A classic country music song has had a playful reworking by a local mandolin group. “I’ve been everywhere” has swapped its lyrics from being about a journey across North America for a ride on the Tyne and Wear Metro.

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First phase of trackwork completed on Birmingham Eastside extension

Posted on Friday 23 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

The sight of trams in service on the West Midlands Metro Birmingham Eastside extension (or at least part of it) has moved a step closer following the announcement that the first phase of the installation of track on Moor Street Queensway has been completed.

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Glasgow 488’s top deck moved for work to start on its restoration

Posted on Friday 23 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

A few days ago you may have read our report on the fact that Lowestoft 14 had broken cover briefly with images shown of it at Chapel Road terminus. It has now been confirmed that the tram was being moved out of the main depot, which houses the workshop, and the reason for that was to provide space for the top deck of Glasgow 488 to allow restoration to start.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Railcoach 618

Posted on Friday 23 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Another edition of “Picture in Time” heads to Blackpool.

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In Pictures: KFC complete a hattrick of tram systems

Posted on Thursday 22 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Over the past couple of months we have seen identical adverts for KFC applied to trams on Manchester Metrolink and West Midlands Metro. Whilst those adverts have now gone – 3047 losing its vinyls in Manchester and 58 on the West Midlands Metro – there is a third tramway in the British Isles which does also have an advert for the same company, and that is Dublin’s Luas system.

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Edinburgh Trams advert changes

Posted on Thursday 22 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Its time to report a couple more advert changes in Edinburgh as one ad has a revision whilst another is a brand new advertiser for the trams. The two trams we feature in this article are 269 (new advert) and 273 (revised vinyls applied).

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Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner visits the Metro

Posted on Thursday 22 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Susan Dungworth, the new Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, has taken a trip on the Tyne and Wear Metro to see the police and security measures in place on the system. She travelled with police officers from the Northumbria Force and the Metro security team on the evening of Saturday 17th August before finishing off at the Metro Control Room.

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In Pictures: Busy summer continues at Beamish

Posted on Wednesday 21 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

They’ve been described as the hardest working heritage trams in the UK and the operating fleet at Beamish is once again proving that with the museum continuing to be very busy with visitors (long queues to get in, announcements that the car park is full being regular occurrences). Whilst the trams do now have support from buses, as the museum continues to evolve, they are still running on all opening days on both the clockwise and anti clockwise circuits. This article provides a brief update on what is going on with the trams as well as taking a look at doing what they do. Photos from Trevor Hall.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 21st August 2024

Posted on Wednesday 21 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

We have an earlier than usual main site update as we continue our look at trams on the Isle of Man with part two of our July/August collection.

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New Tramway Museum Society President appointed

Posted on Wednesday 21 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Jason Hardy has been appointed as the new Tramway Museum Society President and will now take on the role for the next year. Jason takes on the role from outgoing President, Sue Whiteley.

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In Pictures: Supertram improvement works carry on

Posted on Tuesday 20 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

The major improvement work currently taking place on South Yorkshire Supertram – a total of £5 million has been invested by he South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority  since they took control of the network again in March 2024 – is moving along Middlewood Road with the latest location of works being at Leppings Lane tramstop. That work is shown in these photos taken by Stuart Cooke.

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Piccadilly Gardens next location for Metrolink engineering works

Posted on Tuesday 20 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

The summer of Manchester Metrolink improvement works will continue for three weeks from Tuesday 27th August. The next location for works to take place will be at Piccadilly Gardens meaning no trams will be able to run from there to St Peter’s Square.

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