Lisbon 730 update from Beamish

Posted on Monday 27 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

Back in January 2024 it was announced that Lisbon 730 was moved from the Wirral to Beamish where it was to become a permanent member of the operating fleet in the northeast to provide additional capacity amongst the trams. The tram moved on 22nd January and was soon moved into the depot ahead of a start on the tram being prepared for service.

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Siemens Mobility receives Edinburgh Trams infrastructure maintenance contract extension

Posted on Monday 27 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

Siemens Mobility (in a joint consortium with Bilfinger UK) has been awarded an eleven year contract extension for the maintenance of infrastructure on the Edinburgh Trams network. The contract – worth £44.7 million – will now continue until 2035 following agreement.

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Out and About: Tyne and Wear Metro – February 2024

Posted on Monday 27 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Out and About” we have a Valentine’s Day visit to the Tyne and Wear Metro with an old love still continuing to operate the service.

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Trams &: Blackpool 623 & buses

Posted on Sunday 26 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

This edition of “Trams &” is going into preservation as we’re taking a trip to the Heaton Park Tramway.

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Another arrival for the tramway at the East Anglia Transport Museum

Posted on Sunday 26 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

Whilst more high profile arrivals have been seen at the East Anglia Transport Museum over the past couple of years, recently there has been a significant arrival which will prove to be valuable in the continued expansion of the museum.

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Blackpool Brush 636 put up for sale

Posted on Sunday 26 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

Ever fancied owning a tram? If so now could be your chance as the owner of Blackpool Brush 636 has put it up for sale with a now closed listing being made available on ebay.

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Events Coming this week…

Posted on Sunday 26 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

The Bank Holiday is near and then it’s the May Half Term school holidays so still plenty of family orientated events to enjoy on tramways in the British Isles. This round-up look at what’s happening from Monday 27th May to Sunday 2nd June.

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Blackpool announce the chance to travel on the North Station extension before it officially opens!

Posted on Saturday 25 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

Blackpool Transport and Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours have announced a series of special activities and packages available for people to travel on the North Station extension in the days leading up to its opening on Sunday 16th June. In the three days immediately before the opening of the extension there will the chance to travel on either a modern or heritage tram across the entire tramway, including the extension, as well as to see behind the scenes at Starr Gate Depot.

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Around the World in Trams: Centraal Station Amsterdam

Posted on Saturday 25 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

The month of May’s “Around the World in Trams” is still in 1980 as we take another look at Amsterdam.

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Nexus hand over £9000 charity donation after a year of fundraising

Posted on Saturday 25 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

As with many large businesses across the UK, each year Nexus nominate a charity of the year with their employees fundraising throughout the year to raise money for the organisation. The 2023/4 charity for Nexus employees was Daft As A Brush Cancer Patient Care and recently a £9,600 cheque was handed at Newcastle Central station.

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Edinburgh Trams offer special ticket offer for 10th birthday

Posted on Saturday 25 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

31st May 2024 will mark the 10th birthday of the Edinburgh Trams network and as part of their celebrations a very special ticket offer is available. Anyone buying a weekly city zone ticket during anniversary week through the ET app will be able to purchase it for just £10 – that’s a discount of £6!

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In Pictures: A trip to the Crich Tramway Village

Posted on Friday 24 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

In this latest visit to the Crich Tramway Village we take a look at the sights of the operating service on Sunday 11th May. With pleasant sunny weather this visit saw the current “nice weather” selection of trams – Blackpool 236, Blackpool 40 and our first photos of Chesterfield 7 back in service since its return earlier in the month. Stuart Cooke provides the photos.

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Tram allocations confirmed for Blackpool Event Weekend

Posted on Friday 24 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

As already mentioned on these pages, the Spring Bank Holiday weekend between Saturday 25th and Monday 27th May sees the first “Event Weekend” of 2024 in Blackpool. With a reduced number of trams available because of the ongoing issues at Rigby Road and the out-basing of heritage trams at Starr Gate it was always going to be different from previous hop-on, hop-off timetables but a variety of trams and trips will be offered.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Electric Locomotive & Crane 4

Posted on Friday 24 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

Its time for another change of location for “Picture in Time” with the next set of photos coming from Crich.

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In Pictures: New trains on test on Tyne and Wear Metro

Posted on Thursday 23 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

As we reported earlier this month, Wednesday 15th May 2024 saw the start of daylight testing for the new Tyne and Wear Metro trains when 555 005 was let out in between the service on the coastal route between Newcastle and North Tyneside. The same unit has been out most weekdays since then as the testing continues and in this article we take our first look at the unit on test.

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In Pictures: Blackpool 717 undertakes the Full System Tour

Posted on Thursday 23 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

Sunday 5th May saw the first of two planned “Full System Tours” in Blackpool run. Balloon 717 was the tram chosen to undertake the special route across the tramway which saw it cover several parts of the tramway which it isn’t usually possible to have a ride on.

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Midland Metro 16 becomes a “hub for innovative transport technology”

Posted on Thursday 23 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

As reported earlier this year, former Midland Metro T69 16 is to receive a new lease of life as a testbed for various new technologies and now more details have been released of this after a special Demonstration Day event last month at the Very Light Rail Innovation Centre in Dudley.

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Nottingham Express Transit 232 heads off repairs

Posted on Wednesday 22 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

Trams on the back of low loaders is not exactly ground-breaking news with the West Midlands Metro in particular seemingly always sending their trams off somewhere or another. But the sight of a tram from Nottingham on a lorry is a bit more unusual which makes this story a little more exciting. The tram which has on the move recently has been Citadis 232.

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Fleetwood Tram Sunday cancelled – and then its not!

Posted on Wednesday 22 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

A week may be a long time in politics but it also looks like a few days is a very long time in organising community based events! The Fleetwood Festival of Transport – aka Tram Sunday – was abruptly cancelled due to a lack of volunteers and then just a few days later it was all back on after a new event committee was formed.

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Man jailed and banned from trams after conviction of sexual assault

Posted on Wednesday 22 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

Tahir Ali, aged 37 from Oldham, has been jailed for three years and banned from the Metrolink network following a conviction of sexual assault. He was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault following incidents involving a woman and a teenage girl on board trams.

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