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This week we bring you photos of the London Trams system. The photos are from a visit on the early May Bank Holiday Monday this year and show trams in Croydon Town Centre and out onto the Beckenham Junction/Elmers End, New Addington and Wimbledon lines.

* All new photo collections added to the site in 2026 can be found on the Photo Gallery Index.

Fleet Lists
This week there are updates this week to the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway (tram status update), Edinburgh Trams (photo links), London Trams (photo links) and Manx Electric Railway (last operated date). There is also an updates to the Edinburgh Trams (photo links) Advert List.

* All our Fleet Lists can be found through the Fleet Lists Index.

In the News
This week we have headed to Yorkshire as Donald Brooks has taken a look at the Shipley Glen Tramway - both now and how it was. There have also been photos on-board Sheffield 513 at the East Anglia Transport Museum, of temporary service changes in Edinburgh after a building fire and a breakdown at Hillsborough for one of Supertram's Siemens-Duewag trams. Meanwhile, in Nottingham tram shortages continue to impact services according to the latest Operational Report released ahead of a committee meeting.

* For all the latest News and our regular photo series head to the News & Features page.

Please enjoy this week's update! There will be no main site update next weekend (although the News & Features page will continue to be updated), with the next update scheduled to be the weekend of 1st/2nd August 2026.

Gareth - 18th July 2026



Picture of the Week: London Trams 2557

We look down at Blackhorse Lane tramstop in this photo as we see London Trams Variobahn 2557 arriving on its way to Wimbledon. The image was captured on 4th May 2026.
Photograph by Gareth Prior























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