What's New on British Trams Online?

Photos
This week photos come from the West Midlands Metro. These were taken on a days visit to the system and start off with a look at driver training on the extension to Millennium Point before we head out onto the rest of the network to see many of the trams in service. Included are four advert liveries, including a new one for Xero, only applied a few days earlier.

* 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 Blackpool Tramway (tram availability and photo links), Edinburgh Trams (photo links), Great Orme Tramway (last operating date), Manchester Metrolink (new advert and photo links), National Tramway Museum (last operated dates and photo links), Tyne and Wear Metro (new train into service) and West Midlands Metro (new advert, advert removed, tram back into service and photo links) Fleet Lists. There are also updates to the Manchester Metrolink (new advert and photo links) and West Midlands Metro (advert removed, new advert and photo links) Advert Lists.

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

In the News
Since this page was last updated we've seen the news keep coming in with new adverts in Manchester and on the West Midlands Metro whilst down at the National Tramway Museum a new season has commenced and we have photos from the first couple of weekends as trams are back running. On the Tyne and Wear Metro we've seen 555 030 enter service as the fleet switchover continues. There have been photos from Blackpool as old historic tramtrack is removed whilst over on the Isle of Man comes the news that we may get a decision on (re)-extending the horse tramway to the Sea Terminal this May. Meanwhile, there are engineering works taking place in Sheffield and due to take place in Manchester over the Easter weekend. And talking about Sheffield comes the news that the tram-train stop at Magna will be opening on Thursday 9th April 2026.

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

Please enjoy the update!

Gareth - 29th March 2026



Picture of the Week: London County Council 106

The National Tramway Museum reopened for another season on Saturday 14th March 2026 and with sunny weather one of the trams out on that opening day was London County Council 106 - a tram which has also seen extensive use since. In this shot we see 106 passing the depot entrance on its way back down to Town End after heading up the line.
Photograph by Steven Hughes