What's New on British Trams Online?

Photos
Its another Bank Holiday weekend (although the last for three months!) so we again have a double dose of photos added to the site from our two ongoing series.

The first set are another edition of "Around the World in Trams" and this time the location we visit is Prague. Tony Sullivan is your photographer as we see several of the Tatra trams in action back in April 2004.

Then its time for "20 Photos of..." as this archive series looks at Trams Away from Home. These are heritage trams on loan at tramways away from their usual home as we see trams such as Glasgow 1068 running at Beamish, Blackpool 706 at Heaton Park, London County Council 106 at East Anglia Transport Museum, and Liverpool 762 in Blackpool. All in all we see 20 different trams on unusual metals.

* 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 East Anglia Transport Museum (photo links), Edinburgh Trams (new advert correction and photo links), Luas, Dublin (photo links), Manx Electric Railway (last operated dates), National Tramway Museum (photo links) and Tyne and Wear Metro (photo links) Fleet Lists. There are also updates to the Edinburgh Trams (new advert correction) Advert List.

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

In the News
This week has come the news from Crich that it is planned that Blackpool Centenary 645 ("Access Tram II") is set to be launched into service on 12th September 2026 during Tram Weekend with a Save the Date announcement coming for this key project for the National Tramway Museum. The week has been dominated by various pictorial articles as we see the Swinging 60s at East Anglia Transport Museum and trams in action in Dublin and trains on the Tyne and Wear Metro.

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

Please enjoy this week's update!

Gareth - 23rd May 2026



Picture of the Week: Amsterdam 474

Amsterdam 474 returned to service at the East Anglia Transport Museum on 3rd April 2026. The tram had last run in 2023 but now after an extensive overhaul it is back in service to transport visitors along the museum tramway adding an European attraction to the museum! In this view - taken 26th April 2026 - we see 474 standing at Chapel Road terminus between duties.
Photograph by Bryan Grint