What’s New on British Trams Online? 16th February 2025

This week we have photos from the West Midlands Metro:

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In Pictures: Service changes as engineering works take place in Edinburgh

Between Friday 14th and Sunday 16th February, Edinburgh Trams ran a split service because of engineering works taking place on the York Place crossover. Trams ran from the Airport to West End and from Balfour Street to Newhaven, meaning that there was no service at Princes Street, St Andrew Square, Picardy Place or McDonald Road tramstops. In this pictorial article we take a look at some of the unusual moves which took place to allow this split service to operate.

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Another LRSSB podcast is released

The LRSSB’s own podcast is back with another edition, with the latest release being the second part of a special featuring discussion between two leading light rail figures on the value of the LRSSB to the sector.

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Old and New – Blackpool: North Pier

We go “Old and New” again as this series continues with two images: one taken of a heritage tram and the other of a modern tram in roughly the same location. Remaining in Blackpool this week we move to North Pier.

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Stop by Stop Edinburgh Trams: Through the City Centre and beyond – Haymarket

Its another edition of “Stop by Stop” as on we go with a journey in Edinburgh. We now reach Haymarket as the tramway leaves its on street running.

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Gateshead Primary School unveil Metro inspired mural

Children at a Primary School in Gateshead have recently completed a mural which is inspired by the Tyne and Wear Metro. Pupils from St Alban’s Catholic Primary School at Pelaw worked alongside a local artist to design the mural which can now be seen on a wall at the front of their school building on Rothbury Avenue.

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Delays after taxi and tram collide

There were delays on Manchester Metrolink’s Oldham and Rochdale line on the evening of Monday 10th February after a taxi collided with a tram at Freehold.

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In Pictures: More photos from Black Country line construction

The countdown to the opening of the West Midlands Metro Black Country line extension really does seem as if its on as excellent progress is now being made on various points of phase one. With the progress being made could it be that a “by the end of 2025” deadline may actually be met for trams to run from Wednesbury to Dudley? Andy Walters recently took a look at recent progress.

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Around the World in Trams: Oslo 108

Time to go “Around the World in Trams” again and we’re still in Oslo.

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Latest LRSSB guidance released on tram-train design and operation

The Light Rail Safety and Standards Board (LRSSB) have recently released a guidance document which sets out the key principles for the safe integration of tram-train systems in the UK. This is the latest guidance released by the organisation who aim to improve the safety of light rail systems across the country.

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Metro performance edges up again

Having reached the lows of 65% of trains being on time in the last four weeks of 2024, there is some better news to report on the Tyne and Wear Metro as the performance stats have improved in the first four full weeks of 2025.

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In Pictures: Inside and Out of the new Metro trains

Back on 19th December 2024 the first of 46 new trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro entered service when 555 021 carried passengers for the first time. During testing and after initial introduction we have seen several images of what the new trains look like but for the first time on these pages we now take a look inside one of the units. Trevor Hall with the photos.

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Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours win at Lancashire Tourism Awards

It is awards season across many different sectors and Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours are celebrating having won “Experience of the Year” at the Lancashire Tourism Awards.

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Picture in Time: Luas 5005

We go for another “Picture in Time” and its coming from Luas once more.

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Advert Up Close: South Yorkshire Supertram 111 – Sumup

In this article we take a look at some more of the detail of an advertising livery carried on a tram in the UK. This time we head off to the South Yorkshire Supertram system to look at the advert carried for Sumup – an ad with different colours at each end.

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Manchester Metrolink Engineering Works: 22nd & 23rd March

There will be more engineering works on Manchester Metrolink over the weekend of Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd March to allow for track renewal at Deansgate-Castlefield and Trafford Bar.

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Luas launch new “We love it when you…” campaign

Dublin’s extensive Luas network has continued to show its popularity and importance as part of the transport network in the Irish capital city but like many other transport networks around the world that has come with the risk of anti-social behaviour. The network has now launched a new “We love it when you” campaign which asks people to be considerate of others when travelling on the trams.

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West Midlands Metro Urbos3s back at Dudley for repairs

In mid-January 2025 we reported that two West Midlands Metro trams had departed from Wednesbury Depot and as all recent moves had been to Worksop we made an assumption that’s where 34 and 36 had ended up (especially as they had both been there before). But that was a wrong assumption as the two trams have actually gone to the Very Light Rail Innovation Centre in Dudley where they seem to be undergoing repairs.

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LRSSB Heads of Safety Group appoints new Vice-Chair

Don McClurg, who is the Safety Manager at Edinburgh Trams, has recently been appointed Chair of the Light Rail Standards and Safety Board (LRSSB) Head of Safetys Vice-Chair. This group plays an invaluable role in highlighting issues and concerns across the light rail sector.

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Urban Transport Group urge further and faster devolution to unlock economic growth

The Urban Transport Group – the UK’s network of transport authorities – have released a report which says that English devolution is delivering real change across major cities, from enhancing connectivity to boosting housebuilding, but that it needs to go “further and faster” to unlock more economic growth.

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