The winners are… Tram of the Year Results announced!

Posted on Saturday 17 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

After four weeks of hard fought voting the results are in of the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2025 – and the winners can now be revealed! The winners this year come from the Isle of Man, Manchester, Blackpool and Carlton Colville as the public have once again spoken!

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 17th January 2026

Posted on Saturday 17 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

There are two sets of photos added to the site this week:

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Around the World in Trams: Hong Kong 79

Posted on Saturday 17 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

Its another edition of “Around the World in Trams” and we go to Hong Kong for today’s photos.

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Comedy Wildlife Photography Exhibition heads to Seaton Tramway

Posted on Saturday 17 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

The Seaton Tramway is set to welcome the Comedy Wildlife Photography Exhibition to Seaton Station for three months, as an added attraction for visitors to the tramway.

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Emergency roadworks lead to Blackpool Tramway changes

Posted on Saturday 17 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

Tram services on the Blackpool Tramway have been unable to run up Talbot Road to North Station since the start of Friday 16th January 2026 after emergency roadworks started in Talbot Square.

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2026 starts with more Metrocar scrappings

Posted on Friday 16 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

It took a little while but scrappings of redundant Metrocars have resumed with, so far, two more examples heading off the Tyne and Wear Metro for a one-way trip and an appointment with the scrapman.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Rail Crane 260 and Brush 259

Posted on Friday 16 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

We are back to Blackpool tonight for the latest “Picture in Time” and its another outing for the Works Cars in 1994.

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More delays for West Midlands Metro extensions

Posted on Thursday 15 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

Yes, this is a “stating the obvious” kind of article but it may not have escaped your notice that the first phase of the Birmingham Eastside extension as far as Millennium Point did not open in late 2025 as had been hoped. Although testing was underway in 2025, issues were discovered which has meant its opening has been pushed back further with the latest being “early 2026”.

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UKTram appoint Tim Bilby as Stakeholder & Innovation Manager

Posted on Thursday 15 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

Tim Bilby, the former Managing Director of South Yorkshire Supertram, has joined the UKTram team as Stakeholder and Innovation Manager. This appointment will strengthen the organisations capacity to support innovation and engagement across the light rail sector.

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Beamish Tramway mileage and more infrastructure work to take place

Posted on Wednesday 14 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

It has been revealed that the trams at Beamish covered 16,305 miles during 2025 – a year which saw no trams between January and April because of major track relaying work. And 2026 is set to see even more investment in the tramway infrastructure to continue to maintain and improve the hardest working heritage tramway in the UK.

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First Metrolink engineering works of 2026 announced

Posted on Wednesday 14 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

A new year means new opportunities for improvement works on Manchester Metrolink and whilst big projects have yet to announced (which will inevitably come later in the year) the first line closures have been, as has some work which shouldn’t cause any disruption to services.

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Public transport usage in Edinburgh continues to grow

Posted on Tuesday 13 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

More passengers took advantage of Edinburgh Trams and Lothian Buses services in 2025 with the trams having record patronage whilst for the buses they also saw an increase on the previous 12 months. In total over 130 million passenger journeys were recorded across the two operators, who are now more closely aligned with the same Chief Executive in charge of the two.

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Latest NET Operational Performance report released

Posted on Tuesday 13 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

The Greater Nottingham Light Rail Transit Advisory Committee will be meeting in January 2026 for the first time in six months and as is usual ahead of the meeting an operational performance and progress report is released online. This report again goes through how the service has been running, with this particular one covering the period between the start of June 2025 and end of November 2025.

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Lisbon 730 to receive Newcastle Corporation colours

Posted on Monday 12 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

The first update of 2026 from the Beamish Transport and Industry blog is packed full of little snippets on the trams – and that includes the tantalisingly prospect that Lisbon 730 is set to receive a partial repaint which will see its existing bright yellow livery transformed into Newcastle Corporation colours!

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15 Years Apart: Blackpool & Fleetwood 40

Posted on Monday 12 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

We return with another edition of “15 Years Apart” as we take a look at Blackpool & Fleetwood Box 40 in both 2010 and 2025.

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Out and About: Edinburgh Trams – January 2026

Posted on Sunday 11 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

“Out and About” continues this evening and in this edition we are in Edinburgh once again.

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We missed a new Metro train into service!

Posted on Sunday 11 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

With the regular entry into service of the new trains on the Tyne and Wear Metro it was always inevitably going to happen that we missed one entering service! And that is precisely what happened in the lead up to Christmas with 555 041 having carried its first passengers.

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UKTram pledge to deliver even greater value for members in 2026

Posted on Sunday 11 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

UKTram plan to deliver even greater value for members in 2026 whilst supporting the continued growth, performance and impact of light rail across the UK and Ireland.

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In Pictures: Another advert on the West Midlands Metro

Posted on Saturday 10 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

They’re like London buses! We’re only 10 days into 2026 but the West Midlands Metro already have their second new advert of the year as 47 has followed 56 in receiving a set of vinyls with the tram now advertising itv.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 10th January 2026

Posted on Saturday 10 January 2026 by Gareth Prior

This week’s main site update includes a set of photos taken just before Christmas at the East Anglia Transport Museum during their Ride the Lights event:

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