Old and New – Blackpool Tramway: Bispham

Posted on Monday 17 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

For the next few weeks we will be running a series of photos showing trams old and new in more or less the same location on the Blackpool Tramway. We start off at Bispham.

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Out and About: Nottingham Express Transit – September 2025

Posted on Sunday 16 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

“Out and About” this evening is going to the East Midlands for a photo taken on Nottingham Express Transit.

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Tram-Train depot at Taffs Well officially opened by King Charles

Posted on Sunday 16 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

His Majesty King Charles officially opened the South Wales Metro Depot in Taff’s Well on Friday 14th November 2025. The new structure has been built to house 36 Stadler built Citylink tram-trains which are due to start entering service next year as conventional trains ahead of a planned cross-city tram route, due to open in 2028.

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Metro performance falls again

Posted on Sunday 16 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

The ongoing story of how performance on the Tyne and Wear Metro continues to fluctuate is showing no signs of coming to an end with the two latest posters put up at stations showing that whilst the August/September period was an improvement, things went downhill again in the September/October period.

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Supertram to get into festive spirit with on-board choir

Posted on Sunday 16 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

Sunday 30th November 2025 will be a day to really start to get into the Christmas spirit on the South Yorkshire Supertram network as they will be welcoming a local choir on-board for a return journey from Middlewood to Meadowhall.

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In Pictures: More advert changes in Manchester

Posted on Saturday 15 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

Euro 2028 may (unsurprisingly) still be more than two years away from starting (9th June to 9th July 2028 in case you’re wondering) but that hasn’t stopped vinyls being wrapped on a tram in Manchester to promote the fact that it is a host city. 3092 is the tram which has received the brightly coloured advert, with it being noted in service for the first time on 13th November 2025.

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Around the World in Trams: Rome 9013

Posted on Saturday 15 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

“Around the World in Trams” again comes from Rome today.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 15th November 2025

Posted on Saturday 15 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

We take a trip to Blackpool in September 2025 for this week’s set of photos:

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Luas Engineering Works: 22nd and 23rd November 2025

Posted on Saturday 15 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

There will be changes to services on Luas’ Red Line over the weekend of 22nd and 23rd November with more engineering works set to take place.

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Metrolink delays after tram hit by car in Oldham

Posted on Saturday 15 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink services on the Oldham and Rochdale line were suspended for a time on the morning of Saturday 8th November after unit heading to Shaw and Crompton was hit by a car.

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In Pictures: Blackpool 008 & 009 have adverts fully removed as 015 is back in service

Posted on Friday 14 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

It’s the case of another tram losing all of its external advertising in Blackpool with 008 and 009 the latest trams to have been completely stripped of long-standing adverts. Meanwhile, the operational fleet has been boosted with 015 now back in use after missing the past few months.

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Storm Claudia leads to tram service changes

Posted on Friday 14 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

Friday 14th November 2025 saw the arrival of another named storm as Storm Claudia (named by the Spanish Met Office) hit the UK. Unfortunately, its strong winds and heavy rain led to some service changes on UK tramways.

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Picture in Time: Grimsby & Immingham 26

Posted on Friday 14 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

For the third week in a row we feature the same tram as part of “Picture in Time” but this time its looking a little bit different and its also having a spot of bother!

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In Pictures: Trams come and go from service at Crich

Posted on Thursday 13 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

Another season has now come to an end at the Crich Tramway Village with the museum now closed to the public until Saturday 14th March 2026. As the season concludes we look set to be saying goodbye to one tram from regular use, whilst work continues on returning other trams to service. It’s a very Blackpool dominated update, and it includes a surprise of what may be running in 2026…

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9 runs the most at Seaton in October

Posted on Thursday 13 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

As another main operating season comes to a close at the Seaton Tramway, the latest newsletter gives us more details about how far each tram ran during the last full month of running in 2025. Although the weather has been cooling and becoming less settled it was a month which still saw the open top double deckers dominating the mileage with the usual top three.

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Another closure coming for a section of the Tyne and Wear Metro

Posted on Thursday 13 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

There will be no Tyne and Wear Metro service between Regent Centre and Airport for five days at the end of November with rail replacement works set to take place from Wednesday 26th and Sunday 30th November 2025.

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In Pictures: Edinburgh Trams 251 gets is eighth advert for St James Quarter!

Posted on Wednesday 12 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

Some trams swap advertisers quickly, some keep the exact same advert for a long time and then there is Edinburgh Trams 251! This tram is in a completely different category as although its had a long association with the same advertiser – St James Quarter – it often sees changes to some of its vinyls and is now on its eighth different iteration.

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New DLR trains temporarily taken out of use

Posted on Wednesday 12 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

Transport for London have confirmed that they have temporarily taken the new trains out of service whilst they investigate an incident which occurred during November 2025.

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Discounted travel for hospital visitors and staff continues on West Midlands Metro

Posted on Wednesday 12 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

The pilot to provide discounted travel for visitors and staff to the Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital on the West Midlands Metro has been extended for a further 12 months. For the past six months the West Midlands Metro have partnered with the hospital to offer up to 15% off tram fares for patients and their families travelling to the hospital, and it has proved to be a success with loads of people having taken up the offer.

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In Pictures: The lights go on for Tramlight at Crich

Posted on Tuesday 11 November 2025 by Gareth Prior

The Crich Tramway Village ended 2025 in style once again with, for the second year in a row, a special premium event taking place over the weekend of 8th and 9th November. This year branded as “Tramlight” the idea behind the event is fairly simple (even if the efforts behind the scenes to make it possible are anything but simple!) – trams running after dark with special lighting effects and even illuminated trams!

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