In Pictures: TfL celebrate 25 years on the DLR

Posted on Tuesday 7 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

We saw a few weeks ago that as part of Transport for London’s 25th anniversary celebrations a half warp had been added to London Trams CR4000 2537. London Trams aren’t the only transport network in the city which has joined in the celebrations either with the DLR also outshopping one of their trains in the special livery.

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Trams after dark at Crich again this November!

Posted on Tuesday 7 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

After the success of last year’s “just out of season” event at the Crich Tramway Village, the museum will once again be seeing trams running after dark on the first weekend after the normal end of the operating season. “Tramlight” will be taking place on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th November 2025 as the museum turns magical as darkness falls.

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Work continues on the trams at Beamish

Posted on Tuesday 7 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

Whilst 2025 may not have been a classic year for the trams at Beamish when you consider what is out and about in service that doesn’t mean its been a quiet year in the workshops with work continuing on preparing more trams for service. Currently there are just three trams available for service (Sunderland 16, Oporto 196 and Sheffield 264) with Blackpool 31 and Newcastle 114 out of service whilst the long-term work continues on Gateshead 10 and investigations continue to get Lisbon 730 into use for the first time since it became a permanent part of the Beamish tram fleet.

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In Pictures: East Anglia Transport Museum celebrates the transport of London

Posted on Monday 6 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th September saw the East Anglia Transport Museum hold their latest special event. That weekend had traditionally been their Trolleybus Weekend but for 2025 they changed things a bit with it instead having a London theme, although the popular after dark running was still in place on the Saturday evening until 2100.

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Another Metro closure for more improvement works

Posted on Monday 6 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

There will be a six day closure on the Tyne and Wear Metro in North Tyneside between Sunday 26th October and Friday 31st October as part of the continued investment in improving the infrastructure of the network. The closure will see no trains running between Benton and Wallsend.

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Stop by Stop Edinburgh Trams: The One That Got Away! York Place

Posted on Monday 6 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

Although we have reached the end of the line on Edinburgh Trams we go back to the city centre today for “Stop by Stop” as we take a look at the “one that got away”!

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Trams &: Edinburgh Trams 273 & cruise ship

Posted on Sunday 5 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

“Trams &” goes to Edinburgh as we see one of the trams running on the Newhaven extension along with a visiting cruise ship.

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KeolisAmey Metrolink win Operator of the Year at Global Light Rail Awards

Posted on Sunday 5 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

The annual Global Light Rail Awards took place in London on 1st October 2025 and once again a wide-range of organisations and individuals were recognised for their achievements over the past year. Although the awards remain global once again it was the UK who were celebrating in many of the categories, including KeolisAmey Metrolink who were named Operator of the Year.

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Blackpool Transport named Tram Operator of the Year at Transport Awards

Posted on Sunday 5 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

It is most certainly awards season in the transport sector with two major ceremonies recently taking place. One of those with the National Transport Awards which as the name suggests covers all aspects of transport in the UK with one of the categories being “Tram Operator of the Year”.

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Nexus’ Poetry Day competition is back

Posted on Sunday 5 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

For the fifth year, Nexus are to run a poetry competition, launched on National Poetry Day once again. Both experienced poets and those who are new to poetry are encouraged to submit their entries and the lucky winners will get to see their work displayed on the Tyne and Wear Metro network.

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Another Stadler train enters service on Tyne and Wear Metro

Posted on Saturday 4 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

The regular churn of new trains entering service on the Tyne and Wear Metro is continuing with 555 031 the 19th of the Stadler built units to carry passengers for the very first time. It was used for the first time on Monday 22nd September 2025.

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Around the World in Trams: Rostock 21

Posted on Saturday 4 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

Our German stay in “Around the World in Trams” continues during October and this time we go back in time and across to East Germany for another excellent selection of evocative photos taken in 1975 by Donald Brooks.

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NET to run trial of more frequent evening services

Posted on Saturday 4 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

There will be more frequent services in the evening on Nottingham Express Transit for a trial one-month period. Originally put in place during the recent Goose Fair the same enhanced evening service will continue for a month from Monday 6th October following customer feedback.

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LRSSB to move towards greater independence

Posted on Saturday 4 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

The Light Rail Safety and Standards Board (LRSSB) have outlined plans which are set to help it meet the future needs of the light rail sector in the UK. This will see the organisation move towards greater independence and stronger sector participation in the LRSSB board.

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In Pictures: First new DLR train enters service

Posted on Friday 3 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

The new era of trains on the Docklands Light Railway is upon us following the entry into service of 209 on Tuesday 30th September 2025. Part of the Inneo family of vehicles from CAF the class is designated as B23 on the DLR (following on from tradition where the B signifies the main depot of Beckton and 23 the year, yes they are late entering service!).

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Power failures cause problems in London and the northeast

Posted on Friday 3 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

Two completely separate power failures caused problems for light rail systems in the UK in late September with both the Tyne and Wear Metro and London Trams impacted. Both were reported at their respective depots but whilst for the Metro they managed to start services within a few hours it was a very different story on London Trams.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 701

Posted on Friday 3 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

Another edition of “Picture in Time” coming from Blackpool.

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More Tyne and Wear Metro scrappings

Posted on Thursday 2 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

We have now reached 35 of the original Tyne and Wear Metro trains have been scrapped (or at least sent for scrapping) with another two having recently been transported to J Denham Metals in Shildon for “recycling”.

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In Pictures: Edinburgh Trams engineering works September 2025

Posted on Thursday 2 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

For three days at the end of September 2025, Edinburgh Trams was split into two as essential engineering works took place on the points at West End (Shandwick Place). No trams ran between Haymarket and Picardy Place on Saturday 27th, Sunday 28th and Monday 29th September to allow the works to take place and in this article we take a look at some of the temporary arrangements in place.

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New LRSSB podcast looks at work of confidential safety hotline

Posted on Thursday 2 October 2025 by Gareth Prior

The latest edition of the LRSSB’s “Let’s Talk Light Rail” podcast has been released and highlights the increasingly important role of an independent organisation that enables light rail employees to report their safety concerns without fear of repercussions.

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