In Pictures: Trams return to service in Blackpool

Posted on Monday 22 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

After eight days with no trams as a result of the essential trackworks taking place, a service resumed on the Blackpool Tramway on Monday 22nd February. Currently planned to be running until the end of Saturday 27th February, trams are running between Harrow Place and Cabin only with the no. 1 bus service continuing to run to an enhanced timetable to allow passengers to complete their journeys. Trams are operating every 20 minutes for most of the day (every half hour in the early mornings and evenings).

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Trams &: Blackpool 40, 167 & bus

Posted on Monday 22 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Trams &” we are at the Crich Tramway Village but the photo has a distinctly Blackpool feel as there are two trams and a bus which all originate from the Fylde Coast.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramroad bogies

Posted on Monday 22 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

We conclude our look at Works vehicles in Blackpool during the 1970s today but this time we’re not looking at a complete tram or any other vehicle but some old Fleetwood Tramroad bogies which were being used to transport some rails when captured at Thornton Gate.

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Trams in Video: Crich Tramway Village – 50 years of operation

Posted on Sunday 21 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Trams in Video” we once again find ourselves the Crich Tramway Village with a celebration of 50 years of operation. Including footage of both Sheffield 15 in service with Joseph the horse providing the power we also see many of the varied electric trams both running and also stabled around the depots and Great Exhibition Hall.

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In Pictures: Update from Leith Walk

Posted on Sunday 21 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

The major construction project to extend Edinburgh Trams from the current city centre terminus at York Place along Leith Walk and then on to Newhaven has been continuing in recent weeks. As with most projects of this type much work goes on where to the layman it would appear holes are just being dug with very little outcome but in some of the worksites now it is the opposite with track continuing to be laid. This latest update shows the scene on Leith Walk during February 2021.

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Lockdown Walks: Stagecoach Supertram 101

Posted on Sunday 21 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

Another outing during Lockdown for this latest edition of “Lockdown Walks” and we are again heading out in Sheffield.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 21st February 2021

Posted on Sunday 21 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

This week we go back to 2006 for a selection of images taken on Nottingham Express Transit, which at the time had been running for a little over two years. With the trams running in their original fleet livery (plus a few adverts too) we take a look at the network as it was in 2006 between Station Street and Hucknall/Phoenix Park.

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In Picture: Tamper at work in Blackpool

Posted on Saturday 20 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

It may be the weekend but that doesn’t mean it’s a day off for the workers involved in the trackwork in Blackpool – far from it as the tamper was out once again being used on both the northbound track from Cleveleys to Fleetwood and then the southbound track. Unfortunately, as with an attempt earlier in the week to use the crossover at Cabin it wasn’t possible for the tram to use the crossover at Thornton Gate and so a road trip was required to transfer it onto the opposite track. This latest photo update shows us a few sights on Saturday 20th February 2021.

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Around the World in Trams: Den Haag 5017

Posted on Saturday 20 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

Today we have another look at the trams in Den Haag,

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Progress made on restorations in the north west

Posted on Saturday 20 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

Although we remain under Covid restrictions there is still some good progress to be reported on two tram restorations in the north west – one in Blackpool and the other in Birkenhead. Those trams are Blackpool Railcoach 279 and Warrington 28.

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Lockdown Walks: Edinburgh Trams 261

Posted on Saturday 20 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Lockdown Walks” we are again heading north of the border to the only new tramway in Scotland.

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Very Light Rail test track complete

Posted on Friday 19 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

The test track for the Very Light Rail project in Dudley has been completed in a major milestone for the programme, with the first of Coventry VLR prototype vehicles due to be tested later in 2021. The test track is part of the National Innovation Centre which is being supported by the West Midlands Combined Authority as part of their plan to make the region net zero carbon zero in the next 20 years.

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Full length Douglas Bay Horse thrown into doubt again

Posted on Friday 19 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

If this article was in a tabloid newspaper the word again in the headline would probably in capitals as it’s a story which keeps coming around time after time – it appears that the future of the full length Douglas Bay Horse Tramway has again been thrown into doubt. It now seems that permission for funding for the section of tramway between Broadway and the Sea Terminal will have to be sought again as Treasury politicians have decided that before the Department of Infrastructure use part of their pre-agreed heritage railway budget for the purpose it will have to be approved in Tynwald (again).

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Smartphone app launched to showcase rebuild of Gosforth Depot

Posted on Friday 19 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

VolkerFitzpatrick – who have been contracted by Stadler to rebuild the Tyne and Wear Metro depot at Gosforth – have developed a new smartphone app which will be able to keep the local community up-to-date with the £70 million project. It is hoped it will give a better understanding to local residents and businesses of the works taking place at the depot.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool 31

Posted on Friday 19 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

The location for this edition of “Picture in Time” is Beamish again.

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Metrolink disruption after derailment at Deansgte-Castlefield

Posted on Thursday 18 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

Services throughout the Manchester Metrolink network were disrupted on Thursday 18th February after a minor derailment at Deansgate-Castlefield. Double unit 3019 and 3059 were the trams involved in the incident which saw the rear bogies of 3019 leaving the tracks as the pair departed from the stop towards the city centre.

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In Pictures: More from Blackpool

Posted on Thursday 18 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

In this latest look at the ongoing trackworks in Blackpool we feature some more track welding taking place at Gynn Square as well as taking a look at another piece of equipment which is being used during the works. Tony Armitage is our man on the ground again as he continues to get his lockdown exercise!

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Stop by Stop Blackpool Tramway: Pleasure Beach

Posted on Thursday 18 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

The first of the main stops on the Blackpool Tramway after departure from Starr Gate heading north is that at Pleasure Beach which always sees plenty of people getting on and off (except during a major global pandemic of course!).

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In Pictures: Blackpool engineering works continue

Posted on Wednesday 17 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

The two week programme of engineering works on the Blackpool Tramway has been continuing over the last couple of days and in this pictorial update we see some of the work being undertaken on the section north of Cabin up towards Cleveleys with new track and a tamper featuring. Tony Armitage went for a walk to see what was happening on 17th February 2021.

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Tram Pub Signs: The Tramway, Gorleston and Tramway Hotel, Pakefield

Posted on Wednesday 17 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

In this article we feature another two pubs with tramway themed signs, both of which can be found in East Anglia. We’ve banded these two together because they actually use the same image of a tram – a tram that isn’t particularly local to East Anglia!

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