Still Standing! Daubhill Depot, Bolton

Posted on Wednesday 17 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

Another trip to the northwest of England for the latest instalment of our series looking at surviving structures from first generation tramways. This is one of the old depots in Bolton.

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Third of latest batch of M5000s arrives in Manchester

Posted on Tuesday 16 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

Saturday 6th February saw the third of the current batch of 27 Bombardier built M5000s arrive at Queen’s Road Depot in Manchester – almost two months since the previous arrival. 3123 made the trip from Germany and will now be commissioned at the depot before being considered to enter service.

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Tyne and Wear Metro’s 40th anniversary to be celebrated with online event

Posted on Tuesday 16 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

A special online lunchtime event will be taking place on Wednesday 24th February with the former boss of Nexus Mike Parker and the current Director General Tobyn Hughes in conversation about the Tyne and Wear Metro network. This free event is part of the Urban Transport Group’s series with a live online audience.

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Whatever Happened To? Midland Metro 14

Posted on Tuesday 16 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

Its another look at one of the original Midland Metro trams for this edition of “Whatever Happened To?” as we now reach no. 14.

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In Pictures: Blackpool trackwork begins

Posted on Monday 15 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

With the Blackpool Tramway being completely suspended for a week from Sunday 14th December (and then only running part route for up to the next seven days) a start has been made on the essential trackworks. Work is underway in at least two different locations with advantage being taken of no trams running at all to get the work completed. Tony Armitage took a walk down to the Prom to see what was happening.

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Trams &: Sunderland 16 & Road Locomotive

Posted on Monday 15 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Trams &” we take a trip to Beamish to see one of the resident trams alongside a visiting road locomotive.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Diamond T tow truck

Posted on Monday 15 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

As we continue our look at some of the Works vehicles of Blackpool Corporation Transport in 1975 we find ourselves looking at one which was used mainly to tow buses but was also occasionally used for trams – it is a Diamond T truck.

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Trams in Video: London Tramlink in the Snow 2013

Posted on Sunday 14 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

It has to be said that when snow falls on any UK tramway it seems to change the scene allowing for some different photos and video to be shot of the trams running and so it was on 21st January 2013 when there was snow in South London allowing this footage of London Tramlink to be shot. Various locations on the network are shown with both the Bombardier CR4000s and Stadler Variobahns featuring.

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In Pictures: Trams to Newhaven construction work continues

Posted on Sunday 14 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

While a lot of discussion in Edinburgh at the moment may be concerned with future extensions it shouldn’t be forgotten that there is one extension which will definitely be happening – the Trams to Newhaven project. Due to start running in 2023 construction work got underway last year with the first tracks being laid in November 2020. Construction has been continuing in early 2021 and despite sub zero temperatures and snow causing a brief suspension last week good progress continues to be made.

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Lockdown Walks: Stagecoach Supertram 116

Posted on Sunday 14 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

“Lockdown Walks” continues today as we again take a trip to Sheffield and view one of the original trams in an all over advert.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 14th February 2021

Posted on Sunday 14 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

We’re back to off the United States of America for our photo set this week as we feature the Monongahela Incline Railway:

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Main construction works in Dudley to get underway soon

Posted on Saturday 13 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

We seem to have been reporting on the West Midlands Metro extension from Wednesbury to Brierley Hill for quite a while with very little tangible progress having been seen on the ground – but all that is set to change in the coming weeks with main construction works set to get underway in Dudley.

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Around the World in Trams: Den Haag 3139

Posted on Saturday 13 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

Its not all about fleet liveries in Den Haag as we find out in today’s 2017 image from the tramway system as “Around the World in Trams” continues.

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Luas Engineering Works: 20th & 21st February

Posted on Saturday 13 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

Luas’s Red line will be partially suspended on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st February to allow essential trackworks close to James’ tramstop to take place and will see replacement buses running between Blackhorse and Heuston.

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Lockdown Walks: Manchester Metrolink 3069+3089

Posted on Saturday 13 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Lockdown Walks” we are again taking a look at Manchester Metrolink.

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Edinburgh’s City Mobility Plan published – big expansion of the trams at the centre

Posted on Friday 12 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

The City of Edinburgh Council have published their City Mobility Plan which it is planned will deliver “a better connected, net zero carbon transport system, a healthier environment and a thriving, inclusive Capital”. In order to achieve this there will be numerous improvements to public transport in the region and that will build on the success of the tram system which is currently being extended to Newhaven in its first extension since originally construction.

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In Pictures: Streetlife Museum, Hull

Posted on Friday 12 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

In this pictorial article we make a visit to the Streetlife Museum of Transport in Hull. With two major tram related exhibits featured, this museum was officially opened over 30 years ago in 1989. The interior of museum is set-up as 1940s high street and that is where the tram exhibits can be found – including Hull 132, a tram which is on loan from the national collection.

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Picture in Time: Newcastle 114

Posted on Friday 12 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

Our regular “Picture in Time” series looking at traditional trams not operating in Blackpool moves on to Beamish for the next few weeks and we start off with a tram which originated from nearby Newcastle.

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Improved maintenance planned for Supertram’s Citylink vehicles

Posted on Thursday 11 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

Ever since the Citylink vehicles were introduced into service on the Stagecoach Supertram network there have been reliability issues with, at times, the complete fleet having to be withdrawn from service. But now Stagecoach have joined with Semcon to come up with a new training plan for technicians at the Nunnery Square Depot which it is hoped will improve the reliability of the seven vehicles which not only operate the service to Rotherham Parkgate but are also used on the conventional tram network as well.

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So Nearly, Not Quite! Docklands Light Railway 53+22 & 78+07

Posted on Thursday 11 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

It’s the series where we try to make excuses for bad photography – that’s right its time for another “So Nearly, Not Quite!”.

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