Edinburgh Trams and IHF Driver Innovation Safety Challenge moves to pilot stage

Posted on Thursday 10 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

As we reported earlier in the summer Edinburgh Trams are leading a Driver Innovation Safety Challenge (DISC) project along with IHF to help to monitor driver fatigue and it has now been announced that this project will be known as FOCUS+ and is now entering the pilot test stage in September.

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Lockdown Walks: Stagecoach Supertram 115

Posted on Thursday 10 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Today we take another trip to Sheffield for images taken of Supertram during 2020 as part of a “Lockdown Walk”.

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Ipswich Transport Museum to reopen

Posted on Wednesday 9 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

The Ipswich Transport Museum – home to Ipswich 33 and Cambridge horse car 7 – is to belatedly open for the season on Sunday 20th September, with it then being open every Wednesday and Sunday until Sunday 29th November.

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Anti-social behaviour crackdown on Tyne & Wear Metro

Posted on Wednesday 9 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Northumbria Police and Nexus have teamed up for a major anti-social behaviour crackdown on the Tyne and Wear Metro to both protect and educate passengers on the network. Operation Hermes took place over a two day period in late August with a range of tactics deployed including the use of archway knife detectors and wands, undercover work and outreach.

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Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 209

Posted on Wednesday 9 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Our modern tram version of “Picture in Time” this week moves across the Midlands from West to East as we head to Nottingham.

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Bury line goes over to Line of Sight operation

Posted on Tuesday 8 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink’s Bury line has become the latest section of the network to be fully converted to TMS control with the final section between Whitefield and Bury Interchange moving over on Monday 24th August.

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Seaton Tramway wins Tripadvisor mark

Posted on Tuesday 8 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

The Seaton Tramway have announced that they have recently been awarded the 2020 Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice award, based on good feedback left on the popular Tripadvisor website and app.

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Still Standing! Chorlton Tramway Office

Posted on Tuesday 8 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

We are off to Greater Manchester again for our latest photo of a first generation tramway structure still in situ today.

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In Pictures: Cable Tramway artefacts discovered in Edinburgh

Posted on Monday 7 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

We’re used by now to finding historic artefacts underneath road surfaces across the UK and this includes when they start to construct new tram lines. That is the case in Edinburgh where work to extend the modern Edinburgh Trams system along Leith Walk has thrown up many historic items and this has included some remnants of the long-gone cable tramway system which once operated in the Scottish capital.

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In Review: Fylde Transport Trust books

Posted on Monday 7 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

The Fylde Transport Trust have recently released a set of new books which as well as providing some reading for enthusiasts also have the added bonus of providing a source of fundraising for their restoration projects on both trams and buses. Two of the three books released have a tram connection and we take a look at both in this article.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 634

Posted on Monday 7 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this latest edition of “Picture in Time” we are again heading to Blackpool, well, Fleetwood actually but you get the idea, for an archive image showing the tramway as it once was.

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Trams in Video: Lisbon Trams – October 2016

Posted on Sunday 6 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this vide we are back to Portugal and Lisbon for some more footage taken during October 2016. Included in this footage we see local youths hanging on and taking a free ride on the tramway. A worldwide phenomenon this is dangerous to say the least and throughout the UK warnings are given on how dangerous this is and we certainly don’t condone any actions shown in this video!

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Wilkinson’s demolition set to start

Posted on Sunday 6 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Since work on the Blackpool North Railway Station tramway extension resumed at the start of June there hasn’t been a large amount of obvious progress as a great deal of preparation has been needed first. But as from Monday 7th September major signs of progress will be visible as the Wilkinson’s building will start to be demolished necessitating road closures in the local area.

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Lockdown Walks: Manchester Metrolink 3034

Posted on Sunday 6 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Our latest entry into our “Lockdown Walks” photographic series comes from Manchester Metrolink.

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What’s New on British Trams Online?

Posted on Sunday 6 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

There are another couple of Photo Galleries now added to the main website, including images from overseas and also the 50th Anniversary celebrations in Seaton:

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In Pictures: New Ashton Interchange opens

Posted on Saturday 5 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

As expected Sunday 30th August saw the opening of the new interchange at Ashton-under-Lyne. This new multi-million pound facility now provides a seamless interchange between Manchester Metrolink and local bus services with plenty of covered accommodation for passengers as they wait to continue their journeys. In this pictorial article we take a look at the new facility on its first day in use.

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Around the World in Trams: Seville 304

Posted on Saturday 5 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

The last of our photos from Seville today and as we’ve been going up numerically over the last couple of weeks we come to 304.

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More rail replacement work coming for Supertram

Posted on Saturday 5 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Area 4 of the 2020 Supertram Rail Replacement works will get underway from Tuesday 15th September with the work this time being completed around Crystal Peaks necessitating service changes for the Blue route. The Purple route will also return to operation but on a revised timetable with the Yellow route and Tram-Train service unaffected by this work.

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Lockdown Walks: Edinburgh Trams 271

Posted on Saturday 5 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this latest “Lockdown Walk” we are once again in Edinburgh for a view of one of the trams at rest.

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In Pictures: Birmingham Westside extension works continue

Posted on Friday 4 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Work on further extending the West Midlands Metro to Hagley Road in Edgbaston have been continuing over the past few months with just a short break at the start of the lockdown restrictions in March. This extension will see trams continue beyond the temporary terminus at Library travelling via Broad Street and Five Ways to the new terminus at Hagley Road – the line is due to open in 2021. Dan Noon recently took a walk along the line from Library and this pictorial features some of the images showing how things looked at the end of August 2020.

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