In Pictures: Sheffield Tram-Train project update

Posted on Saturday 29 July 2017 by Gareth Prior

Despite the recent revelations about how much the Sheffield Tram-Train project has gone over budget and how close it came to be being abandoned work is still progressing at its rather sedate pace ahead of services starting in mid-2018. In this latest pictorial update from Glyn Hill we take a look at recent progress.

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Three tram systems in one day completed for charity

Posted on Saturday 29 July 2017 by Gareth Prior

On Thursday 20th July Chris Holmes, Metrolink Asset Management Technical Assistant at Transport for Greater Manchester, completed a challenge of travelling across three tram systems in England in one day – all in the name of charity. Starting on Metrolink Chris moved across to Sheffield’s Supertram network before finishing up on Nottingham Express Transit.

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Manchester Metrolink Engineering Work: Sunday 30th July

Posted on Saturday 29 July 2017 by Gareth Prior

Engineering works on Aytoun Street in Manchester City Centre will mean that a revised service will run on Manchester Metrolink on Sunday 30th July with no trams running between Piccadilly and Piccadilly Gardens throughout the day.

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Collisions in Manchester and Birmingham

Posted on Saturday 29 July 2017 by Gareth Prior

The past week has seen a couple of collisions involving trams with Manchester Metrolink and Midland Metro the affected systems this time around.

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Bridge opens linking tramstop to Queen’s Medical Centre

Posted on Saturday 29 July 2017 by Gareth Prior

A new pedestrian bridge has opened linking the Nottingham Express Transit tramstop with the Queen’s Medical Centre. Named in honour of Professor Sir Peter Mansfield – who also has a tram named after him – the bridge is 90 metres long and will provide direct access to the hospital. The bridge was officially opened on 28th July – the 40th anniversary of the Queen officially opening the hospital.

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Centenary car 645 returns home

Posted on Friday 28 July 2017 by Andrew Waddington

Following on from the recent news that Blackpool Centenary car 645 had been declared surplus to requirements recently by its owners, the tram departed from Windy Harbour Caravan Park at Little Singleton, where it had resided since January 2012, on 27th July. The tram left for a new home – well, actually, its old home – as it has become the latest of the traditional fleet to return to Blackpool having been acquired by the Blackpool Heritage Trust.

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In Pictures: Birkenhead 20 arrives at Blackpool!

Posted on Friday 28 July 2017 by Andrew Waddington

Birkenhead 20 made the journey by road from Birkenhead to Blackpool on Thursday 27th July, marking the start of its British Trams Online sponsored loan. The tram will be spending 12 months by the seaside and will receive attention to its wheels and tyres during this time, as well as operating as a special guest on the tramway’s heritage tours.

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Tram events – how much notice is enough?

Posted on Wednesday 26 July 2017 by Andrew Waddington

A topic of discussion which seems to have become increasingly common amongst tram enthusiasts of late, is the amount of notice being given before interesting events. In fairness, most major tram events are advertised well in advance with the main players in the preservation scene usually announcing a full calendar of planned big events at the start of each year covering the 12 months ahead.

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In Pictures: The Great Exhibition Hall at Crich

Posted on Tuesday 25 July 2017 by Andrew Waddington

As has been reported recently on British Trams Online, there has been a good deal of tram shunting at Crich Tramway Village recently, with a number of the static collection moved around in order to make space inside the Exhibition Hall for Bournemouth 85, which is due to arrive at Crich later this year. Thanks to regular volunteer – and TMS President for the year ahead – Andy Bailey, we can now share some pictures showing various trams in their new positions.

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In Pictures: Summer shunting at Crich – Part 2!

Posted on Monday 24 July 2017 by Andrew Waddington

Just one day after some of the trams in the Exhibition Hall at Crich Tramway Village were moved around to make space for the future arrival of Bournemouth 85, there was even more shunting of some non-operational trams on Sunday 23rd July. This time the purpose was to enable cleaning of two trams whilst a third was also moved outside to allow access to them.

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In Pictures: Summer shunting at Crich – Part 1!

Posted on Sunday 23 July 2017 by Andrew Waddington

Any enthusiasts visiting Crich Tramway Village on Saturday 22nd July were treated to the sight of some very unusual trams being moved in and out of the Exhibition Hall. The display is being re-organised to make space for the imminent arrival of Bournemouth 85 which involved some of the trams being shunted onto the traverser and moved onto different tracks.

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Communications fault causes complete Metrolink suspension

Posted on Sunday 23 July 2017 by Gareth Prior

Saturday 22nd July was a day to forget for Manchester Metrolink with the entire network suspended on two separate occasions owing to a communications fault. The first suspension was short lived but the second time around it saw the end to services for the rest of the day.

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 23 July 2017 by Gareth Prior

Photos from Blackpool are included in this week’s main site update:

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Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 205

Posted on Saturday 22 July 2017 by Gareth Prior

This edition of Picture in Time is in the East Midlands as we feature Nottingham Express Transit with Incentro 205 the tram in the picture.

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Full services resumes on NET

Posted on Saturday 22 July 2017 by Gareth Prior

After four days services are once again running on the whole Nottingham Express Transit system with repairs completed to the overhead in the Basford area. Trams started to be able to run between David Lane and Wilkinson Street late on Friday 21st July before a full service resumed from the start of service the following day.

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‘Tram Sunday’ brings the crowds out for heritage trams

Posted on Friday 21 July 2017 by Andrew Waddington

Following on from the record-breaking heritage tram service between Blackpool and Fleetwood on 15th July, Sunday 16th July saw the annual Fleetwood Festival of Transport, more commonly known as Tram Sunday, take place. This included another intensive heritage service, but this time with trams (including the normal LRT service) all terminating at Fisherman’s Walk whilst the festival was in full swing along Lord Street in Fleetwood.

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Dewirement forces one day closure for Crich

Posted on Friday 21 July 2017 by Andrew Waddington

On Friday 21st July, a serious dewirement incident occurred at Crich Tramway Village, forcing the attraction to close for the day. Thankfully the damage has now been rectified sufficiently for the museum to re-open as normal on Saturday 22nd July.

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Major disruption after overhead line damage at Basford

Posted on Thursday 20 July 2017 by Gareth Prior

They say bad luck comes in threes and hopefully that is the case for Nottingham Express Transit with the third high profile incident in recent months seeing major damage to the overhead at Basford. The damage happened due to a technical fault with a pantograph at approximately 0730 on Tuesday 18th July and currently services remain suspended through the area.

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Intensive service for Douglas Bay Horse Tramway during Festival

Posted on Thursday 20 July 2017 by Gareth Prior

Since we published our Event Preview on the Manx Heritage Transport Festuval further details have been released by Isle of Man Transport on the services which will run on the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway for the duration including three days of a special intensive service! The highlight looks set to be Sunday 30th July when unusual trams will be in use throughout the day.

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In Pictures: Bilston Road Metro works

Posted on Thursday 20 July 2017 by Gareth Prior

We are now a month into the planned six month closure of Midland Metro between Priestfield and Wolverhampton St George’s to allow for track relaying along Bilston Road. In this latest pictorial update Andy Walters brings us the latest images of the work with some of the new track now fully concreted down whilst other sections are at various different stages of construction.

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