First two Edinburgh Trams employees celebrate 13 years at the company

Posted on Sunday 28 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

Trams on the modern system may only have been running in Edinburgh since 2014 but two staff members have recently celebrated their 13th anniversary of being employed by the company. Ally Petrie and Jon McCulley joined Edinburgh Trams on 15th September 2012 as the first employees and have since played a huge part in the growth and success of the company.

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Operation Coastwatch helps to lower anti-social behaviour on the Metro

Posted on Sunday 28 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

A dedicated Police and partner operation has helped to lower crime and anti-social behaviour on the Tyne and Wear Metro, as well as the coastal community it serves. Operation Coastwatch was first launched in 2014 and the first three weeks of this year’s initiative has seen a 47% reduction in the number of anti-social behaviour incidents when compared with 2024.

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In Pictures: Clearer views of Metropolitan Feltham 355 at Acton

Posted on Saturday 27 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

As we’ve seen before the London Transport Museum’s store at Acton is home to a couple of heritage trams which there is no longer space for at the museum’s main site in Covent Garden. When the store is open to the public, both trams have for a long-time been packed in making photography very difficult. But that was a bit different over the open weekend of 20th/21st September when the movement of a trolleybus meant that Feltham 355 could be seen without as much in the way for a change.

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Around the World in Trams: Rhein-Neckar 705

Posted on Saturday 27 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

Just one more photo coming from Mannheim in Germany before “Around the World in Trams” moves on once more.

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Tram alert system enters next phase of development

Posted on Saturday 27 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

A system which alerts pedestrians to approaching trams is set to move to the next phase of development as further tests take place. The project sees track vibrations used to alert pedestrians and is backed by the Light Rail Safety and Standards Board (LRSSB).

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Latest LRSSB podcast out now!

Posted on Saturday 27 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

The latest podcast from the Light Rail Safety and Standards Board (LRSSB) is highlighting how professionals from across the light rail sector are working together to share best practice and strengthen a sector-wide approach to tramway safety.

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In Pictures: More Tram-Train testing in South Wales

Posted on Friday 26 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

To say that the testing of the class 398 tram-train vehicles in South Wales has been rather sporadic would be a bit of a understatement! As we previously reported daylight testing on the Treherbert line had kicked off on the first day of September but since then it has been touch and go whether they runs will actually take place.

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3102 receives new advert in Manchester

Posted on Friday 26 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

One moment a tram is in an advert, then its in fleet livery and then it gets another advert, and you wonder why its difficult to keep up! 3102 is the tram this time that doesn’t seem to be able to decide what it wants to wear as after a couple of weeks of being back in silver and yellow it has now received a new advertising wrap.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Jubilee 761 leads a queue

Posted on Friday 26 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

We return to Blackpool for the next set of archive images in “Picture in Time” as we start off with a selection of images taken during 1979 from the camera of Donald Brooks.

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In Pictures: Double Blackpool Railcoaches at Carlton Colville

Posted on Thursday 25 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

Blackpool Brush Railcoach 634 and Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11 were the two trams paired together to operate services at the East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville on Sunday 21st September 2025. 634 has spent periods out of service during 2025 so the two haven’t operated together a huge amount recently but as these photos show the two Blackpool single-deckers were back in service together once more. Bryan Grint with the photos.

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Investigation launched after tram is sent onto wrong track at Nottingham Station

Posted on Thursday 25 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

Nottingham Express Transit have announced that they have launched an investigation into a minor incident which saw a tram on the approach to Nottingham Station sent across points onto the opposite track. There was no collision as a result of the switch but NET will be investigating to see what was the cause.

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October Metrolink Engineering Works

Posted on Thursday 25 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

October will see more engineering work taking place on the Manchester Metrolink network. This is mostly at weekends although there will also a be a week-long closure during the October half-term break.

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In Pictures: Work continues on stop construction in Dudley

Posted on Wednesday 24 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

Autumn 2025 remains the planned opening date for the first phase of the West Midlands Metro Black Country line extension as far as Flood Street in Dudley and whilst testing has yet to get underway in anticipation of this construction work has been ongoing at various points of the line. This has include the laying of tracks, installation of overhead, and also the construction of the planned nine new stops.

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In Pictures: Metrolink 3117 goes back silver and yellow

Posted on Wednesday 24 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

There has been another tram in Manchester which has lost its latest set of advertising vinyls, with 3117 noted now running in the standard fleet livery again.

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Blackpool Tramway to run revised service during fireworks – part 2!

Posted on Wednesday 24 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

A few weeks ago we reported on how Blackpool Transport had plans to operate a revised service during the first night of the World Fireworks Championships on Saturday 13th September 2025. Only then for thunderstorms to cause it to be cancelled! So we’re still none the wiser whether this service will work during the crowds being on the Prom! But there will be a take 2 and a take 3 for the service as it will be working on the next two nights of the fireworks, including the rearranged first round.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 24th September 2025

Posted on Wednesday 24 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

Please note for various reasons there will now be no main site update this weekend but we should return as normal on the weekend of 11th/12th October 2025. This extra break will allow us to work on some things in the background of the site to hopefully improve its resilience.

Photos this week come from Tram Weekend at Crich:

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Two CR4000s depart London Trams

Posted on Tuesday 23 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

The weekend of 13th and 14th September saw the departure of not one but two of London Trams’ Bombardier built CR4000 trams for repairs. Both 2542 and 2548 have been out of service for some time and the work needed is severe enough to not be able to be completed in-house and so the work has been contracted out.

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Temporary timetable as trams set to return to Wolverhampton St George’s from 29th September

Posted on Tuesday 23 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

Trams are set to return to Wolverhampton St George’s for the first time in just over two years from Monday 29th September with West Midlands Metro announcing plans for a temporary timetable to run for three weeks.

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New artwork on the Tyne and Wear Metro

Posted on Tuesday 23 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

A children’s cancer charity are the latest to showcase their art to help mark Childhood Cancer Awareness month. The “Invisible Journeys” artwork is on display at Tynemouth Metro Station and is the collaborative work of two local Tyneside charities, Children’s Cancer North and North Tyneside Art Studio.

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In Pictures: Blackpool 013 gets a new partial advert

Posted on Monday 22 September 2025 by Gareth Prior

When Blackpool Transport said that they had now taken advertising in-house they also teased that they had bene talking to other local attractions to advertise on the trams, and the first of these has now been revealed with Flexity2 013 receiving a partial advertising livery for Hole in the Wand Mini Golf.

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