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Dogs on Metrolink pilot confirmed from 1st August

Posted on Wednesday 27 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

Dogs will be able to travel on Manchester Metrolink – if accompanied by their responsible owner! – from Monday 1st August as part of a three month pilot. Long-called for by many locals in Greater Manchester, the idea of a … Continue reading →

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Major boost for Tyne and Wear Metro Park and Ride sites

Posted on Wednesday 27 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

Park and Ride sites across the Tyne and Wear Metro are set to enjoy a boost with new cashless parking facilities, improved lighting and enhanced CCTV. £3.2 million has been set-a-side by the North East Joint Transport Committee through the … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: MER services on the northern section of the line after overhead comes down

Posted on Tuesday 26 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

As we reported at the end of last week, there was disruption on the Manx Electric Railway from Wednesday 20th July after a lorry with a rather high load (of kayaks not canoes!) brought a section down at Halfway Crossing. … Continue reading →

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Commonwealth Games baton to travel on tram in Birmingham

Posted on Tuesday 26 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

The Queen’s Baton Relay – the Commonwealth Games answer to the Olympic Torch – is to take a quick ride on the West Midlands Metro as it reaches the end of its epic journey across the Commonwealth on Wednesday 27th … Continue reading →

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New Metro bridge installed

Posted on Tuesday 26 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

A new bridge which carries Tyne and Wear Metro services in North Shields has been successfully installed as a £3 million project makes excellent progress. Tanners Bank Bridge was lowered into position on Wednesday 20th July with a 100 foot … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Work underway on Eccles line rail replacement

Posted on Monday 25 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

Engineers from MPT have wasted no time in starting the major rail replacement works on Manchester Metrolink’s Eccles line. The line started a three month closure on Saturday 16th July with no trams due to run any further than MediaCityUK … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Supertram moves the crowds for Tramlines festival

Posted on Monday 25 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

Taking place from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th July, the Tramlines Festival has seen large crowds of people wanting to get and from the event – and what better way than to transport them by tram? With the festival taking … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Tyne and Wear Metro at Tynemouth Station

Posted on Monday 25 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

Whilst we consider the Tyne and Wear Metro to be a relatively modern system (if you can still call the early 1980s as modern!) a lot of the infrastructure – particularly at stations – is of a much older vintage, … Continue reading →

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Trams &: Blackpool 227 & coach

Posted on Sunday 24 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

We’re off to the coast for this edition of “Trams &” as we feature a heritage tram alongside a much more modern coach in Blackpool.

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Amendment to Manx Summer Transport Festival schedule of events

Posted on Sunday 24 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

The Manx Summer Transport Festival is just a few days away and it is set to give a varied programme of events across the Isle of Man’s heritage transport systems – with the Manx Electric Railway once again playing a … Continue reading →

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Extra late night trams for Edinburgh Festival

Posted on Sunday 24 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

There will be trams until 0130 on Fridays and Saturdays during August to help visitors and residents alike make the most of events taking place during the Edinburgh Festival. Trams will run every 20 minutes until the normal close of … Continue reading →

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 24th July 2022

Posted on Sunday 24 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

There are two sets of photos this week – Tramtown in Blackpool and the opening of the West Midlands Metro extension to Edgbaston Village:

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Horse Trams to resume later this month?

Posted on Saturday 23 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

It looks as if a service will finally run on the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway again later this month. Even potentially as early as next week’s Transport Festival. The news of their imminent return was revealed in Tynwald earlier this … Continue reading →

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Around the World in Trams: Lviv Holovnyi Railway Station

Posted on Saturday 23 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its that time of the week again when we go “Around the World in Trams”. Lviv in the Ukraine is again the location.

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Modern preserved tram for the scrapman?

Posted on Saturday 23 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

When the fleet of Midland Metro T69s were sold at e-auction in 2018, several examples were saved including one which was due to preserved by Birmingham Museums. But now after four years of storage at Long Marston it appears that … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: 3143 enters service on Metrolink

Posted on Saturday 23 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

The latest M5000 to enter service on Manchester Metrolink is 3143 which was first noted in use on Wednesday 20th July. Unsurprisingly, this is the 143rd M5000 to run in service in Manchester and now means that 175 different trams … Continue reading →

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MER overhead wires felled by canoes…

Posted on Friday 22 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

Problems with overhead wires on tram systems across the British Isles isn’t exactly a new phenomenon but we’re not sure we’ve reported on a situation quite like this before. Services on the Manx Electric Railway have been suspended between Derby … Continue reading →

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Big concrete pour on Trams to Newhaven project

Posted on Friday 22 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

The largest concrete pour so far has taken place on the Trams to Newhaven project. This latest significant milestone in the project saw 130 cubic metres of concrete poured on the bridge deck of Tower Bridge on Ocean Drive. The … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool OMO 10

Posted on Friday 22 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

We return to Blackpool for our next batch of Picture in Time images as we head back 45 years to 1977 for another excellent set of images from the camera of Donald Brooks.

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Seaton Tramway’s new halts to open from 1st August

Posted on Thursday 21 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

There will be the chance to get off a tram at five different locations on the Seaton Tramway from Monday 1st August when the two new halts officially open. Riverside and Seaton Wetlands have been in the planning since 2019 … Continue reading →

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