Author Archives: Gareth Prior

Stop by Stop Nottingham Express Transit: Central – Hyson Green Market

Posted on Sunday 13 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

The last part of this section of Nottingham Express Transit’s “Stop by Stop” sees us reach Hyson Green Market.

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Work continues on the Seaton Wetlands Halt

Posted on Sunday 13 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

2022 should see two new stops opened on the Seaton Tramway with the winter period having seen significant progress being made on the all new halt at Seaton Wetlands, despite the challenges of a soggy and wet winter when much … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Driver Training in Sheffield

Posted on Sunday 13 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Today’s latest “Out and About” is heading to the Steel City as we feature the Stagecoach operated Supertram system once more.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 13th February 2022

Posted on Sunday 13 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

There#s a double-helping of photos as part of this week’s main site update – from the archives and from the past week or so:

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In Pictures: West Midlands Metro returns to Library for the first time in over 200 days!

Posted on Saturday 12 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Saturday 12th February 2022 – mark that date in your diaries as that was the date that passenger services between Bull Street and Library in Birmingham City Centre finally started running again. There were 202 days between the last day … Continue reading →

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Around the World in Trams: Tallinn 173

Posted on Saturday 12 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

The next stop on our world tour of trams is Tallinn in Estonia.

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Drip, drip – TfL funding extended by another two weeks

Posted on Saturday 12 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

The hoped for long-term funding settled between the Department for Transport and Transport for London is still waited for with the latest announcement confirming a further two week extension in funding from 4th February until 18th February 2022.

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Out and About: Back to Edinburgh

Posted on Saturday 12 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

In this latest edition of “Out and About” we are back in Edinburgh City Centre as we take a look at another of the trams carrying an advert at the time of photographing.

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More progress on Blackpool Railcoach 279’s restoration

Posted on Friday 11 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its been a while since we last gave an update on the restoration of the Fylde Transport Trust’s Railcoach 279 but that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been more progress on returning the tram to service – far from it with … Continue reading →

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Rail to be replaced on London Tramlink next week

Posted on Friday 11 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

There will be no trams running between Wandle Park and East Croydon on London Tramlink from Saturday 12th to Sunday 20th February to allow for track to be replaced at Reeves Corner.

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro 03

Posted on Friday 11 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

“Picture in Time” returns to Midland Metro today as we take another look at one of the T69s in service.

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In Pictures: York Place closed as its all change on Edinburgh Trams

Posted on Thursday 10 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Wednesday 9th February was, as expected, the last day that trams would be running in passenger service from the York Place terminus with it being closed from the following day to allow further work on the Trams to Newhaven project … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: More work on the Blackpool Tramway extension

Posted on Thursday 10 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

We are back up at the old Wilko’s site which will be the terminus of the Blackpool Tramway extension to Blackpool North Station in this latest pictorial update as we see that there has been some further work – some … Continue reading →

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Track renewals on the Tyne and Wear Metro in Gosforth

Posted on Thursday 10 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Services on the Tyne and Wear Metro in the Gosforth area will be suspended for two weekends over the next month to allow for a major programme of track renewal to happen. Tracks – including the junction – will be … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Track starts to go down in Dudley

Posted on Wednesday 9 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

We only reported at the end of January that the first track had been delivered to Dudley in readiness for installation on Castle Hill and now less than halfway through February and the first sections are down! This is the … Continue reading →

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Warnings in Edinburgh of extra costs for Council to make-up fares shortfall

Posted on Wednesday 9 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

If you’ve travelled on any form of public transport over the past couple of years you can’t have failed to notice that passenger numbers have had a drastic fall as a result of a certain global pandemic. Whilst some of … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Heritage trams on tour in Blackpool

Posted on Wednesday 9 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours started their 2022 programme of tours on Saturday 8th January with both Coastal and Promenade Tours now running on selected dates throughout 2022. In this latest “Out and About” we see the tram in use for … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Traction pole fire leads to Blackpool Tramway problems

Posted on Tuesday 8 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Services on the Blackpool Tramway – both the core Starr Gate to Fleetwood service and planned Heritage Tram Tours – were disrupted on Sunday 6th February after  fire at the base of a traction pole just south of the exit … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: A different tram in service on the West Midlands Metro

Posted on Tuesday 8 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Since trams returned to service in December on the West Midlands Metro after the month-long suspension it has pretty much been the case that its been the same trams in service most of the time with very different trams seen … Continue reading →

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Pay dispute looming on Tramlink?

Posted on Tuesday 8 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Over the past few months we have seen pay disputes in the news on both Manchester Metrolink and Nottingham Express Transit and now it appears that London Tramlink could be the next to hit the headlines. The previous three year … Continue reading →

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