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Edinburgh Trams start recruitment for Ticket Inspectors

Posted on Friday 6 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

Edinburgh Trams are looking to recruit some new Ticketing Services Assistants (Ticket Inspectors to you and I!) to join their Customer Experience Team. This role is full-time and is shift based with all duties starting and finishing at Gogar Tram … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: New York 674

Posted on Friday 6 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

Crich is again the location for this edition of “Picture in Time”.

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Lockdown Walks: Stagecoach Supertram 120

Posted on Friday 6 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

And so after 15 months we come to what we hope will be the final “Lockdown Walks”. It seems appropriate that we end it in Sheffield which has been one of the mainstays of this seriesand we include a tram … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: West Midlands Metro 24 loses its adverts

Posted on Thursday 5 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

The only tram on the West Midlands Metro network to have carried two external commercial advertising contracts since the larger adverts were carried is now back in fleet livery after the ending of its latest deal. 24 is now running … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: North curve now wired at Talbot Square junction

Posted on Thursday 5 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

Another day and more good progress on the construction of the Blackpool Tramway extension. Following quickly on from the installation of overhead on the south curve, the north curve at the Talbot Square junction now had overhead strung above it. … Continue reading →

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Late evening engineering works in Sheffield

Posted on Thursday 5 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

Yellow route services to Meadowhall will be amended after approximately 2300 on Tuesday 10th August to allow for essential engineering works to take place in the Blackburn Meadows area. This will mean the final four trams of the day will … Continue reading →

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Lockdown Walks: West Midlands Metro 22 & 25

Posted on Thursday 5 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

We start another 5 days of “Lockdown Walks” today and this edition is at Bull Street on the West Midlands Metro network.

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Rossall School gets a new student

Posted on Wednesday 4 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

The formal break-up of the Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust tram collection has begun with orphaned Trailer Car 687 (T7 in its original number) making the short journey from Wyre Dock to Rossall School. The move saw the tram arrive in … Continue reading →

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New Edinburgh Trams City Fare Zone Multi Day tickets launched

Posted on Wednesday 4 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

A new ticket is now available exclusively online at www.edinburghticket.com for travel on Edinburgh Trams which will allow unlimited tram journeys over three, four or five consecutive days anywhere within the city zone – that’s anywhere between York Place and … Continue reading →

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Strikes on the way for Metrolink?

Posted on Wednesday 4 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink services could be hit by strikes later this year with an ongoing pay dispute not seeming to be close to a resolution. Unite the Union are quoted in the Manchester Evening News as saying a recent pay offer … Continue reading →

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Lockdown Walks: Stagecoach Supertram 399 205

Posted on Wednesday 4 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

“Lockdown Walks” again heads to Sheffield today as we take a look at one of the Citylink tram-train vehicles in service.

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In Pictures: Good progress in Blackpool

Posted on Tuesday 3 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

Whilst sometimes with our regular updates from the Blackpool Tramway extension it can be a case of “what has actually changed” this latest article is very different as we can see good progress at both ends of the line. At … Continue reading →

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Beamish provide update on the tramway

Posted on Tuesday 3 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

While we continue to mention those heritage tramways which have reopened since the latest relaxation of Covid restrictions it should be remembered that there are still some which have not yet been able to reopen. One of those is at … Continue reading →

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Overhead problems in Sheffield and the West Midlands Metro

Posted on Tuesday 3 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

Tuesday 3rd August has been another day with overhead issues on UK light rail systems – both Stagecoach Supertram and West Midlands Metro have been affected this time and for a change it is Sheffield which has the more serious … Continue reading →

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Lockdown Walks: Blackpool Balloon 717 & Flexity2 012

Posted on Tuesday 3 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

Blackpool is again the location for this edition of “Lockdown Walks”.

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In Pictures: Douglas Promenade works

Posted on Monday 2 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

Its probably fair to say that the redevelopment of Douglas Promenade has not been the smoothest civil engineering project out there. With delays, cost overruns and what seems to have been constant changes it has caused disruption in Douglas for … Continue reading →

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Reduced service to be introduced on Metrolink

Posted on Monday 2 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

There will a reduced frequency across the Manchester Metrolink network from Friday 6th August to allow a more reliable service to operate with increased staff absence as a result of the so-called pingdemic.

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Whatever Happened To? Crich Tramathon 2005 – Paisley 68

Posted on Monday 2 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

As “Whatever Happened To?” continues its look at those trams which ran during the 2005 Tramathon we reach a tram which has had an identity change but at the time was Paisley 68.

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Lockdown Walks: Stagecoach Supertram 118 & 111

Posted on Monday 2 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

This edition of “Lockdown Walks” heads out to Sheffield again.

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Stop by Stop Blackpool Tramway: Pleasant Street

Posted on Sunday 1 August 2021 by Gareth Prior

We return to Blackpool for “Stop by Stop” over the next few weeks as we resume our journey north with the stops between Pleasant Street and Cleveleys featuring in this second part of the series. We start off with the … Continue reading →

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