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2018 sees record passenger numbers on Luas

Posted on Tuesday 8 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

As would be expected considering it was the first full year of the Cross City Green line extension, 2018 saw a record breaking year for passenger numbers on Luas with nearly 42 million passengers carried on the network.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Tramway from the Tower bridge

Posted on Tuesday 8 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

The only bridge to have gone over the Promenade tramway in Blackpool was that close to the Tower which, although considered an eyesore for many, gave some different photographic opportunities of the tram. As we return to our archive photo … Continue reading →

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Another big increase in passenger numbers for Edinburgh Trams

Posted on Monday 7 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

2018 was another record-breaking year for Edinburgh Trams with a 10% increase in passengers bringing the total number carried during those 12 months to 7.3 million. With no extension opening during the year this is an excellent increase for the … Continue reading →

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Full service resumes on Tramlink

Posted on Monday 7 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

London Tramlink services are once again running between Church Street and Mitcham Junction following the major fire at the storage warehouse adjacent to the tracks on New Year’s Eve. Fire crews and demolition experts were still on site over the … Continue reading →

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Work to take place on West Midlands Metro overhead

Posted on Sunday 6 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

Over the past year (and earlier) we have often reported on overhead line faults on West Midlands Metro, causing major disruption to the service. But now major work is to be undertaken on upgrading the overhead in an effort to … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Trafford Park extension works continue

Posted on Sunday 6 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

Work remains ongoing on the Manchester Metrolink Trafford Park extension with track now in place in several locations along the 5.5km line which will leave the current Eccles branch shortly after Pomona. Six new stops will be constructed on the … Continue reading →

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 6 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

With our first main site update of 2019 we move the Advent Calendar photos into the Gallery section, for those of you who may have missed this feature in the lead up to Christmas:

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In Pictures: Wolverhampton City Centre extension works

Posted on Saturday 5 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

We gave a quick look at the end of last year at recent progress on the construction work to extend West Midlands Metro at the Birmingham end of the current line and now in this pictorial update we take a … Continue reading →

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Sheffield 264 leads the way at Beamish

Posted on Saturday 5 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

The hardest working heritage trams in the UK are without a doubt those which operate at Beamish with the trams an integral part of the museum taking visitors around the site throughout the year. 2018 was another busy year as … Continue reading →

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Original Liverpool tram poles coming down

Posted on Friday 4 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

Some 61 years after the last trams ran in Liverpool it seems that the amount of remnants of trams in the city is set to decrease in early 2019 with the last of the original tram overhead support poles now … Continue reading →

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Huge fire causes massive disruption for Tramlink

Posted on Friday 4 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

It has been a start to the new year to forget for London Tramlink with a large fire in a storage warehouse adjacent to the tram tracks causing major disruption to the service. The proximity of the building to the … Continue reading →

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Independent survey gives thumbs up to Luas Cross City extension

Posted on Thursday 3 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

Having now being operational for a little over a year a recent independent survey has shown that the extension of the Luas green line – via the new Cross City line – is popular with those using it with a … Continue reading →

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Calls again to extend Blackpool Tramway to Lytham

Posted on Thursday 3 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

A call to undertake more development work on a plan to extend the Blackpool Tramway to Lytham has been made by the Trams to Lytham group with backing given to the project from Blackpool Transport. A new report has just … Continue reading →

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Heritage tramways on Isle of Man continue to be popular

Posted on Wednesday 2 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

2018 was another successful year for the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway, Manx Electric Railway and Snaefell Mountain Railway with increased passenger numbers recorded throughout the year on all lines. Indeed, of those lines operated by Isle of Man Railways the … Continue reading →

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Farewell to return tickets on NET

Posted on Wednesday 2 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

Anyone travelling on Nottingham Express Transit from Monday 7th January will see some changes to the fare structure with the removal of all return tickets based on “customer feedback” and aimed at “simplifying” fares. From this date anyone wanting to … Continue reading →

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September Review – Blackpool: No. 16 – Railcoach 680

Posted on Tuesday 1 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

Happy New Year one and all! We finally reach the end of our September retrospectives of those three big tram events in 2018 with one final feature from Blackpool’s September Spectacular which took place over the weekend of 22nd/23rd September. … Continue reading →

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September Review – Crich: No. 16 – Blackpool Standard 40

Posted on Monday 31 December 2018 by Gareth Prior

Just before you head off for your New Year’s celebrations we have one final update for you as we conclude our look at September’s Simply Trams event at Crich. The final star of this series is Blackpool Standard 40.

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New Snow Hill entrance will finally provide a direct link from St Chad’s

Posted on Monday 31 December 2018 by Gareth Prior

When the West Midlands Metro extension into Birmingham City Centre opened a new stop was provided at Snow Hill to provide access to the railway station of the same name, and replacing the former terminus which was actually in the … Continue reading →

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September Review – Isle of Man: No. 31 – One final looks at the Crossbenches

Posted on Monday 31 December 2018 by Gareth Prior

And so with it being the last day of December we reach the conclusion of this series looking at events on the Isle of Man during the MER 125th anniversary. And for this edition we once again feature the Crossbench … Continue reading →

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September Review – Blackpool: No. 15 – North Pier

Posted on Sunday 30 December 2018 by Gareth Prior

With the shop tram – Balloon 711 – constantly stabled on the loop line at North Pier this was another location during the September Spectacular that provided differing photographic opportunities as we see in today’s retrospective.

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