Author Archives: Gareth Prior

In Pictures: Cambridge Horse Tram 7

Posted on Tuesday 5 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

The restoration of Cambridge Horse Tram 7 is continuing to make progress at the Ipswich Transport Museum as these latest photos from Stephen Cobb show.

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British Trams Online at 15 – Tram Loans: Blackpool Open Top Balloon 706

Posted on Tuesday 5 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

Probably one of the most unexpected but successful loans to have happened in the last 15 years, in November 2010 Blackpool Open Top Balloon 706, more commonly known as Princess Alice, visited the Heaton Park Tramway for their Blackpool Event.

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Around the World in 18 Trams: Basel BVB 485

Posted on Tuesday 5 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

Still in Europe today we are heading into Switzerland for an image from Basel of the city operator Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB), who mainly work the urban routes.

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British Trams Online at 15 – Tram Loans: Glasgow 1068

Posted on Monday 4 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

2013 was a significant year for the tramway at Beamish, as it was the 40th anniversary of the first trams running. To mark the occasion a couple of trams were loaned to the museum one of which was Glasgow 1068 … Continue reading →

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British Trams Online at 15 – Events: Withdrawal of Metrolink’s T68s and T68As

Posted on Monday 4 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

Not all major events over the past 15 years have been special events as such but nonetheless events of this kind have still been a significant aspect of what has happened since we started off in 2002. One of the … Continue reading →

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British Trams Online at 15 – Tram Loans: Oporto 273

Posted on Sunday 3 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

The second in this series is probably the least successful tram loan of the past 15 years – that of Oporto 273.

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In Pictures: Testing underway on Bilston Road

Posted on Sunday 3 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

As previously publicised Bilston Road was reopened to traffic from Saturday 2nd December following the completion of the major track relay project between Priestfield and The Royal. Although the road is reopened this doesn’t mean that trams are running back … Continue reading →

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Around the World in 18 Trams: Gent 39

Posted on Sunday 3 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

We are back in Europe for today’s instalment of Around the World in 18 Trams as we visit Gent in Belgium.

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 3 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

We have two different types of Photo Gallery for you this week, as we head overseas and also look back to our launch year in 2002:

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Tram of the Year – voting now open!

Posted on Sunday 3 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

Voting is now open for the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2017 contest with 15 nominees across the four categories. Thank you to everyone who submitted nominations, we have now looked at all of these and come up … Continue reading →

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British Trams Online at 15 – Tram Loans: Blackpool Marton 31

Posted on Saturday 2 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

Just how many trams have gone on loan over the past 15 years? Actually its quite a surprising number! In this new series we will be looking at all the trams which have gone on operating loans during this period … Continue reading →

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British Trams Online at 15 – Events: East Anglia Transport Museum London Event

Posted on Saturday 2 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

As part of our 15th anniversary celebrations (have we mentioned we are 15?!) this special series will be taking a look at 15 of the key events which have taken place in the past 15 years. Throughout the series we … Continue reading →

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Around the World in 18 Trams: Hong Kong 76 & 150

Posted on Friday 1 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

Ever since British Trams Online started we have only shown trams either operated or built within the British Isles but as part of our 15th anniversary celebrations we are trying something a bit different as we take a look at … Continue reading →

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For sale! 15 Midland Metro T69s

Posted on Friday 1 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

The end of the line has been reached for 15 of the 16 Midland Metro T69s with the news that Transport for West Midlands are to sell them by auction early in 2018. Withdrawn between 2006 and 2015 the T69s … Continue reading →

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New timetable proposed for Tramlink

Posted on Friday 1 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

Anyone who has observed the service on London Tramlink in recent weeks probably can’t helped to have noticed that following on from the speed restrictions the service has become less regulated with trams on the same branch often bunching rather … Continue reading →

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An evening to forget for Metrolink

Posted on Friday 1 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

Saturday 25th November was a night to forget for Manchester Metrolink and anyone who was trying to travel on the system after several issues contributed to cause services to be suspended and delayed with the disruption happening for over three … Continue reading →

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Advent Calendars now available!

Posted on Friday 1 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

The excitement keeps coming! Its 1st December so that means our annual Advent Calendars are now available with a different photo each day. Once again we have two Advent Calendars – Traditional Trams and Modern Trams. You can access both … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to us!

Posted on Friday 1 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

1st December 2002. The day the internet changed! Well, not really but it was a significant day for this website as that was the day we officially launched to a completely unsuspecting world. Of course that means that today marks … Continue reading →

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Blackpool North Station extension given go-ahead

Posted on Thursday 30 November 2017 by Gareth Prior

The final hoop has been jumped through, the extension of the Blackpool Tramway to Blackpool North railway station has been given approval by the Secretary of State for Transport. Which is probably just as well considering preparatory works started earlier … Continue reading →

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More double trams for Altrincham and Bury lines

Posted on Thursday 30 November 2017 by Gareth Prior

One of the big complaints on Manchester Metrolink is the overcrowding seen on peak time servcies and in order to try and combat this more double trams are being introduced on the Altrincham and Bury lines. Two doubles are already … Continue reading →

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