Author Archives: Gareth Prior

London Tramlink Engineering Works: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th January 2014

Posted on Friday 17 January 2014 by Gareth Prior

London Tramlink services on the New Addington line will terminate at King Henry’s Drive from 2200 on both Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th January to allow the completion of track replacement and improvement work. No replacement bus services will be … Continue reading →

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Cyclists to be allowed on board Docklands Light Railway off-peak

Posted on Friday 17 January 2014 by Gareth Prior

After a successful trial it has been announced that non folding bicycles will be allowed on off-peak Docklands Light Railway services on a permanent basis. The trial started in July 2013 and saw more than 5,000 cyclists travelling on the … Continue reading →

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Work starts to install ticket machines on NET

Posted on Thursday 16 January 2014 by Gareth Prior

Since Nottingham Express Transit opened the majority of tickets have been available to purchase on board the trams from the conductor but all that is about to change with work now starting to install ticket machines at all stops across … Continue reading →

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NET services to be disrupted for soldier homecoming

Posted on Thursday 16 January 2014 by Gareth Prior

Nottingham Express Transit services from Hucknall and Phoenix Park will terminate at Royal Centre for three hours on Monday 20th January to leave room at Old Market Square for a Freedom of the City Parade by soldiers from the Royal … Continue reading →

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Tragedy in Manchester city centre after man dies following tram collision

Posted on Sunday 12 January 2014 by Gareth Prior

A man has died after being involved in a collision with a tram in Manchester city centre. The incident happened at approximately 1815 on Saturday 11th January at the junction of Market Street and High Street with eyewitness reports saying … Continue reading →

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And the winners are!

Posted on Saturday 11 January 2014 by Gareth Prior

After five weeks of voting the results have been “checked and verified” and we have three new winners in the British Trams Online Tram of the Year contest. The Tram of 2013 is a tram who saw one of its … Continue reading →

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Nottinghamshire County Council set for tram u-turn?

Posted on Saturday 11 January 2014 by Gareth Prior

Back in September 2009 Nottinghamshire County Council withdrew all their support for phase two of Nottingham Express Transit which meant that Nottingham City Council were forced to go it alone with the plans but now just over four years later … Continue reading →

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T68 1017 hit by car at Exchange Quay

Posted on Saturday 11 January 2014 by Gareth Prior

The career of Manchester Metrolink T68 1017 may have come to a premature end after a car managed to drive into the back of the LRV at Exchange Quays during the evening of Friday 10th January. The incident happened shortly … Continue reading →

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2013: An Editor’s Year

Posted on Saturday 4 January 2014 by Gareth Prior

2013 was certainly an interesting year here both at British Trams Online and at most of the UK’s tramways and light rail systems. Sure there have been some negatives but they have mostly been outweighed by the positives. Rather than … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Nottingham Express Transit 210 in new livery

Posted on Saturday 4 January 2014 by Gareth Prior

Nottingham Express Transit Incentro 210 returned to service at the start of January 2014 following the completion of its refurbishment. The vehicle now carries the revised mainly silver livery and means that the original dark green, black and silver has … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Stagecoach Supertram at night

Posted on Saturday 4 January 2014 by Gareth Prior

With thanks to regular contributor Steve Kemp we bring you a small selection of photos of Stagecoach Supertram as services make their way through Sheffield city centre on 28th December after dark.

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Whitefield Park and Ride expansion work to start

Posted on Saturday 4 January 2014 by Gareth Prior

Almost 90 extra parking spaces will be created in a project to increase the size of the car park at Whitefield on the Bury line of Manchester Metrolink, which is due to start from Monday 13th January. An extra deck … Continue reading →

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2013 ends with another T68 withdrawal

Posted on Wednesday 1 January 2014 by Gareth Prior

The last day of 2013 saw the withdrawal of the nineteenth Manchester Metrolink T68 with 1012 becoming the latest example to be taken out of service. The vehicle had last run on Boxing Day when it suffered with a compressor … Continue reading →

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Tuesday 24 December 2013 by Gareth Prior

We bring you another three Photo Galleries on our last update of 2013 plus a summary of all the Christmas services on the UK’s light rail systems:

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Metrolink Second City Crossing work to commence in January

Posted on Monday 23 December 2013 by Gareth Prior

It has been confirmed that initial construction work on the Manchester Metrolink Second City Crossing (2CC) is to start in January 2014. The new line will provide greater capacity for Metrolink through Manchester city centre and will also be very … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Nottingham Express Transit 209 receives all over advert

Posted on Sunday 22 December 2013 by Gareth Prior

It is becoming incredibly hard to keep up with all the livery changes on Nottingham Express Transit at the moment as 209 has now received advertising vinyls to change its Christmas livery into an all over advert for Interski. The … Continue reading →

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Blow for Blackpool North Station extension?

Posted on Friday 20 December 2013 by Gareth Prior

Earlier this year there was much celebration at the news that Transport for Lancashire were going to release more than £16 million towards extending the Blackpool Tramway to North Station, but it could now turn out that this celebration was … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Variotrams to New Addington

Posted on Friday 20 December 2013 by Gareth Prior

Since their introduction to the London Tramlink fleet in 2012 the Stadler built Variotrams have been very rare visitors to New Addington, however on Sunday 15th December all that changed with four of the seven Wimbledon-New Addington diagrams being in … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: NET 208 receives its stripes

Posted on Friday 20 December 2013 by Gareth Prior

No sooner has we speculated that Nottingham Express Transit 208 was about to enter the workshops for its refurbishment than it was seen in service carrying a revised livery. You may remember that this tram has recently been stripped of … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: The early liveries of Edinburgh Trams

Posted on Friday 20 December 2013 by Gareth Prior

It seems strange that a system which has yet to open has already had so many different livery styles but that is exactly what has happened in Edinburgh with no fewer than four different liveries carried so far. Starting off … Continue reading →

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