Category Archives: Out and About

Out and About: West Midlands Metro 41

Posted on Monday 8 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its time to go on another trip “Out and About” and the latest location we visit is the West Midlands Metro.

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Out and About: Double Starling Bank adverts in Manchester

Posted on Monday 1 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink is the latest subject of our “Out and About” series as we have to take a double-take with two trams carrying the same advert livery.

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Out and About: Tyne and Wear Metro at Tynemouth Station

Posted on Monday 25 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

Whilst we consider the Tyne and Wear Metro to be a relatively modern system (if you can still call the early 1980s as modern!) a lot of the infrastructure – particularly at stations – is of a much older vintage, … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Lifebuoy advert on Metrolink

Posted on Monday 18 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

Today we go “Out and About” once more with Manchester Metrolink the location of this visit as we feature one of the trams with a full vinyl wrap advert in May 2022.

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Out and About: A two-tram day at Crich in May

Posted on Monday 11 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

The Crich Tramway Village has now reopened after an enforced closure from mid-May to early July but in this latest edition of “Out and About” we head along to the museum before that drama on what was a two-tram service … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Trams around St Andrew Square in Edinburgh

Posted on Monday 4 July 2022 by Gareth Prior

“Out and About” returns today as we take a trip to St Andrew Square in Edinburgh – the current city centre terminus of the Edinburgh Trams system – to see some of the trams in service.

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Out and About: A busy Deansgate-Castlefield

Posted on Monday 27 June 2022 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Out and About” we head back to Manchester as we take a look at a busy scene at Deansgate-Castlefield.

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Out and About: Another trip to Sheffield

Posted on Monday 20 June 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its time for another edition of “Out and About” and the location this time is Sheffield for a selection of views from across the network showing a variety of tram types and liveries.

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Out and About: Heron goes tramspotting in Edinburgh!

Posted on Monday 13 June 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its probably fair to say that when you think of trams you usually think of them running in urban environments. However, as we see in this latest edition of “Out and About” from Edinburgh its not all concrete and roads … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Tyne and Wear Metro at Sunderland

Posted on Monday 6 June 2022 by Gareth Prior

The Tyne and Wear Metro to South Hylton via Sunderland recently celebrated its 20th anniversary and in this edition of “Out and About” we head to the rather dark Sunderland station for some views of the Metrocars in operation.

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Out and About: A trip to Beamish

Posted on Monday 30 May 2022 by Gareth Prior

Today’s “Out and About” is in the northeast as we head out to Beamish to see a couple of the trams in service in the middle of April.

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Out and About: Edinburgh’s Princes Street

Posted on Monday 23 May 2022 by Gareth Prior

In this latest edition of “Out and About” we return to Edinburgh as we take a look at a tram running along Princes Street – a strangely quiet Princes Street with no other traffic getting in the way for a … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Edinburgh 258 shows off its new advert

Posted on Wednesday 18 May 2022 by Gareth Prior

Edinburgh Trams 258 received the first new advert of 2022 on the network during March when it received vinyls promoting a new recruitment campaign ahead of the tramway extending to Newhaven in spring 2023. This latest edition of “Out and … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Wondrous Stories in Birmingham

Posted on Monday 16 May 2022 by Gareth Prior

No, its not the story of how trams once ran on the West Midlands Metro! In this latest edition of “Out and About” we head into Birmingham City Centre to see when trams did run on the system during the … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Easter trams in Blackpool

Posted on Wednesday 11 May 2022 by Gareth Prior

We head back to Blackpool for this latest edition of “Out and About” as we see trams waiting at North Pier and Tower between tour duties over the Easter weekend.

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Out and About: Edinburgh 272 from above and at ground level

Posted on Monday 9 May 2022 by Gareth Prior

“Out and About” is back today as we feature Edinburgh Trams 272 twice – once a standard ground level shot and then later from above.

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Out and About: Trams diverted in Manchester

Posted on Monday 2 May 2022 by Gareth Prior

For a week in late March all trams through Manchester City Centre were diverted via 2CC with the original city crossing closed to allow for rail replacement works to take place. In this edition of “Out and About” we take … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Grassed track in Edinburgh

Posted on Monday 25 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

Today’s “Out and About” goes outside of the city centre in Edinburgh as we feature a tram speeding across the grassed track in the Edinburgh Park area.

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Out and About: The sun has got its hat on the West Midlands Metro

Posted on Wednesday 20 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Out and About” we take a trip to the West Midlands Metro as we take a look at the trams running in late winter (obviously before services were suspended).

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Out and About: Springtime in Hillsborough

Posted on Sunday 17 April 2022 by Gareth Prior

“Out and About” is back in Sheffield today with spring having sprung around Hillsborough.

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