Category Archives: Manchester Metrolink

Another increase in services ahead for Metrolink

Posted on Wednesday 10 June 2020 by Gareth Prior

As part of the “Safely Reopening GM” guidelines released by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, local businesses and transport leaders this week it has been confirmed that there will there be a further increase of the service on the Metrolink … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1004 & 1002

Posted on Wednesday 10 June 2020 by Gareth Prior

Another 1992 image from Manchester Metrolink features in today’s “Picture in Time” and this time its before public services had even begun.

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1017

Posted on Wednesday 3 June 2020 by Gareth Prior

We stay in 1992 for this latest edition of “Picture in Time” as it’s the first day of trams across Manchester City Centre on 27th April.

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Trams in Video: Manchester Metrolink 2012-2017

Posted on Sunday 31 May 2020 by Gareth Prior

Today we are back on the video and take a trip to Manchester Metrolink for views of the ever expanding network between 2012 and 2017 as lines opened across the city centre, to the Airport, East Didsbury, Ashton-under-Lyne and from … Continue reading →

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What’s New on British Trams Online?

Posted on Sunday 31 May 2020 by Gareth Prior

Photos old and new are included in this week’s latest main site update:

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More changes on the way across the UK

Posted on Saturday 30 May 2020 by Gareth Prior

Change, constant and quick moving change at that!, seems to be buzz word at the moment on various UK tram networks with yet more service and ticketing amendments on the way in the coming days and weeks. In this latest … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1007

Posted on Wednesday 27 May 2020 by Gareth Prior

The next few weeks will see us heading to the northwest for a series of archive images taken on Manchester Metrolink.

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Government confirm more support for trams and light rail

Posted on Sunday 24 May 2020 by Gareth Prior

In a normal world, weekend announcements from the Department for Transport for new projects and funding are pretty rare but as we are in a very different environment at the moment the “new normal” means announcements come at you from … Continue reading →

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Metrolink services to increase in frequency as TfGM encourages passenger to stay safe

Posted on Thursday 21 May 2020 by Gareth Prior

The next tramway to announce an increase in service frequency is Manchester Metrolink with trams on all routes set to run every 12 minutes instead of every 20 from Tuesday 26th May. This announcement comes at the same time as … Continue reading →

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TfL awarded government funding package

Posted on Friday 15 May 2020 by Gareth Prior

Usually the perception is London gets funding first and then the rest of the country has to wait to follow at a later date but during this Coronavirus pandemic it has been rather different with the regions transport undertakings being … Continue reading →

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Andy Burnham hits out at government support

Posted on Sunday 10 May 2020 by Gareth Prior

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has become the latest official across the UK to criticise promised government support saying the funding being offered to help Manchester Metrolink doesn’t go far enough and without more decisions will have to be … Continue reading →

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What’s New on British Trams Online?

Posted on Sunday 10 May 2020 by Gareth Prior

As its another Bank Holiday we have a double dose of Photos for you again:

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Government confirm support for light rail

Posted on Friday 24 April 2020 by Gareth Prior

One of the themes which has been emerging in recent weeks during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic has been the financial strain it has been putting on various light rail systems with the Tyne and Wear Metro the first to express … Continue reading →

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Mayor issues warning over Metrolink without government bail-out

Posted on Tuesday 21 April 2020 by Gareth Prior

Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, has issued a stark warning that without immediate government support Manchester Metrolink will have to be completely suspended. Mr Burnham made the warning during a joint online briefing with his counterpart in Liverpool, Steve … Continue reading →

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More Coronavirus updates

Posted on Thursday 9 April 2020 by Gareth Prior

Sunday services on the West Midlands Metro are to run to a revised schedule from Sunday 12th April as they seek to operate a service which still enables key workers to travel whilst also taking into consideration the reduction in … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh to introduce a further revised timetable

Posted on Tuesday 7 April 2020 by Gareth Prior

As the UK continues to be affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, Edinburgh Trams have announced that as from Sunday 12th April they will be introducing a new revised timetable which will see fewer trams running during the evenings.

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Man taken to hospital after getting trapped under tram in Manchester

Posted on Friday 3 April 2020 by Gareth Prior

A man was taken to hospital with what have been described as non-serious injuries after getting trapped under a tram at Manchester Metrolink’s Sale stop. The emergency services – Police, Fire and Ambulance – were called to the station at … Continue reading →

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Further service reductions on the way

Posted on Wednesday 1 April 2020 by Gareth Prior

As the impact of the current social distancing restrictions continue to be felt it has been announced that there will be further service reductions on various tramways across the British Isles – Stagecoach Supertram has already reduced their service with … Continue reading →

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What’s New on British Trams Online?

Posted on Sunday 29 March 2020 by Gareth Prior

This week we have the last set of new photos likely to be included for some time with some images taken of the latest tramway extension, with full social distancing used by the photographers:

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In Pictures: New advert liveries in Manchester

Posted on Wednesday 25 March 2020 by Gareth Prior

In what probably seemed a good idea when they decided to take out advertising contracts two further trams in Manchester have recently received new vinyl wraps. We’ve already mentioned in the Trafford Park line opening article that 3073 is now … Continue reading →

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