-
British Trams Online is always on the look out for news and photos from tramways across the British Isles. Whether it be a tram being delivered, a new livery or any other piece of news we want to hear from you! All submissions should be sent to gareth@britishtramsonline.co.uk. As well as topical news and photos we are also still seeking archive photos for our Picture in Time series. Thanks to everyone who does send submissions.
All news carried on these pages is provided in good faith and is correct to the best of our knowledge. If you notice any errors please let us know either by leaving a comment or by email.
Opinions expressed on these pages are those of writer(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of British Trams Online or any organisations we are associated with.
If posting comments to any news articles please read these guidelines which will help us to keep a harmonious community. All comments will be reviewed before publishing and may be subject to editing.
For details of our Privacy Policy please click the following link: Privacy Policy
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Christopher Callan on Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust still looking for a new owner for Balloon 710
- Chris of Sheffield on Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust still looking for a new owner for Balloon 710
- Christopher Callan on Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust still looking for a new owner for Balloon 710
- Christopher Callan on Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust still looking for a new owner for Balloon 710
- Christopher Callan on Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust still looking for a new owner for Balloon 710
Archives
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- January 2012
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- November 2010
- October 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- April 2010
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- March 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- September 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- November 2007
- September 2007
- June 2007
- October 2006
- September 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- October 2005
- September 2005
- June 2005
- May 2005
- February 2005
- January 2005
- November 2004
- October 2004
- September 2004
- July 2004
- June 2004
- May 2004
Categories
- 15 Events
- 15 Years Apart
- Aberdeen Corporation Transport 15
- Aberystwyth Cliff Railway
- Advert Up Close
- Amman Valley Railway Society
- Around the World in Trams
- Bath and Bristol
- Beamish Tramway
- Birkenhead Heritage Tramway
- Black Country Living Museum
- Blackpool Tramway
- Brighton Tram 53 Group
- British Trams Online at 15
- Burton & Ashby 14
- Bury Transport Museum
- Cardiff Metro
- Cliff Lifts
- Cork Luas
- Crich Tramway Village
- Docklands Light Railway
- Douglas Bay Horse Tramway
- Dublin Luas
- East Anglia Transport Museum
- Edinburgh Trams
- Electric 50 – Crich 2014
- Event Previews
- Event Reviews
- Feature Articles
- Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust
- Fylde Tramway Society
- Fylde Transport Trust
- General
- Glasgow Airport link
- Going for a ride
- Great Orme Tramway
- Heaton Park Tramway
- Hythe Pier Railway
- Ipswich Transport Museum
- Isle of Wight Steam Railway – Ryde Pier Tramway 2
- KenEx Tram
- Leeds Transport Historical Society
- Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway Society
- Loan Trams
- Lockdown Walks
- London Tramlink
- London Transport Museum
- Lost Trams
- Lytham 43
- Manchester Metrolink
- Manx Electric Railway
- Models
- North Eastern Electrical Transport Trust
- Nottingham Express Transit
- Opinion
- Out and About
- People
- Picture in Time
- Preston Trampower
- Reviews
- Ryde Pier Tramway
- Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum
- Scenic T68s
- Seaton Tramway
- September 2018 Review
- Site News
- Snaefell Mountain Railway
- So nearly, not quite!
- Southampton Tram Project
- Southend Pier Railway/Tramway
- Stagecoach Supertram
- Still Standing!
- Stop by Stop
- Summerlee Museum Tramway
- Support our Heritage Tramways
- Television
- They Ran in 2019
- They Ran in 2020
- They Ran in 2021
- They Ran in 2022
- Tram of the Year
- Tram Pub Signs
- Trams &
- Trams in Unusual Places
- Trams in Video
- Trams Up Close
- Tyne and Wear Metro
- UKTram
- Ulster Transport Museum
- Uncategorized
- Very Light Rail
- Visitor's Guide
- Volks Electric Railway
- West Midlands Metro
- Whatever Happened To?
- World Cup of Trams
Meta
Category Archives: Tyne and Wear Metro
Tyne and Wear Metro completes tactile paving installation at all stations
Every platform on every Tyne and Wear Metro station now has tactile paving on the platform edge – making it the first rail network in England to have this feature, giving a major accessibility upgrade for blind and partially sighted … Continue reading
North East Rail and Metro Strategy approved
The North East Joint Transport Committee have approved the first North East Rail and Metro Strategy, which outlines plans to upgrade the East Coast Mainline, reopen the Leamside Line and, most pertinent to this website, extended the Tyne and Wear … Continue reading
Extra Metro services for Elton John
Another major concert will be taking place at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light on Sunday 19th June with Elton John performing. To help people get to and from the concert there will be extra services running both before and after.
Light rail services to be affected by national rail strike
Although the national rail strike announced for 21st, 23rd and 25th June does not directly included staff working on any tram or light rail system in the UK there will be some impact on services where track is shared with … Continue reading
Tyne and Wear Metro plant a tree for Queen’s Jubilee
Nexus and local community volunteers have teamed up to plant a tree at Cullercoats Metro station to help mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The plum tree was planted in a special ceremony attended by volunteers from the Cullercoats Collective, staff … Continue reading
Second phase of Gosforth Depot redevelopment completed
Work on the redevelopment of the Tyne and Wear Metro’s depot at Gosforth is continuing at a good pace with the second phase (of six) now completed. This has seen three more sections of line being successfully installed. Phase three … Continue reading
Out and About: Tyne and Wear Metro at Sunderland
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.
Extra Metro services for Ed Sheeran concert
The Tyne and Wear Metro will be running extra services before and after the Ed Sheeran concert taking place at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light as they prepare for their busiest couple of days for more than three years. The concerts … Continue reading
Work starts on the Metro Flow project
Metro Flow – a scheme which will see three single track sections in South Tyneside dualled – is starting to ramp up ahead of a major three month closure later this year. The £100 million project – partially funded by … Continue reading
Young inventors come up with ideas to make Metro journeys more fun
The Metro Invention Challenge – run by Nexus alongside creative education organisation Little Inventors – has see children come up with some unique inventions aimed at making journeys on the network more fun. Winning entries included a seat just for … Continue reading
Comic book to celebrate Tyne & Wear Metro’s superheroes!
Mick Duckett, a local artist, is to draw a 40 page comic to celebrate the work of frontline staff on the Tyne and Wear Metro. The comic book will tell the stories of Metro’s frontline employees as they look after … Continue reading
4020 helps Tyne & Wear Metro celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Now with added photo (24.5.22) The latest light rail network in the UK to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is the Tyne and Wear Metro with 4020 receiving special vinyls to mark the occasion. We’d previously said that Blackpool’s offering … Continue reading
In Pictures: The original Metrocar mock-up cab
In all the excitement surrounding the new trains for the Tyne & Wear Metro – mock-ups, simulators, construction process – it can easily be forgotten how things were back in the late 1970s when the system was in the final … Continue reading
Nexus start the search for more apprentices
Nexus are on the look out for nine new apprentices to start in Autumn 2022 – with many of the roles on the Tyne and Wear Metro. With over 90% of apprentices moving either into higher apprenticeships or permanent roles … Continue reading
Performance up on Tyne & Wear Metro (but poster becomes an advert!)
The latest four weekly performance statistics poster from the Tyne and Wear Metro has again been put up at stations across the network and shows a bit of positive news as it is up from the previous month. Sadly after … Continue reading
Nexus release statement after major anti social behaviour incident on the Metro
There was a major anti-social behaviour incident on the Tyne and Wear Metro on Saturday 30th April with a shopping trolley was thrown at a moving train by a group of youths. Following this incident Nexus and Northumbria Police released … Continue reading
Work starts on production of bogies for new Metro trains
Another week and another milestone in the construction of the new trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro. Stadler – who are building 46 new trains – have now started manufacture of the first of 276 sets of bogies (each … Continue reading
Artists selected for Tyne and Wear Metro train interior artwork
Four artists from the north east of England have won the commission to supply artwork to be applied to the interior of the new Tyne and Wear Metro trains after an open call for submissions. Each artist will go on … Continue reading
New wheel lathe installed at Metro’s redeveloped depot
As the redevelopment of the Tyne and Wear Metro’s Gosforth Depot continues a new state of the art wheel lathe has been installed which will save time and should make train maintenance more efficient. The depot is being developed in … Continue reading
New exhibition opens on the Tyne and Wear Metro
A new exhibition called Metro Memories which celebrates the history of the Tyne and Wear Metro has opened at The Common Room, Westgate Road, Newcastle. Featuring photographs, film and interviews with key decision makers along with engineers, designers and many … Continue reading