Monthly Archives: July 2019

In Pictures: 37 goes blue on West Midlands Metro

Posted on Thursday 25 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

As we expected at the start of the week there are now three fully blue trams on West Midlands Metro with 37 having now been revealed as the third of the Urbos3 trams to receive the full vinyl wrap. In … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Amsterdam 474 lifted from its truck

Posted on Thursday 25 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

General maintenance of heritage trams across the country is always ongoing and rarely gets reported in depth as it just sort of happens and we take for granted that the trams continue to run whenever we may happen to visit … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Seaton Tramway 17 & 7

Posted on Thursday 25 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

We have a double helping of trams and a double helping of photos for you in this edition of Picture in Time as we take a look at two trams – one of which looks very different now and the … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Returning friends and long journeys as Blackpool celebrates Tram Sunday weekend

Posted on Wednesday 24 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

They don’t need much of an excuse in Blackpool to have intensive heritage tram action but with Fleetwood Tram Sunday (or Transport Festival if you prefer) taking place on Sunday 21st July the whole weekend saw another Gold timetable in … Continue reading →

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The end of Liverpool’s overhead poles

Posted on Wednesday 24 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

You may remember at the start of this year we reported on the start of work to remove some of the last remaining poles which used to be used for the overhead wire of Liverpool Corporation Tramways. Now after several … Continue reading →

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Extra Metro services for Sunderland Airshow

Posted on Wednesday 24 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

The Tyne and Wear Metro will be running extra services during the Sunderland International Airshow to help visitors get to and from the event with large crowds expected to attend. The Airshow takes place on Friday 26th, Saturday 27th and … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Bluebird on the move – and other Crich images

Posted on Tuesday 23 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

Just to prove that things never stay still for too long, no sooner has we given a Workshop update from Crich Tramway Village than one of the three long-term residents was on the move. The tram in question was London … Continue reading →

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More all night trams for Edinburgh Festival

Posted on Tuesday 23 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

After the success of last year’s all night trams on Saturday nights during the Edinburgh Festival period they will once again be running in 2019 – with the addition of the service on Friday night’s as well! A 20 minute … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 700

Posted on Tuesday 23 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

We feature a tram in today’s Blackpool edition of Picture in Time in a much remembered condition – the wartime Green and Cream liveried Balloon 700.

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More battery trams on the way on West Midlands Metro

Posted on Monday 22 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

It’s been nearly a month since we saw the last battery fitted tram enter service on West Midlands Metro but in the meantime they have been busy in the workshops at Wednesbury as not one but two more trams are … Continue reading →

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Plaque installed at Seaton in memory of tramway supporter

Posted on Monday 22 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

A memorial plaque has been installed on the outside of the Seaton terminus building in honour of Anthony Caesar, a supporter of the tramway. The plaque was unveiled by Al and Gill Summers, friends of Mr Caesar at a small … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Crich goes Postal with a new exhibition

Posted on Monday 22 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

The chances are if you reading this website when you visit Crich you concentrate mainly on the operating trams or those at rest in the depot and Exhibition Hall. But if you have some spare time there are also a … Continue reading →

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Around the World in Trams: Krakow 168

Posted on Sunday 21 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

This week we have another look at a tram in Krakow, Poland with one of the older examples featured.

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Preparatory works to continue on Edinburgh extension

Posted on Sunday 21 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

Over the past couple of months since final approval was given for the Trams to Newhaven project in Edinburgh the first stage of preparatory works have been taking place with ground and site investigation underway. This stage of work is … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Trams in the works at Crich

Posted on Sunday 21 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

The workshops at the Crich Tramway Village are usually a hive of activity with major projects in hand to bring more trams into service and the situation is no different at the moment with three major projects taking place. The … Continue reading →

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Could there be a little bit of progress on the Blackpool Tramway extension?

Posted on Sunday 21 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

Originally due to open at Easter 2019 there can be no getting around the fact that the Blackpool Tramway extension to Blackpool North Railway Station is late and as things stand at the moment the Council have given no indication … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro construction

Posted on Saturday 20 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

We head back to July 1998 for this week’s modern tram edition of Picture in Time although there isn’t a tram in sight.

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Saturday 20 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

It may be a day early this week but our latest main site update is now online with another couple of Photo Galleries added:

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A Friday evening outing for the Western Train

Posted on Saturday 20 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

Outside of the illumination season it is usually difficult for the general public to get a ride on an illuminated tram which makes Friday 26th July a pretty rare opportunity to ride the illuminated Western Train with the tram set … Continue reading →

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In Preview: Build in Bricks at Crich – 25th to 31st July

Posted on Saturday 20 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

One of the most popular new family orientated events at the Crich Tramway Village didn’t have anything to do with large scale trams but did result in a stunning mosaic depicting Glasgow 812! It was the Build in Bricks event … Continue reading →

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