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Monthly Archives: April 2024
In Pictures: In the Workshop and around the depots at Crich
We recently featured a pictorial article from the Crich Tramway Village of trams out on the mainline in service and in this accompanying report we now take a look at the Workshop and around the depot. The Workshop section concentrates … Continue reading
Posted in National Tramway Museum
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In Pictures: Buffers go in at North Station
Little by little progress is being made around the North Station terminus of the Blackpool Tramway extension – its not enough to say wow its nearly ready but as a certain supermarket says “every little helps”!
Posted in Blackpool Tramway
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WMM engineer to appear on Masterchef!
A West Midlands Metro engineer will be swapping his spanner for a spoon this week as he serves up a selection of delicious dishes for judges on the BBC’s Masterchef. Conor Moon will be battling to get through the Heats … Continue reading
Posted in West Midlands Metro
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Back to fleet livery for Metrolink trams
Over the past few weeks its been a case of fleet livery disappearing and be replaced by advertising vinyls on Manchester Metrolink but this time we flip the story over as it’s the complete reverse! In this article we feature … Continue reading
Posted in Manchester Metrolink
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Brighton 53 Open Days for 2024 announced
There will be a chance to see behind the scenes and the latest progress on the restoration of Brighton 53 in a special Open Weekend on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May.
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Another milestone for West Midlands Metro Dudley extension
We don’t even have work completed on the first phase of the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill via Dudley West Midlands Metro extension yet we’re still able to celebrate a milestone in phase two of the route. The historic Parkhead Viaduct … Continue reading
Posted in West Midlands Metro
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In Pictures: Trams back running at Crich
As you’ll have already read after a delay to the operating season for trams at Crich they started to run along the line again from Easter Saturday, 30th March 2024. Our first photos of the season come from two weeks … Continue reading
Posted in National Tramway Museum
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Model tram exhibition returns to Blackpool this May
After the success of last year’s Model Tramway Exhibition at the Solaris Centre in Blackpool it will return again this year at the same location. Due to take place on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th May it will again see … Continue reading
Posted in Models
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Operation Coastwatch to return on the Metro
A major operation aimed at reducing antisocial behaviour on the Tyne and Wear Metro is to return this summer. Operation Coastwatch is a joint operation with North Tyneside Council working alongside Northumbria Police and Nexus and will run from April … Continue reading
Posted in Tyne and Wear Metro
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More details released on future of Midland Metro 16
Last November we reported on an unexpected tram move which saw former Midland Metro T69 16 moved from its long-term storage home of Long Marston to the Very Light Rail Innovation Centre in Dudley. Although it was known that it … Continue reading
Posted in West Midlands Metro
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They’ve Run in 2024!
For the first time this year we take a look at which heritage trams have run in service during 2024 across the British Isles. To remind you this article aim to feature which heritage trams have run in passenger service … Continue reading
Posted in Beamish Tramway, Birkenhead Heritage Tramway, Black Country Living Museum, Blackpool Tramway, Burton & Ashby 14, Douglas Bay Horse Tramway, East Anglia Transport Museum, Great Orme Tramway, Heaton Park Tramway, Manx Electric Railway, National Tramway Museum, Seaton Tramway, Snaefell Mountain Railway, Summerlee Museum Tramway, They Ran in 2024, Volk's Electric Railway
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Out and About: Edinburgh Trams – Ocean Terminal
Edinburgh is once again the location for “Out and About”.
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Manchester Metrolink Then & Now: Collyhurst Road
We now return to “Manchester Metrolink Then & Now” – our series where we take a look at a location on the Metrolink network either before or during construction and after trams started to run. The series resumes on the … Continue reading
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In Pictures: Supertram 125 fails at Hillsborough
There were slight delays caused to services on the Stagecoach Supertram network (on what was the last day of Stagecoach operation!) on Thursday 21st March after Siemens-Duewag built tram 125 suffered a fault at Hillsborough tramstop.
Posted in South Yorkshire Supertram
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Review of light rail safety document completed
A document which sets out the core principles of light rail safety has been reissued to the industry after a review was completed by sector experts. More than 200 amendments have been made to the Tramway Principles and Guidance (TPG1) … Continue reading
Posted in General
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What’s New on British Trams Online? 14th April 2024
More photos from the recent archives this week and we’re off to a special Blackpool Day at the Heaton Park Tramway in 2010:
Posted in Heaton Park Tramway, Picture in Time, Site News
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RAIB report in Nottingham derailment released
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch have released a report into the derailment of Citadis 232 at Bulwell on Nottingham Express Transit which occurred at 1706 on 12th June 2023. In the report they set out what caused the tram to … Continue reading
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Around the World in Trams: Kolkata 71
Another edition of “Around the World in Trams” coming from Kolkata in India.
Posted in Around the World in Trams
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Metrolink 1024 – we missed a scrapping!
Sometimes there are just news stories which pass us by and we’re never aware of them until a long time after it happened, and this is definitely one of those situations! Manchester Metrolink 1024 – which we last had as … Continue reading
Posted in Manchester Metrolink
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Metro to play key role in West Midlands major investment for a green transport revolution
Could we be seeing even more extensions to the West Midlands Metro network? With work underway on both the Birmingham Eastside and Wednesbury-Dudley-Brierley Hill lines, plans by Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) could see even more built as part of … Continue reading
Posted in West Midlands Metro
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