Edinburgh Trams send team to compete at European Tram Driver Championships

Posted on Wednesday 28 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Edinburgh Trams will be sending a team of top tram drivers to the 11th European Tram Driver Championship where they will compete with the best in Europe on 14th September in the event which is taking place in Frankfurt.

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In Pictures: A look at the Heaton Park Tramway in August 2024

Posted on Tuesday 27 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Manchester’s Heaton Park Tramway has been continuing to run throughout the summer with most weekends seeing trams operating along the length of the line from Middleton Road Gates to Lakeside. There have been occasions when it hasn’t been possible to run a service due to low volunteer numbers with the Manchester Tramway Museum Society always on the look out for more volunteers (see their Facebook page for more details if you think you can help – link at the end of the article) but the weekend of Saturday 17th and Sunday 17th August did see trams running on both days and this article features photos from those days. Steven Hughes is the photographer.

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Classical music on a tram!

Posted on Tuesday 27 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

If when you’ve been on a tram and sat there thinking “you know what, it would be so much better if there was some classical music on board” then you are in for a treat on the West Midlands Metro in the last week of August. Having already performed once (Tuesday 27th August), the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s (CBSO) Music Director, Kazuki Yamada, will be playing a captivating piano soundtrack on Thursday 29th August.

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NET appoint new network resilience and security manager

Posted on Tuesday 27 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Nottingham Express Transit have announced the appointment of a new network resilience and security manager as part of a wider initiative to increase safety for tram users. Shaun Kenneth joins the team with more than 14 years of experience in the transport and light rail sectors and will utilise his experience to bolster the network’s stringent safety plans and to help increase the resilience of the trams across Nottingham.

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In Pictures: Bristol Tramway Horse Tram at Bristol Aerospace Museum

Posted on Monday 26 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

An Aerospace Museum is probably the last place you would expect to find an old horse tram but that is exactly where the sole surviving Bristol Tramways horse can be found with in a partially restored condition.

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West Midlands Metro warn careless motorists of risk around the tramway

Posted on Monday 26 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Dangerous drivers who risk the safety of themselves and others by blocking tram tracks or recklessly ignoring traffic signals and signs are being warned of the consequences by West Midlands Metro.

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Out and About: Edinburgh Trams in Leith – April 2024

Posted on Monday 26 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Time to go “Out and About” again and we find ourselves in Edinburgh this time out.

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Trams &: Blackpool 634, trolleybus & bus

Posted on Sunday 25 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Another of our regular locations for “Trams &” is the East Anglia Transport Museum with the museum featuring trams, trolleybuses, buses and more all operating or on display on any given opening day.

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Steampunk returns to Crich this September

Posted on Sunday 25 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

The Steampunk weekend at the Crich Tramway Village has become one of the most popular events at the museum in recent years and it will return again on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September. Organised in conjunction with Steampunks Always Welcome – Lincoln the weekend sees alternative history celebrated and of course the trams will keep on running too.

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Car and tram collision on Ashton line

Posted on Sunday 25 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink services were disrupted between Ashton-under-Lyne and Velopark for a time on Sunday 18th August after a car and tram collided close to The Snipe. The tram involved was 3083 which was bound for Ashton.

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Events this week…

Posted on Sunday 25 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

More family orientated events this week as we also still see the end of the hop-on, hop-off timetable on Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours.

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In Pictures: Track renewal continues on Supertram

Posted on Saturday 24 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

The track renewal works on the South Yorkshire Supertram network which are taking place along Middlewood Road until early September have been continuing over the past few days as the area seeing new rails laid increases.

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Around the World in Trams: Rhein-Neckar 256

Posted on Saturday 24 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

A move into Germany for this latest “Around the World in Trams”.

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In Pictures: West Midlands Metro 44 back to fleet livery

Posted on Saturday 24 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Article updated 27th August with photo added.

The West Midlands Metro fleet has taken one further step towards having a more uniform look as another of the Urbos 100 trams which were carrying adverts is now back in full fleet livery. Coming just a couple of days after 58 went back to blue, 44 is now also running around in the standard fleet colours.

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The Metro inspires a Geordie version of a classic country music song

Posted on Saturday 24 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

A classic country music song has had a playful reworking by a local mandolin group. “I’ve been everywhere” has swapped its lyrics from being about a journey across North America for a ride on the Tyne and Wear Metro.

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First phase of trackwork completed on Birmingham Eastside extension

Posted on Friday 23 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

The sight of trams in service on the West Midlands Metro Birmingham Eastside extension (or at least part of it) has moved a step closer following the announcement that the first phase of the installation of track on Moor Street Queensway has been completed.

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Glasgow 488’s top deck moved for work to start on its restoration

Posted on Friday 23 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

A few days ago you may have read our report on the fact that Lowestoft 14 had broken cover briefly with images shown of it at Chapel Road terminus. It has now been confirmed that the tram was being moved out of the main depot, which houses the workshop, and the reason for that was to provide space for the top deck of Glasgow 488 to allow restoration to start.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Railcoach 618

Posted on Friday 23 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Another edition of “Picture in Time” heads to Blackpool.

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In Pictures: KFC complete a hattrick of tram systems

Posted on Thursday 22 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Over the past couple of months we have seen identical adverts for KFC applied to trams on Manchester Metrolink and West Midlands Metro. Whilst those adverts have now gone – 3047 losing its vinyls in Manchester and 58 on the West Midlands Metro – there is a third tramway in the British Isles which does also have an advert for the same company, and that is Dublin’s Luas system.

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Edinburgh Trams advert changes

Posted on Thursday 22 August 2024 by Gareth Prior

Its time to report a couple more advert changes in Edinburgh as one ad has a revision whilst another is a brand new advertiser for the trams. The two trams we feature in this article are 269 (new advert) and 273 (revised vinyls applied).

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