In Pictures: The Terror Tram at Carlton Colville

Posted on Sunday 5 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

Having been launched to much fun fare at Easter, the Fylde Transport Trust’s Blackpool Brush Railcoach 634 continues to be used on a regular basis at the East Anglia Transport Museum. In this pictorial article we head back to Carlton Colville to see the tram running again – its partner in service on Sunday 21st April was Sheffield 513 as caught on camera by Bryan Grint.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 5th May 2024

Posted on Sunday 5 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

Photos this week come from London Trams:

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In Pictures: West Midlands Metro 37 returns to Wednesbury

Posted on Saturday 4 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

Its another case of one tram out from Wednesbury and one in for the West Midlands as just a couple of days after 17 left, 37 comes back from Worksop. This latest move was on Friday 3rd May and sees 37 (the last of the Urbos3s) return to West Midlands Metro property after six months away.

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Around the World in Trams: Amsterdam 700

Posted on Saturday 4 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

For the next month the location for “Around the World in Trams” will be Amsterdam in the Netherlands as we head back to 1980 for a selection of images of trams in service in the city.

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War of words erupts over London Trams strike action

Posted on Saturday 4 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

As reported earlier this week, engineers on London Trams will be going on strike from 2000 on Sunday 5th May until 0600 on Thursday 9th May. This will cause major disruption on the network and now just before the strike begins a war of words has erupted between Unite the Union and Transport for London.

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Early Sunday mornings service change on Edinburgh Trams

Posted on Saturday 4 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

Early morning services on Sundays over the next few weeks will see some minor changes to the timetable as Edinburgh Trams undertake some essential maintenance works. Whilst the majority of the works will be taking place overnight it will be necessary for some early morning services to be affected by the works.

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In Pictures: Another April visit to Crich

Posted on Friday 3 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

We return to the Crich Tramway Village for another set of photos in this article as we see more images from a normal operating day during April – the first full month of operation for the tramway in 2024. On this visit on Sunday 21st April it was the usual three tram service which included two trams from Sheffield (74 and 510) and one from Blackpool (236). The photos are from Stuart Cooke.

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Judging underway for West Midlands Metro 25th anniversary logo competition

Posted on Friday 3 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

Over 100 entries have been received by West Midlands Metro as they look to find a special logo for their 25th anniversary which will be celebrated this year. The deadline for submissions for primary school children was on Monday 29th April and now comes the hard job of selecting a winning entry.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool OMO 13

Posted on Friday 3 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

We move forward in time for this week’s “Picture in Time” as we now arrive in October 1978.

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In Pictures: 17 departs from Wednesbury once again

Posted on Thursday 2 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

It looks like West Midlands Metro Urbos3 17 is at least a partial fan of the hokey-cokey as its in, out from Wednesbury Depot continued on Wednesday 1st May 2024 as it departed once again for further storage at Worksop. This is the second time the tram has headed that way – having only returned on 4th February 2024.

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Fatal Accident Inquiry to take place over man’s death in Edinburgh

Posted on Thursday 2 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

A Fatal Accident Inquiry is set take place over a collision which saw a 53 year old man die after being hit by a tram at Saughton on the Edinburgh Trams system in 2018. The tragic accident has already been investigated by the RAIB and there has been a criminal investigation that saw Edinburgh Trams Ltd fined £240,000 but this new inquiry will look further at the incident and to see any learnings which can be made for the future.

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LRSSB collaborate with SYMCA to develop new guidance

Posted on Thursday 2 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

The Light Rail Safety Standards Board (LRSSB) have developed new Safety Management System (SMS) to aid the whole light rail sector in the UK whilst also supporting the South Yorkshire Mayor Combined Authority (SYMCA) during the transition of the operation of the Supertram network.

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In Pictures: 257 advertises The Royal Highland Show

Posted on Wednesday 1 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

Article updated 04/05/2024 with additional photos.

Its become something of a tradition that a tram in Edinburgh receives an advert for The Royal Highland Show each year and in 2024 the tram chosen for these vinyls is 257. The sixth different advert carried for the Royal Highland Show.

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Whole host of rail replacement work announced for Metrolink this summer

Posted on Wednesday 1 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

It will be another summer of major rail replacement works on Manchester Metrolink with work due to take place at various locations in the city centre starting in June and continuing through until September (although not constant and service changes will change to reflect where the work is happening).

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New working group set up to look at SPAD issues on UK tramway’s

Posted on Wednesday 1 May 2024 by Gareth Prior

The Light Rail Safety and Standards Board (LRSSB) are to set up a new working group to thoroughly investigate the reasons why trams sometimes fail to stop at signals when they are required to.

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In Pictures: 3023 back with another advert livery!

Posted on Tuesday 30 April 2024 by Gareth Prior

Well, that didn’t take long did it?! After reporting earlier this month that Metrolink 3023 was back in fleet livery after losing its Maybelline vinyls comes the news that after just a few days it is once carrying advertising vinyls.

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In Pictures: The new look for Supertram

Posted on Tuesday 30 April 2024 by Gareth Prior

South Yorkshire Supertram is now starting to get a new look following the ending of 27 years of Stagecoach operation on 22nd March 2024. Whilst all trams still retain the same Stagecoach livery with the old logo (although all mentions of Stagecoach have been removed), a brand new logo and branding is starting to be seen on the stops.

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Nottingham Express Transit Engineering Works: 18th and 19th May

Posted on Tuesday 30 April 2024 by Gareth Prior

There will be track works on Nottingham Express Transit over the weekend of Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May which will see a change to services. The work will be taking place at David Lane on both days.

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In Pictures: A look inside the Workshop at Crich

Posted on Monday 29 April 2024 by Gareth Prior

As the season progresses at the Crich Tramway Village we have gradually been seeing more trams enter service with (at the time of writing) ten different trams having been used in service so far. Meanwhile, in the Workshop further trams are being prepared for service as they start to enter the busier part of the season with Bank Holidays and, hopefully, the promise of warmer and sunnier weather.

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Planned service announced for London Trams strike

Posted on Monday 29 April 2024 by Gareth Prior

When planned strikes affecting London Trams services were suspended back in March it was said by Unite the Union that this was to allow meaningful talks to take place, but the proposed dates in May and July were kept in the diary in case this didn’t result in a satisfactory outcome. It would now appear that is what has happened at Transport for London have now confirmed details of services which will run on the trams between 5th and 9th May.

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