Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway 7 back on display this weekend

Posted on Friday 28 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway 7 is to make its first public appearance of 2023 with it due to be on display at the Llandudno Transport Festival this coming Bank Holiday weekend. For the first time in several years the tram can be found on the main festival site at Bodafon Fields with the parade through the streets of the town not taking place this year.

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Luas Engineering Works: Saturday 29th April to Monday 1st May

Posted on Friday 28 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

This May Day Bank Holiday weekend will see more engineering works taking place on Dublin’s Luas network with the Green line set to see revised services throughout the weekend of Saturday 29th April to Monday 1st May.

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Picture in Time: Dundee 21

Posted on Friday 28 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

Before “Picture in Time” moves on again we just have time for one more photo from Crich and we’re moving forward a bit to 1989 for this week’s image.

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Tram output for Blackpool May Day Bank Holiday Enhanced weekend announced

Posted on Thursday 27 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

The five trams set to run on each day of the Enhanced Weekend of heritage tram operation in Blackpool over the forthcoming May Day Bank Holiday weekend have been confirmed. With a new timetable in operation for the weekend only five trams will be needed on each day instead of the previous six but there will still be plenty of trams out for you to enjoy.

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Family events coming this spring at Crich

Posted on Thursday 27 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

As we’re firmly in spring now and the weather is starting to realise that attention is being turned to those longer days and just what can keep the family entertained. The Crich Tramway Village are on hand to help as they have a number of events coming up during May, sure to keep people entertained.

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In Pictures: West Midlands Metro 53 enters service

Posted on Wednesday 26 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

One of the latest CAF Urbos100 to have been delivered for use on the West Midlands Metro has now entered service. 53 carried its first passengers on Monday 24th April having been used on daylight driver training for a few weeks previous to this.

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In Pictures: Repaint for Snaefell Mountain Railway 4

Posted on Wednesday 26 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

Not previously mentioned on our news pages is that over the winter Snaefell Mountain Railway 4 has received a repaint and is now once again in what is considered the standard fleet livery. The tram had been running for the past few years in a unique livery which has now been consigned to the history books.

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In Pictures: Leeds 602 shunted ahead of the King’s Coronation

Posted on Tuesday 25 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

We all love a good shunt of trams at Crich don’t we? And when it’s a tram which hasn’t seen the light of day for a while its even more exciting and that was the case on Sunday 23rd April when Leeds 602 was extracted from the Great Exhibition Hall ahead of a starring role at a yet unannounced Coronation event due to take place at the Crich Tramway Village at some point over the Coronation Bank Holiday weekend (6th-8th May).

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New Operations Director appointed on Tyne and Wear Metro

Posted on Tuesday 25 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

Nexus have appointed a new Operations Director for the Tyne and Wear Metro. Kevin Storey has been promoted from the Head of Operations Delivery role and will now be responsible for overseeing the day to day running of services on the network.

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In Pictures: Demolition work in Birmingham City Centre continues

Posted on Monday 24 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

The Birmingham Eastside West Midlands Metro extension may be several years away from fully opening but despite that there remains some progress to report on the work that can take place. That include the demolition of buildings at Dale End which are in the way of the installation of track.

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They’ve Run in 2023!

Posted on Monday 24 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

With more trams continuing to enter service for the first time this year we take another look at which heritage trams have run during 2023 so far. The aim is to feature all tramways within the British Isles and to give an indication of what has run on each of them – to qualify it has to have run with passengers on board, so private hires do count but not any tram which has just been used for testing. As always any errors or omissions please let us know by using the contact details at the bottom of the article.

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Out and About: Stagecoach Supertram 102 at the end of the road

Posted on Monday 24 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

In another edition of “Out and About” we are this time going to Sheffield to take a look at the second lowest numbered tram in the fleet.

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Stop by Stop Nottingham Express Transit: The One That Got Away! – Station Street

Posted on Sunday 23 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

In the last edition of Stop by Stop Nottingham Express Transit we feature the “stop that got away” – Station Street.

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Edinburgh Trams 264 back to fleet livery

Posted on Sunday 23 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

Back in December 2022 we reported on a new advertising livery for Edinburgh Trams 264 with it having received vinyls for Jollyes Pet Store. This ended up being a short-term contract though as, although previously unreported, come January 2023 the vinyls were removed with the tram back in fleet livery again.

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Available now – one “imperfect” edition of Lytham Trams book

Posted on Sunday 23 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

Earlier this year the third book in the trilogy of Brian Turner books on tramways of the Fylde Coast was released. The Blackpool Conduit Tramway was another well received book from the pen of Brian Turner but at the time lots of people asked how they could get their hands on the middle book of the trilogy – Lytham Trams. Well, there is now a unique opportunity to do so as an “imperfect” copy has been found and it is now open for bids on ebay!

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 23rd April 2023

Posted on Sunday 23 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

This week its off to South London for our latest set of photos:

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In Pictures: Driver Training underway in Edinburgh

Posted on Saturday 22 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

As you may have noticed if you’ve been checking these pages recently, an extension is set to open on Edinburgh Trams this spring. Running for almost 3 miles between York Place and Newhaven the extension has been progressing well over the past few years and with the main construction works completed attention is being turned to training drivers on the line. Daytime driver training got underway on Wednesday 19th April and will now take place regularly ahead of the line opening.

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Around the World in Trams: Ghent 6352

Posted on Saturday 22 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

The next stop on our “world tour” of various tram systems is in Belgium as we make a brief stop in Ghent.

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MET 331 makes it’s a bakers dozen of trams for Crich

Posted on Saturday 22 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

Tuesday 18th April saw the 13th different passenger tram to run in service at the Crich Tramway Village in 2023 – but it wasn’t an unlucky number for Metropolitan Electric Tramways 331 which became the latest tram to be used this year.

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Acocks Green Library to commemorate 70 years since Birmingham tram closure

Posted on Saturday 22 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

Acocks Green Library in Birmingham is to hold a special event on Saturday 24th June to commemorate 70 years since the last tram operated on the first generation tramway in the city. Taking place between 1000-1300 and 1400-1600 the event will include much of the special collection which the library holds, including some model trams.

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