In Pictures: 53 on driver training after commissioning completed

Posted on Saturday 8 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

The highest numbered tram on the West Midlands Metro is edging closer to entering service with 53 having completed its mileage accumulation and testing. Its now been handed over to the operational team and although its not yet been seen in passenger service it has been noted in use on driver training.

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Around the World in Trams: Santa Cruz 19

Posted on Saturday 8 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its off to Tenerife once more for this week’s edition of “Around the World in Trams”.

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New Metro trains to be fitted with defibrillators

Posted on Saturday 8 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

Every single drivers cab in the new fleet of Tyne and Wear Metro trains is to be fitted with a life-saving defibrillator, Nexus have confirmed. That means each train will have two of the devices on-board (a total of 92 across the fleet) with this just one of many ways they will be revolutionising public transport across Tyne and Wear.

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Luas Engineering Works: 15th and 16th April

Posted on Saturday 8 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

The next set of engineering works on Luas will be taking place over the weekend of Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th April. This time they will be affecting services on the Green line between St Stephen’s Green and Beechwood.

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In Pictures: The trams continue to enter service at Crich

Posted on Friday 7 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

No sooner did we publish our article earlier in the week to say that more trams had entered service at the Crich Tramway Village for the first time in 2023 (which took us up to nine for the year) then another couple do the same! The latest trams to join the 2023 operating fleet are Blackpool 630 and London United Tramways 159.

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London Tramlink Engineering Works

Posted on Friday 7 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

The Easter period will again see a partial closure of the London Tramlink network with engineering works due to take place in central Croydon.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool 607

Posted on Friday 7 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

We stay at Crich for this latest edition of “Picture in Time” and feature a tram which was on loan at the time but is now a permanent member of the collection.

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In Pictures: Beamish Steam Fair 2023

Posted on Thursday 6 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

Over the years one of the most popular general transport events in the UK has been the Great North Steam Fair at Beamish. Before the pandemic this used to be a four day event which not only included the best steam traction around but also various other road vehicles. In the current climate this has now become a slightly smaller scale event (although still a significant event nonetheless) lasting for two days with the 2023 event taking place on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd April.

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In Pictures: Sheffield 189 makes a trip to the Crich workshop

Posted on Thursday 6 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

The workshop at Crich is usually home to those trams which are long-term restoration projects or those which are part of the operating fleet and undergoing general maintenance or commissioning. But occasionally there is a bit more of an exotic visitor, as was the case recently when Sheffield 189 paid a visit.

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Metrolink disruption after lorry damages overhead

Posted on Thursday 6 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink services to Piccadilly and Ashton were disrupted on Thursday 23rd March after a lorry hit and damaged overhead line equipment on London Road (just outside of Piccadilly Station).

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In Pictures: Even more new adverts on Manchester Metrolink

Posted on Wednesday 5 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

They do once you start you can’t stop and that certainly seems to be the case for all over adverts on Manchester Metrolink as following quickly on from the adverts we reported about last week on 3031, 3038 and 3080 comes a further two. The latest two trams to receive the vinyl wraps are 3047 and 3107 with neither advertiser a stranger to Metrolink.

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Trams to go on parade for King’s Coronation in Blackpool – tickets now available!

Posted on Wednesday 5 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

For the second major royal celebration in a row, Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours are to mark the occasion by having a parade of trams. Taking place on Sunday 7th May, 11 tram will be involved and tickets are available to travel on seven of them now!

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1 year countdown starts for public control for Supertram

Posted on Wednesday 5 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

March 2024 will be a key month for the South Yorkshire Supertram system as it will see the network come under public control again following the conclusion of the contract with Stagecoach. With this just a year away, the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority are starting a countdown in what they consider to be a key milestone in their ambitions to upgrade Supertram as part of a fully integrated public transport.

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In Pictures: Tram makes it to Wolverhampton Railway Station!

Posted on Tuesday 4 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

This is not a drill! And it is not 1st April! The first tram has finally reached Wolverhampton Railway Station as the testing and commissioning period of the West Midlands Metro extension gets underway. The nocturnal movement saw 43 travel along the entire length of the line in the early hours of Tuesday 4th April with the tram becoming the first on this short extension which is due to open this June.

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More trams enter service at Crich

Posted on Tuesday 4 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

We’re now up to nine different trams having run in passenger service at the Crich Tramway Village in 2023 after a further threewere used for the first time over the past week or so. Continue reading →

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Whitley Bay Metro station reopens

Posted on Tuesday 4 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

Tyne and Wear Metro services are again calling at Whitley Bay after the completion of emergency repairs to the canopy. The station had been closed since 17th February after damage to the grade II listed canopy caused by Storm Otto.

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New NET fares confirmed

Posted on Monday 3 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

As reported in mid-March, fares on Nottingham Express Transit are to change from Monday 3rd April 2023. As usual when an operator says there will be a fare change that generally means they will be increasing and while some fares will remain the same the most popular day fares will be going up from this date.

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Late night trams to service Terminal V Festival in Edinburgh

Posted on Monday 3 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

There will be additional late night trams running on the Edinburgh Trams network over the Easter weekend to help festivalgoers get back from the Terminal V Festival which is taking place at the Royal Highland Centre.

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Out and About: Manchester Metrolink – Victoria: August 2022

Posted on Monday 3 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

As we return with another batch of photos as part of “Out and About” we are going back to August 2022 for some images which were taken at Victoria.

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Stop by Stop Nottingham Express Transit: Hucknall & Phoenix Park – Highbury Vale (Phoenix Park)

Posted on Sunday 2 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

Having reached Hucknall last time out our journey on Nottingham Express Transit goes back on itself as we now head onto the short Phoenix Park branch.

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