Out and About: Tram changeover at Wednesbury Parkway

Posted on Saturday 5 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

“Out and About” today is in the West Midlands as we head to the Metro where we see trams changing over at Wednesbury Parkway.

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In Pictures: Work continues at both ends of Trams to Newhaven project

Posted on Friday 4 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

We return to Edinburgh again to see some of the latest progress on constructing the first extension of the Edinburgh Trams network from the city centre out to Newhaven. Due to open in spring 2023 it is planned that most of the work will be completed during 2022 and despite delays to the project caused by events out of the project teams control it is said to still be on time and within the revised budget.

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Programme of events announced for Rush Hour on the Railways

Posted on Friday 4 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

This Easter Weekend (Friday 15th to Monday 18th April) will see the return of Rush Hour on the Railways to the Isle of Man with the heritage tramways and railways joining forces to offer a varied programme of events. For the trams that means that the MER will be seeing unusual combinations, a parallel run, car shed tours and of course an intensive timetable in operation.

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Person hit by tram at Nottingham Station

Posted on Friday 4 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

A woman had to be taken to hospital on Wednesday 2nd March after she was hit by a tram at Nottingham Station tramstop. The incident happened shortly before 1700 and saw NET services suspended between Old Market Square and Queens Walk/NG2 until around 1800. The woman was taken to hospital for treatment.

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Picture in Time: Seaton Tramway 2

Posted on Friday 4 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

Starting from today “Picture in Time” returns to Devon for a selection of images taken on the Seaton Tramway during a visit by Bob Hodges on 28th August 1995.

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Trams are back running on the Wirral Heritage Tramway!

Posted on Thursday 3 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

It seems to have been a long-time coming but a tram service has finally resumed on the Wirral Heritage Tramway – albeit on a shortened section of line awaiting repairs to the track on the section to Woodside Ferry. The 2022 tram service was inaugurated on Saturday 26th February with no fan fare but when trams are back running who can complain about that!

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Metrolink 3135 in service

Posted on Thursday 3 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

The latest Manchester Metrolink M5000 to enter service is 3135. The tram has been noted in service on the Metrolink network at the very start of March and in doing so becomes the 167th passenger tram to run on the system since it opened in 1992.

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Warnings to motorists after increase in car v tram collisions in Croydon

Posted on Thursday 3 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

The number of car v tram collisions in Croydon are on the increase and management at London Tramlink are warning if the trend continues there could be serious injuries and service delays. Its reported that since 2020 there have been nine collisions and 59 near misses in the car v tram category whilst there have also been 105 emergency stops after pedestrians walked in front of trams.

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Trams to Wolverhampton Railway Station from July?

Posted on Wednesday 2 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

After the Wolverhampton Railway Station West Midlands Metro extension missed its “end of 2021” opening date the question has been when may we start to see trams running on the new line? That now seems to have been answered with Transport for West Midlands planning on the first trams running on the extension by July 2022 – but only after further work takes place, with this due to get underway this month.

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Edinburgh Trams named city’s Large Business of the Year

Posted on Wednesday 2 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

As we reported last week, Edinburgh Trams were up for four awards at the city’s Chamber of Commerce Awards with the winners announced on Thursday 24th February. In the end they won in one of the categories – but it was the big one as they were named “Large Business of the Year”.

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Out and About: Trams pass at Hillsborough Corner

Posted on Wednesday 2 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Out and About” we are off to Sheffield where we see a couple of trams passing going to and from Malin Bridge on the Blue route.

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In Pictures: Scottish Rugby crowds get their first taste of temporary Edinburgh Trams arrangements

Posted on Tuesday 1 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

The Scottish Rugby Union team played France at Murrayfield Stadium which as well as being their second, and final, home fixture of the 2022 Six Nations Championship was also the first major event in Edinburgh since the introduction of the temporary terminus at West End on the tram line.

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More funding for the DfT for English regional light rail

Posted on Tuesday 1 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

English bus and light rail operators are to be awarded a further £150 million in funding as part of final phase of pandemic related financial support for the sector from the Department for Transport. This funding is due to last until October 2022 after which the government expect no further emergency funding to be offered to either bus or light rail services in England.

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Complete a survey and you could win a month’s free travel on NET

Posted on Tuesday 1 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

Nottingham Express Transit are giving passengers on the network the chance to win a month’s free travel – just by completing a survey on the service. All completed surveys will then be entered into a prize draw with one participant being selected at random at the end of March. The survey is open until 31st March and can be accessed at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NTramsCustomerSurvey.

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In Pictures: Trams under attention at Carlton Colville

Posted on Monday 28 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

The hard work to get trams ready for a new season at the East Anglia Transport Museum is well underway with London Transport 1858, Blackpool 159 and now Sheffield 513 all having received attention over the past couple of months. Whilst getting any tram back into service is enough to get excited about when 513’s work is completed it will be that little bit more exciting as it hasn’t run in passenger service since 2019.

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Luas Engineering Works: March 2022

Posted on Monday 28 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

There are to be further engineering works on the Luas network over two weekends in March, affecting the Red Line. These works will mainly be taking place overnight but will see temporary changes to the operating hours on the Red Line.

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Still Standing! Brighton Corporation Tramways Depot – revisited!

Posted on Monday 28 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Today we return to a location we have featured before – the former Brighton Corporation Tramway Depot on Lewes Road – and take an alternative view at the structure, which remains in use as a bus depot to this day.

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Stop by Stop Blackpool Tramway: Thornton Gate

Posted on Sunday 27 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

On we go towards Fleetwood with the next stop on the Blackpool Tramway in “Stop by Stop” being Thornton Gate.

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New document management system to aid Edinburgh Trams Inquiry

Posted on Sunday 27 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

The ongoing, and lengthy, Edinburgh Trams Inquiry is set to have a new £120,000 document management system introduced as the wait goes on to find out what Lord Hardie’s findings will be. There are over three million documents which are having to be considered as part of the Inquiry and this new system will allow these to be searched and analysed a lot quicker.

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Out and About: Blackpool 31 in service at Beamish

Posted on Sunday 27 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

This latest edition of “Out and About” is heading to Beamish where we see Blackpool 31 in service along with other trams at rest in the depot.

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