Performance continues to fall on the Tyne and Wear Metro

Posted on Tuesday 4 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

In the last performance article on the Tyne and Wear Metro we mentioned how low performance had fallen – but if that was low then what does that make the latest set of figures with a further 2% decrease seeing the number of trains considered as on time recorded below 70% for the first time in a long while.

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Metrolink 3134 enters service

Posted on Monday 3 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

The latest Manchester Metrolink M5000 to be delivered to the city has now started to run in service with 3134 being noted in action on Friday 24th December 2021 meaning that once again it took less than a month from delivery to carry its first fare paying passengers.

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15 Years Apart: Blackpool Engineering Car 754

Posted on Monday 3 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

Today we come to an end of this latest series of “15 Years Apart” and the last tram to feature is a Works Car in Blackpool.

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Winter timetable starts in Blackpool as COVID staff shortages hit elsewhere in the UK

Posted on Sunday 2 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

It seemed throughout 2020 and 2021 that the most regular type of article added to British Trams Online was in relation to timetable changes on UK tram systems – and 2022 is starting exactly the same as the very first news article of the year brings a new timetable in Blackpool whilst other tramways have been suffering from COVID related staff shortages leading to temporary changes there too.

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15 Years Apart: Croydon/London Tramlink 2531

Posted on Sunday 2 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “15 Years Apart” we are off to South London as we focus on a CR4000 which operates on the Tramlink network.

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Out and About: Around Didsbury on Metrolink

Posted on Saturday 1 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

Our new year offerings continue with another edition of “Out and About” for you today as we head out onto Manchester Metrolink with some views taken around Didsbury.

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They Ran in 2021: Seaton 11

Posted on Saturday 1 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

And we come to an end of our “They Ran in 2021” series with one final trip out, and the location is the Seaton Tramway.

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15 Years Apart: Blackpool Illuminated Frigate

Posted on Saturday 1 January 2022 by Gareth Prior

Happy New Year! What will 2022 bring us? The way the last couple of years have been we think its very unwise to predict that one! We start off the year with another edition of “15 Years Apart” and we go all illuminated!

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Out and About: Taking a look at an advert in Edinburgh

Posted on Friday 31 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

In this latest edition of “Out and About” we return to Scotland as we take a closer look at one of the adverts which has recently been carried by a tram.

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They Ran in 2021: Metropolitan Electric Tramways 331

Posted on Friday 31 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

“They Ran in 2021” is making another visit to the Crich Tramway Village today.

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15 Years Apart: Leeds 345

Posted on Friday 31 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

This edition of “15 Years Apart” features another Leeds tram which operated in service at the Crich Tramway Village during 2021.

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Out and About: At Cathedral in Sheffield

Posted on Thursday 30 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

We return with another edition of “Out and About” today as we take a trip into the centre of Sheffield.

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They Ran in 2021: Manx Electric Railway 22

Posted on Thursday 30 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

It’s a trip across the Irish Sea to the Isle of Man for today’s edition of “They Ran in 2021”.

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New chair elected to UKTram Operations Group

Posted on Thursday 30 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

Steve Mabey – who has worked at Manchester Metrolink for 10 years – has been appointed as the new chair of the UKTram Operations Group, following in the footsteps of his father Mike who retired in October. This influential sector working group looks at the challenges faced by light rail systems across the UK to share good practice between them.

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15 Years Apart: Blackpool Balloon 701

Posted on Thursday 30 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

We return to Blackpool for this edition of “15 Years Apart” as we feature the last of our quintet of Balloon Cars we have seen in the series.

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Out and About: Exchange Square on Metrolink’s 2CC

Posted on Wednesday 29 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

“Out and About” returns today as we make a quick visit to the only intermediate stop on Manchester Metrolink’s Second City Crossing at Exchange Square.

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They Ran in 2021: Sheffield 264

Posted on Wednesday 29 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

Its our last visit of “They Ran in 2021” to Beamish as we feature another of the operating trams at the museum.

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Tramlink Nottingham confirm losses of over £20 million

Posted on Wednesday 29 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

In their account deposited at Companies House shortly before Christmas Tramlink Nottingham, operators of Nottingham Express Transit, have confirmed that they made a loss of £21.4 million in the 12 months to 31st March 2021. In figures which are likely to be repeated elsewhere within the UK after the significant fall in passenger numbers caused by the long-running pandemic there was a 23.4% fall in underlying operational turnover which although offset partly by the Department for Transport grants still led to a significant loss.

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15 Years Apart: Leeds 180

Posted on Wednesday 29 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

Its another trip to Crich for today’s “15 Years Apart” with another of the operational Leeds cars being featured.

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Out and About: Just a trip along Blackpool Prom

Posted on Tuesday 28 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

Its time for another “Out and About” and in this latest relatively topical photo series we take a trip on Blackpool Prom.

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