15 Years Apart: London Tramlink 2544

Posted on Saturday 26 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

For the only time in “15 Years Apart” for 2020 we take a trip to London Tramlink to see the changes in one of the original CR4000 trams.

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Trams &: Leeds 399 & car & bus

Posted on Saturday 26 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

We head back to 2016 for this latest edition of “Trams &” and the Crich Tramway Village is again the location.

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Metrolink 3121 enter service

Posted on Friday 25 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

They promised it would enter service before Christmas and it did – just! 3121, the first of the latest batch of 27 Bombardier built M5000s to have been delivered to Manchester, was used in passenger service for the first time on Wednesday 23rd December.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 19

Posted on Friday 25 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Back to the Isle of Man for another 2010 image from the Manx Electric Railway.

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Lockdown Walks: Stagecoach Supertram 107

Posted on Friday 25 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Off we go to Sheffield again for this latest “Lockdown Walk”.

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Trams &: Newcastle 114 & van

Posted on Friday 25 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Merry Christmas everyone! As you check to see whether you’re on Santa’s good list we bring you our own festive treats as we head to Beamish for today’s “Trams &” as we take a look at one of the resident trams alongside an old van.

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Cabmen’s Shelter returns to Crich

Posted on Thursday 24 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

The restored Bradford Cabmen’s Shelter is back at Crich following restoration work by Dorothea Restorations of Bristol and is now waiting for the finishing touches before it can be officially re-opened.

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New fares for West Midlands Metro from 2nd January 2021

Posted on Thursday 24 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

West Midlands Metro have announced new fares will be introduced on the network as from 2nd January 2021 – with the news only been released a little over a week before it happens. The overall increase is said to be less than 1% but there are some fares which look significantly higher from this date and have been made following a “review of the fares structure”.

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Stop by Stop Nottingham Express Transit: Clifton South line – Rivergreen

Posted on Thursday 24 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

We continue our series featuring the tram stops of the Clifton South line of Nottingham Express Transit and today take a look at Rivergreen.

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15 Years Apart: Blackpool Illuminated Frigate

Posted on Thursday 24 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Its back to Blackpool for this latest “15 Years Apart” and a tram which only just got to be featured as it only re-entered service during September during the 135th anniversary celebrations of the tramway.

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Trams &: Sheffield 510, Blackpool 630 & bus

Posted on Thursday 24 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Today “Trams &” is off to Crich for a London event where the only London vehicle we see is a bus as the trams are from elsewhere!

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Trams set to move on from Rigby Road

Posted on Wednesday 23 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Blackpool Transport have confirmed that a number of trams are to leave Rigby Road Depot with the space available to store heritage trams likely to be reduced as a series of redevelopments take place around the bus and tram depot. The exact identities of which trams are to leave has not yet been revealed but the movements are expected to start during the first quarter of 2021.

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Edinburgh Trams receive more financial support

Posted on Wednesday 23 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

The Scottish Government have announced that a further round of funding is to be made available to Edinburgh Trams and the Glasgow Subway taking into account the ongoing financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and falling revenue due to low passenger numbers. In total £8 million will be split between the two systems.

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Still Standing! Sunderland District Electric Tramways Power Station

Posted on Wednesday 23 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

We’ve previously been to Sunderland to see the old Sunderland District Electric Tramways tram depot (now in use by a tyre company) but there is also a second surviving structure in the same area – a building which is now listed.

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Lockdown Walks: Manchester Metrolink 3107+3116

Posted on Wednesday 23 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Today’s “Lockdown Walk” takes in Manchester Metrolink once more.

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Trams &: London Transport 1858, Blackpool 159 & trolleybus

Posted on Wednesday 23 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

“Trams &” continues today as we head to the East Anglia Transport Museum and a regularly captured scene.

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NET donate advertising space to local homeless charity

Posted on Tuesday 22 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Nottingham Express Transit 211 is now running with above window adverts for Emmanuel House Support Centre – a Nottingham homeless charity – after NET donated advertising space to the charity who have suffered a £70,000 shortfall in their annual income.

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In Pictures: A sunny day in Edinburgh

Posted on Tuesday 22 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

A number of the articles which we publish on British Trams Online are prepared well in advance and kept in store for those quieter periods when there isn’t as much news and this is one! This short pictorial article heads north of the border to Edinburgh for some views of the trams in service on a sunny mid-March day – it may only be 9 months ago but this is pre-lockdown and seems a very long time ago! Roy Calderwood is the photographer.

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Whatever Happened To? Midland Metro 06

Posted on Tuesday 22 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Today we are again taking a look at Midland Metro’s original trams to see just what has happened to them over the years!

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15 Years Apart: Nottingham Express Transit 214

Posted on Tuesday 22 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this “15 Years Apart” we take a trip to Nottingham once more (we did warn you there was less variety than we hoped for in this series – Nottingham/Blackpool dominate!) to view one of the Incentro trams in service in both 2005 and 2020.

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