Trams &: Birkenhead 70 & 69 & bus

Posted on Friday 18 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this latest edition of “Trams &” we are going back to the Wirral for an image of a couple of trams alongside a bus.

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Howdon Depot is operational

Posted on Thursday 17 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

The temporary Tyne and Wear Metro depot at Howdon in North Tyneside has officially become operational following the completion of work to create a new facility on a former landfill site. The depot will be used initially for the maintenance of up to a quarter of the current fleet while the main facility at South Gosforth is rebuilt for the new fleet of trains.

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Metrolink staff trained in mental health awareness

Posted on Thursday 17 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

The Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) has started to train Manchester Metrolink staff in mental health awareness to improve the skills needed support to support someone in distress. So far more than 120 of Metrolink’s frontline customer service staff received this life-saving training through the GMMH’s Recovery Academy so that they can be better at supporting the public in the region experiencing poor mental health.

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Stop by Stop Nottingham Express Transit: Clifton South line – Southchurch Drive North

Posted on Thursday 17 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

This series where we are looking at tram stops on Nottingham Express Transit’s Clifton South line continues as we reach Southchurch Drive North.

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15 Years Apart: Blackpool Boat 227

Posted on Thursday 17 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

The feature of our then and now series “15 Years Apart” is a tram which has been renumbered in the intervening period – its Blackpool Boat 227 (or 602 as was).

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Trams &: Chesterfield 7 & car & bus

Posted on Thursday 17 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

We’re getting more than our monies worth for today’s “Trams &” as we see a tram along with not just one but two other vehicles!

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NET introduce the Trambot!

Posted on Wednesday 16 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

In a bid to help passengers find out information about travelling on Nottingham Express Transit the company have recently adopted the use of WhatsApp to make it even easier to find the information you want – and this will include an automated Trambot outside of times when the Customer Services team are working.

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West Midlands Metro features on new album by Tom Aspaul

Posted on Wednesday 16 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Songs which feature references to trams are in fairly short supply – even more so in recent years – but a new album and video by top Black Country recording artist and disco star Tom Aspaul remedies that! Tom’s first album was released in October and features his affection for home sights and sounds – and this includes the West Midlands Metro!

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Still Standing! Rochdale Corporation Tramway track

Posted on Wednesday 16 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Today as we return to “Still Standing!” – those pieces of old tram infrastructure which remain in situ all these years later – we find some more long disused track, this time we are in Rochdale.

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Lockdown Walks: Manchester Metrolink 3082

Posted on Wednesday 16 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

“Lockdown Walks” continues today with another view of a tram in Manchester.

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Trams &: Cardiff 131 & steam roller

Posted on Wednesday 16 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Beamish always provides us with plenty of opportunities for photos of trams alongside another vehicle and that is where we head for this latest edition of “Trams &”.

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Metrolink 3122 arrives in Manchester

Posted on Tuesday 15 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

The second of the additional order for 27 new M5000 trams to run on Manchester Metrolink was delivered to Queens Road Depot on Saturday 12th December. Numbered 3122 this tram will help to increase capacity on the Metrolink network and after it has gone through the full commissioning programme will allow more double units to be operated on the networking aiding social distancing.

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Forgotten piece of history discovered during Metro Brierley Hill extension preparatory works

Posted on Tuesday 15 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

We’ve seen throughout the early stages of the construction of Edinburgh’s Trams to Newhaven project that under the road surface there are a number of historical artefacts which have laid untouched for many years and now down in the West Midlands the same has happened as a long-forgotten fountain has been found in Dudley.

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Whatever Happened To? Midland Metro 05

Posted on Tuesday 15 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

We carry on a look at the original Midland Metro trams to see “Whatever Happened To” them. This time out we reach no. 05.

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15 Years Apart: Stagecoach Supertram 107

Posted on Tuesday 15 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “15 Years Apart” we are off to South Yorkshire where we take a look at one of the Siemens-Duewag original trams.

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Trams &: Berlin 223 006-4 & trolleybus

Posted on Tuesday 15 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this latest edition of “Trams &” we are taking a look at Crich’s depot yard where you never quite know what vehicles you may find!

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In Pictures: More interesting finds under Leith Walk

Posted on Monday 14 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

As work on bringing trams along Leith Walk and to Newhaven in Edinburgh continues it seems that there are still more interesting items to be found under the road surface with this latest pictorial update showing some interesting ironmongery which has recently been exposed.

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More Metrolink problems after pantograph damage identified

Posted on Monday 14 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink services were briefly suspended on Monday 14th December after damage to pantographs on some trams was identified – coming just 48 hours after damage to the overhead wires at Cornbrook. Equipment has recently been installed to monitor trams and this identified the problems of some pantographs which led to the decision by KeolisAmey Metrolink to briefly suspend all services while an investigation took place.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Western Train 733+734

Posted on Monday 14 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

As we look into the archives again today, this edition of “Picture in Time” take a look at one of the popular Blackpool illuminated feature cars.

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Lockdown Walks: Edinburgh Trams

Posted on Monday 14 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Its another trip out and about in 2020 as we take an aerial view of a tram in Edinburgh City Centre.

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