Whatever Happened To? Midland Metro 04

Posted on Tuesday 8 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Today we have another edition of our series where we take a look at what happened to the original trams built for the Midland Metro – the T69s.

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15 Years Apart: Nottingham Express Transit 203

Posted on Tuesday 8 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Today “15 Years Apart” is returning to Nottingham for another look at one of the original trams in 2005 and 2020.

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Trams &: Manchester 765 & car

Posted on Tuesday 8 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Its off to Beamish for this latest edition of “Trams &” as we see a visiting tram in the form of Manchester 765 being joined by various vehicles in the town street.

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In Pictures: Edinburgh flooding as services resume

Posted on Monday 7 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Edinburgh Trams services managed to resume from 0700 on Monday 7th December having suffered a couple of days disruption caused by severe flooding on two sections of the network. The flooding was first reported on Saturday 5th December after two nights of very heavy rain and despite engineers working around the clock it wasn’t possible for services to fully resume for 48 hours.

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South Wales tram-train vehicles start to take shape

Posted on Monday 7 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

We don’t mention it that much but in the next few years South Wales will be home to another Metro style service – the first in Wales – with the upgrading of the South Wales Metro service. In order to operate this service – which will built on conventional railway lines to start with but with the option in the future of some street running into Cardiff – a number of new vehicles are currently being built, including some Stadler tram-train vehicles.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Twin Car 686+676 & Balloon 717

Posted on Monday 7 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Once more we head to August for an image from Blackpool as “Picture in Time” continues.

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Lockdown Walks: Edinburgh Trams 253

Posted on Monday 7 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

We are off to Edinburgh again today as we take a look at another of the CAF built trams in action.

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Trams &: Blackpool 016 & bus

Posted on Monday 7 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

We go more modern that most of the photos featured in this series as we head off to Blackpool for a view at Fleetwood Ferry.

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Trams in Video: Brussels City Tramways vintage tram operation – May 2014

Posted on Sunday 6 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

On 1st May 2014, Brussels tram route 81 celebrated its 100th anniversary and to mark the occasion vintage trams from the Woluwe tram museum operated alongside regular service cars between Place Montgomery and Place Bara. We see both the old and new operating in this video as part of this celebration.

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In Pictures: The continued demolition of Wilko’s in Blackpool

Posted on Sunday 6 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Another week and another update on the demolition of the former Wilko’s store in Blackpool, which is still steadfastly clinging on although once again more of the structure has come down over the past seven days. The project timeline shows that the building’s demolition is due to be finished by the end of the year and with the continued progress seen in the below photos it would seem to be on target for that!

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15 Years Apart: Blackpool Illuminated Trawler

Posted on Sunday 6 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

Its another trip to Blackpool for this instalment of “15 Years Apart” and we again see a tram which has changed during that period.

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Flooding causes major disruption on Edinburgh Trams

Posted on Sunday 6 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

The Great British weather has a lot to answer for doesn’t it? There are very few trams systems in the UK which aren’t affected at some time or other with the latest to see major disruption to their services being Edinburgh Trams. This time around it’s the rain which has caused problems with service on Saturday 5th December only being able to run for a small part of the route.

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Trams &: Llandudno & Colwyn Bay 7 & tractor

Posted on Sunday 6 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Trams &” we are going deep into the mud of the Llandudno Transport Festival in 2016.

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Tram of the Year 2020 voting now open!

Posted on Sunday 6 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

You can now register your votes for the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2020 with the final shortlist now announced in all four categories: Tram (Traditional), Tram (Modern), Tramway and Event of the Year. Some years it is difficult to come up with the shortlists because so much has happened whereas other years it’s a struggle because not much has – and 2020 probably comes into the latter! But despite that we think there is a good varied selection of trams, tramways and events you can vote for.

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What’s New on British Trams Online?

Posted on Sunday 6 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

This week’s photos come from the recent archive as we go back to 2007 and images from Stagecoach Supertram:

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Stockport 5 returns to service!

Posted on Saturday 5 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

It was 2013 that the last passengers enjoyed the opportunity for a ride on open topper Stockport 5 but that all changed on Friday 4th December with the tram relaunched into service on its home tramway at the Heaton Park Tramway. The tram was taken out of service after 2013 to allow an overhaul to take place and following seven years of hard work the work is now complete and the tram is part of the operational fleet once more!

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Around the World in Trams: Berlin 1582

Posted on Saturday 5 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

We are again in Berlin for this latest edition of “Around the World in Trams”.

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Metro performance falls

Posted on Saturday 5 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

The latest performance report on the Tyne and Wear Metro has been posted at stations across the network and shows that for the last four week period performance has fallen by quite a large amount.

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Lockdown Walks: Manchester Metrolink 3061

Posted on Saturday 5 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Lockdown Walks” we are again in Manchester and show one of the M5000 trams in action.

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West Midlands Metro CATs out and about for first time

Posted on Saturday 5 December 2020 by Gareth Prior

We’ve seen Manchester Metrolink and their Trambassadors and now the West Midlands Metro have unveiled their very own team to help passengers to comply with the current restrictions – the Covid Advice Team (CAT). They have recently started patrols across the system to give advice on how journeys can be planned to avoid situations where social distancing may be difficult and they will also carry spare face coverings to give to passengers who have forgotten their own.

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