Around the World in Trams: Innsbruck 1

Posted on Saturday 12 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

The next location for our “Around the World in Trams” series is Innsbruck in Austria and we start off with a historic tram in action.

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Tyne and Wear Metro performance remains consistent

Posted on Saturday 12 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Another four week period has been and gone on the Tyne and Wear Metro which had led to the latest performance poster being put up at stations across the network – and it again shows a consistent service with 84% of all trains down as arriving on time.

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Lockdown Walks: Edinburgh Trams 276

Posted on Saturday 12 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

This latest “Lockdown Walk” is heading out in Edinburgh once more, although this time around we are heading a bit further out of the city centre.

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Frigate relaunch and tram procession to feature in scaled back Blackpool Tramway 135th Anniversary

Posted on Friday 11 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

The return to service of Blackpool’s popular Illuminated feature car The Frigate, HMS Blackpool, plus a tram procession are to be the main events over the traditional September Spectacular weekend on 26th and 27th September. A weekend which was meant to a major celebration of the 135th anniversary of the Blackpool Tramway has had to be scaled back for obvious reasons but there will still be some tours on offer on top of these extra events, although as has become the norm in Blackpool pre-booking will be required.

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Extended season announced for Manx Electric Railway

Posted on Friday 11 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

In a year when everything seems to have been curtailed it is pleasing to be able to report from the shortened Manx Electric Railway season will be extended into October. Originally due to end on Sunday 13th September trams will now be running into October, although there will be a reduction in the service to weekends only.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Standard 159

Posted on Friday 11 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

And onwards we go as “Picture in Time” moves down to the East Anglia Transport Museum in Carlton Colville for the next few weeks. The subject of this edition is Blackpool Standard 159.

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In Pictures: 399 206 returns to service as a tram

Posted on Thursday 10 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

For the first time since the early days of the tram-train service, Stagecoach Supertram have reverted to a four/three split of the Citylink vehicles with three now back with the tram wheel profiles. 399 206 returned to service with the standard tram wheel profile on Wednesday 9th September – believed to be its first use as a “tram” since it received the tram-train wheel profile back in October 2018.

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Edinburgh Trams and IHF Driver Innovation Safety Challenge moves to pilot stage

Posted on Thursday 10 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

As we reported earlier in the summer Edinburgh Trams are leading a Driver Innovation Safety Challenge (DISC) project along with IHF to help to monitor driver fatigue and it has now been announced that this project will be known as FOCUS+ and is now entering the pilot test stage in September.

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Lockdown Walks: Stagecoach Supertram 115

Posted on Thursday 10 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Today we take another trip to Sheffield for images taken of Supertram during 2020 as part of a “Lockdown Walk”.

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Ipswich Transport Museum to reopen

Posted on Wednesday 9 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

The Ipswich Transport Museum – home to Ipswich 33 and Cambridge horse car 7 – is to belatedly open for the season on Sunday 20th September, with it then being open every Wednesday and Sunday until Sunday 29th November.

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Anti-social behaviour crackdown on Tyne & Wear Metro

Posted on Wednesday 9 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Northumbria Police and Nexus have teamed up for a major anti-social behaviour crackdown on the Tyne and Wear Metro to both protect and educate passengers on the network. Operation Hermes took place over a two day period in late August with a range of tactics deployed including the use of archway knife detectors and wands, undercover work and outreach.

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Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 209

Posted on Wednesday 9 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Our modern tram version of “Picture in Time” this week moves across the Midlands from West to East as we head to Nottingham.

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Bury line goes over to Line of Sight operation

Posted on Tuesday 8 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink’s Bury line has become the latest section of the network to be fully converted to TMS control with the final section between Whitefield and Bury Interchange moving over on Monday 24th August.

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Seaton Tramway wins Tripadvisor mark

Posted on Tuesday 8 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

The Seaton Tramway have announced that they have recently been awarded the 2020 Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice award, based on good feedback left on the popular Tripadvisor website and app.

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Still Standing! Chorlton Tramway Office

Posted on Tuesday 8 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

We are off to Greater Manchester again for our latest photo of a first generation tramway structure still in situ today.

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In Pictures: Cable Tramway artefacts discovered in Edinburgh

Posted on Monday 7 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

We’re used by now to finding historic artefacts underneath road surfaces across the UK and this includes when they start to construct new tram lines. That is the case in Edinburgh where work to extend the modern Edinburgh Trams system along Leith Walk has thrown up many historic items and this has included some remnants of the long-gone cable tramway system which once operated in the Scottish capital.

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In Review: Fylde Transport Trust books

Posted on Monday 7 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

The Fylde Transport Trust have recently released a set of new books which as well as providing some reading for enthusiasts also have the added bonus of providing a source of fundraising for their restoration projects on both trams and buses. Two of the three books released have a tram connection and we take a look at both in this article.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 634

Posted on Monday 7 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this latest edition of “Picture in Time” we are again heading to Blackpool, well, Fleetwood actually but you get the idea, for an archive image showing the tramway as it once was.

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Trams in Video: Lisbon Trams – October 2016

Posted on Sunday 6 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this vide we are back to Portugal and Lisbon for some more footage taken during October 2016. Included in this footage we see local youths hanging on and taking a free ride on the tramway. A worldwide phenomenon this is dangerous to say the least and throughout the UK warnings are given on how dangerous this is and we certainly don’t condone any actions shown in this video!

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Wilkinson’s demolition set to start

Posted on Sunday 6 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Since work on the Blackpool North Railway Station tramway extension resumed at the start of June there hasn’t been a large amount of obvious progress as a great deal of preparation has been needed first. But as from Monday 7th September major signs of progress will be visible as the Wilkinson’s building will start to be demolished necessitating road closures in the local area.

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