In Pictures: Poppies in Edinburgh

Posted on Thursday 5 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

As we’ve seen over the past week or so various tramways across the UK have started to display poppies on their trams as a mark of respect ahead of Remembrance Sunday and the latest to be featured on this website is Edinburgh Trams. As in Blackpool the poppies are carried within the cabs located to one side at the bottom, sharing the space with the face mask reminder.

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TfL agree £1.8 billion funding package with DfT

Posted on Thursday 5 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

The threat to services across the Transport for London network has been averted following the announcement of an £1.8 billion funding agreement. It was widely reported that without this new funding package services may have to be cut on the trams, rail and bus networks and this new cash injection will help TfL maintain current service levels for the next few months.

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Stop by Stop Nottingham Express Transit: Clifton South line – Queens Walk

Posted on Thursday 5 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this new photo series we take a look at the all important stops on UK tram systems starting off in Nottingham. During this series we won’t be just looking at the stop as with many modern system the stops are of a fairly uniform style and it would soon get very boring just having pictures of the stops (although we will be seeing some of that just not exclusively); we also won’t be showing you a trailing crossover here, leading crossing there. That’s what the series isn’t but what will we be featuring? Its will be fairly simple series where we see trams at, or close to, the stops – in other words its yet another excuse to show more photos of trams! The first system we take a trip to is Nottingham Express Transit and we have split the network into four sections (so we can break each system up a bit as this series continues). For the next few weeks we will be concentrating on the line to Clifton South, a line which has the distinct advantage that you can walk alongside the track all the way once it had dropped down from the viaduct over the top of Nottingham Railway Station. In this first instalment we take a look at Queens Walk.

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In Pictures: Latest update from Wilko’s demolition

Posted on Wednesday 4 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

In the latest instalment of our update on the demolition of the old Wilko’s store on Talbot Road in Blackpool we see the excellent progress that continues to be made on its removal as at Friday 30th October. Almost two months into the demolition over half of the structure has now been raised to the ground. Once the building is completely removed attention can then be turned towards preparing the site for the tram terminus and hotel which are both due to be completed by 2022. Tony Armitage provides the images once more.

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Another revised timetable for Supertram

Posted on Wednesday 4 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

Following swiftly after the announcement that a revised timetable would be running on the Blackpool Tramway after the start of the latest England wide lockdown, it has now been confirmed that Stagecoach Supertram will also be introduced on Stagecoach Supertram. There are two dates where timetables will change with a reduced tram-train service having started on Wednesday 4th November while the rest of the network will actually see extra trams running.

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Still Standing! Chester Tram Rosette

Posted on Wednesday 4 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

Another city in the British Isles to still have numerous examples of tramway rosettes is Chester and that is where we head for this latest edition of “Still Standing!”.

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In Pictures: Poppies appear in Sheffield

Posted on Tuesday 3 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

Following on from the photos we’ve shown recently of poppies on trams in Blackpool, we can now feature Stagecoach Supertram’s own way to remember those who died in the line of duty. As with Blackpool poppies are being added to the trams with the difference being that they are externally affixed to the trams on one of the wing mirrors at each end.

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Blackpool Tramway to reduce service again

Posted on Tuesday 3 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

Having recently successfully argued that they ran an essential service and been awarded additional government funding to keep services running, the Blackpool Tramway has announced a further reduction to the timetable as from Sunday 8th November. With England back under lockdown restrictions from 5th November and the illuminations being suspended its felt that a lower frequency service will suffice until further notice (and there probably isn’t much argument against that!).

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Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 33+25

Posted on Tuesday 3 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

We are once again heading back to the Docklands Light Railway in 2003 for this edition of “Picture in Time”.

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In Pictures: Blackpool Flexity2 012 returns to service

Posted on Monday 2 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

For some time in Blackpool a number of the Flexity2 trams have been out of service with none of 004, 007 and 012 having been noted in use for several months and for 007 it has been over 12 months since it last ran. But this list can be reduced to two again now as 012 has recently returned to action.

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Supertram services delayed after van blocks the tracks

Posted on Monday 2 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

Stagecoach Supertram services through Hillsborough were suspended for around an hour on the evening of Friday 30th October after a van was found blocking the tracks. It was reported locally that the Police thought the handbrake on the van had failed which caused it to roll onto the tracks at Langsett Road at approximately 1700. The van was removed around an hour later with services then reformed.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 718

Posted on Monday 2 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

Today we feature another colourful all over advert carried on a Blackpool tram during 2007 – and colourful is the word for this design on 718!

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Trams in Video: Crich Tramway Village – London Event 2015

Posted on Sunday 1 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Trams in Video” we are heading to the Crich Tramway Village once more to take a look at some footage from June 2015. Filmed during the London Event on 13th and 14th June of that year we see London County Council 106 in service (which had just returned to service following overhaul at this time) and it is joined by fellow London trams London United Tramways 159, MET 331 and London Transport 1622. Glasgow 1068 is also in service. On top of this there are visiting buses and a visiting trolleybus too!

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Lockdown returns to England – heritage trams suspended again

Posted on Sunday 1 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

It was announced late on Saturday 31st October that England will once again be going into a national lockdown in an attempt to supress the spread of the Coronavirus. This means that as from Thursday 5th November – and until Wednesday 2nd December – there will further restrictions put into place including the closure of non-essential shops and the hospitality sector. Most significantly for this website it will mean that no heritage trams will be able to run during this period.

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Man hit by tram in Dublin

Posted on Sunday 1 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

A man was injured after he was hit by a tram on Dublin’s Luas network during the early evening of Thursday 29th October. He was reported as suffering from minor injuries after he was struck by a tram between the stops at Leopardstown Valley and Ballyogan Wood on the Green line. The driver of the tram was also taken to hospital as a precaution. While the emergency services dealt with the incident no Green line services ran between Brides Glen and Sandyford.

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What’s New on British Trams Online?

Posted on Sunday 1 November 2020 by Gareth Prior

This week there are photos from around a month ago in Blackpool as we feature the Flexity2 trams in action:

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In Pictures: Blackpool Brush 621 on tour for the FTT

Posted on Saturday 31 October 2020 by Gareth Prior

Friday 23rd October saw the Fylde Transport Trust run a tour of the illuminations with Brush Car 621 hired for the occasion which included trips to both Fleetwood and Starr Gate. This was a scaled down tour from the original plan with Balloon 715 not required and the planned later evening tour also cancelled with Blackpool now under tier 3 Covid restrictions.

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Around the World in Trams: Innsbruck 11 & 16

Posted on Saturday 31 October 2020 by Gareth Prior

We are again in Innsbruck but this time we move on to the Stubaitalbahn for the next few editions of “Around the World in Trams”.

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NET services disrupted as car gets stuck on bridge again

Posted on Saturday 31 October 2020 by Gareth Prior

Its not the first time its happened and it probably won’t be the last but Nottingham Express Transit were disrupted for a time on Wednesday 28th October after a car got stuck on Lenton Lane Bridge. This bridge has pretty significant signage warning motorists not to follow trams but it seems that during the morning of 28th October one motorist didn’t notice this and ended up getting their vehicle stuck on the bridge. With the car having to be removed there was no NET service between Meadows Way West and University Boulevard with ticket acceptance in place on local buses.

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Lockdown Walks: Stagecoach Supertram 110

Posted on Saturday 31 October 2020 by Gareth Prior

Another photo from a UK tramway during 2020 as our latest “Lockdown Walk” is heading to Malin Bridge in Sheffield.

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