Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 5

Posted on Thursday 18 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

Staying on the Isle of Man for our latest dip into the archives with an image showing one of the hard working Tunnel Cars in 1979.

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In Pictures: Work gets underway on expansion of East Anglia Transport Museum

Posted on Wednesday 17 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

Back in June 2018 full planning permission was given to the East Anglia Transport Museum for a major expansion of the museum site including extensions to the tramway, trolleybus route and the East Suffolk Light Railway. Now less than 12 months later and work has begun in earnest with the East Suffolk Light Railway the first to see work on its own extension.

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Metrolink engineering works for Easter

Posted on Wednesday 17 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

Whilst over in Sheffield the Easter weekend sees the start of a long period of rail replacement works, Manchester Metrolink will also see a closure for engineering works although in this case it is just three days where there will be disruption to usual services. Both the Bury and Rochdale lines will be affected with service changes also in place for other lines.

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In Pictures: 2019 season begins on the Volk’s Electric Railway

Posted on Wednesday 17 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

The latest line to re-open for the 2019 season is that in Brighton on the Volk’s Electric Railway. Whilst the first passengers were carried on Wednesday 10th April the official first day of the season was Saturday 13th April with BBC Newsreader Nicholas Owen – a regular down on the line – driving the first service on that day. In this pictorial article we take a look at a few sights and sounds from Saturday 13th April.

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Box 40 and Manchester 765 amongst the stars at Great North Steam Fair

Posted on Tuesday 16 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

Probably unique within the UK in scale and variety, the Great North Steam Fair took place at Beamish for four days between 11th and 14th April with trams, trains and road vehicles all playing a starring role for the many visitors attending. From a strictly tram point of view – we are after all a tram website! – the highlights were the use of the two visiting trams, Blackpool & Fleetwood 40 and Manchester 765, across all four days of the event and they were joined by resident members of the tram fleet.

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In Pictures: 23 returns to service with batteries fitted

Posted on Tuesday 16 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

There are now nine West Midlands Metro Urbos 3 trams available for passenger service with batteries fitted with the latest, 23, being used in revenue earning service on Friday 12th April – although the tram was then noted out of service the following day.

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Picture in Time: Rigby Road Depot, Blackpool

Posted on Tuesday 16 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

This week we have the last of our trilogy of images taken of trams at the front of Rigby Road Depot in 1997.

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Tyne and Wear Metro performance remains consistent

Posted on Monday 15 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

It’s as you were for performance on the Tyne and Wear Metro with the latest performance figures now released showing that 83% of trains arrived on time on the four weeks until 31st March 2019.

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In Pictures: Nottingham Station trams in September

Posted on Monday 15 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

Another pictorial for you with a few photos taken at Nottingham Station on Nottingham Express Transit on Saturday 28th September 2018. These images were captured by Hazel Quarmby and show trams old and new, in fleet livery and adverts.

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Around the World in Trams: Giardinetti Railway 110

Posted on Sunday 14 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

This week we stay in Rome for another image taken on the Giardinetti Railway.

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In Pictures: A new season underway on the Great Orme Tramway

Posted on Sunday 14 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

As is usual late March saw the start of another season on the Great Orme Tramway with trams now due to run daily until late October. Trams run each day between 1000 and 1800 (until 1700 during October) with regular services running on both the lower and upper sections during these times. A standard return ticket is available for £8.10 (adults) and £5.60 (children) and can be purchased from the ticket office at each end of the line. In this short pictorial article we take a look at the four trams around Halfway Station with thanks to David Stringer for the images.

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All the Stations do Luas as they head to Ireland

Posted on Sunday 14 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

Back in 2017 Vicki Pipe and Geoff Marshall embarked on a quest to visit all 2,563 railway stations in Great Britain completing not only a series of videos on You Tube but also a best selling book to show their mammoth effort. Move forward to 2019 as they are now in Ireland attempting to do the same plus the addition of covering the entire Luas network and its 67 tramstops.

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Next stage of Metro extension works to start in June

Posted on Saturday 13 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

As work on the Birmingham Westside extension of the West Midlands Metro continues at a pace it has been confirmed that the Five Ways underpass will be closed to all traffic from Monday 3rd June until 2021 – the year that services to Edgbaston are due to commence. This is all part of the second phase of this route with phase one between Grand Central and Centenary Square due to open at the end of this year.

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Picture in Time: Stagecoach Supertram 105

Posted on Saturday 13 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

Today we are back in Sheffield as we feature another archive image from the Stagecoach Supertram system.

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Boy injured after being hit by tram in Nottingham

Posted on Saturday 13 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

A nine year old boy was taken to hospital after he was hit by a tram at Eskdale Drive on Sunday 7th April. The incident happened at approximately 1550 with the boy receiving treatment on scene by the ambulance service before he was taken to Queen’s Medical Centre for further treatment. Trams were suspended between Bramcote Lane and Toton Lane until around 1700 when a full service resumed.

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In Preview: Rush Hour on the Railways – Isle of Man

Posted on Saturday 13 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

The first of the two special events on Isle of Man Railways takes place over the Easter weekend – Rush Hour on the Railways. Featuring not only the Manx Electric Railway but also the Isle of Man Steam Railway this four day event it looks set to be a busy few days.

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Promotional ticket prices extended until May 2020 on Tram-Train

Posted on Friday 12 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

When the Tram-Train service between Cathedral and Rotherham Parkgate started operating in October 2018 it was revealed that the tram-only dayrider tickets would be available for a promotional period only. This was initially expected be until this spring but it has now been confirmed that this period has been extended until 2nd May 2020 – meaning you’ve still got the best part of 13 months to enjoy these lower prices to Rotherham!

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Police seek witnesses to tram conductor attack in Nottingham

Posted on Friday 12 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

Nottinghamshire Police are wanting to talk to a boy in connection with an assault on a tram conductor on 9th March. News of the assault has only just been released by the Police with a picture of the youth released to aid their investigations (available here). The assault happened at the Nottingham Trent University stop on 9th March at approximately 1400 and the Police are asking any witnesses to ring 101 and quota incident 457 of 9th March 2019.

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Volk’s Electric Railway late running dates announced

Posted on Friday 12 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

With the Volk’s Electric Railway back running for another season dates have now been announced for the popular Late Running evenings operated by members of the Volk’s Electric Railway Association. There will be seven evenings with extra trains running after the service usually ends giving a rare opportunity to ride on the historic line on what it is hoped will be a pleasant evening on the Sussex coast!

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In Pictures: Great North Steam Fair kicks off

Posted on Friday 12 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

Thursday 11th April saw the first day of Beamish’s Great North Steam Fair. With plenty of vintage vehicles in action the day also saw a four tram service in operation – Blackpool & Fleetwood 40 and Manchester 765 were in service as expected and were joined by Sunderland 16 and Blackpool 31. The event continues over the next three days with the final day being Sunday 14th April.

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