UKTram pledge continued commitment to members in 2025

Posted on Wednesday 8 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

The Managing Director of UK Tram, the organisation that represents tram and light rail operators across the country, has outlined their key priorities for 2025 in a new year message. James Hammett says they aim to drive sector growth and promote sustainability as they continue to support their members.

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In Pictures: Snow in Manchester

Posted on Tuesday 7 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

2025 has got off to a bit of a chaotic start with wind, rain and snow hitting various different areas of the UK. Snow fell in Manchester overnight into Sunday 5th January 2025 and in this article we see some images taken by Keith Chadbourne of Metrolink continuing to run through the white stuff in and around St Werburgh’s Road.

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Seaton Tramway look ahead to 2025

Posted on Tuesday 7 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

Seaton Tramway’s 2024 season has now come to a close (last trams ran Sunday 5th January 2025) and now they are starting to look ahead to a packed 2025 season of events. 2025 will see the tramway celebrate its 55th anniversary whilst they will also be taking part in the nationwide Railway 200 events.

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Threat to San Francisco’s historic trolley service?

Posted on Monday 6 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

This may be a website primarily dedicated to trams and light rail in the British Isles but we also keep a keen eye on some of the bigger developments across the world. And at the moment, there probably isn’t a more significant development than an apparent threat to San Francisco’s historic F-line streetcar service.

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Trams &: Blackpool 018 & bus

Posted on Monday 6 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

Once again we have an edition of “Trams &” and it comes to you from Blackpool this time out.

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Manchester Metrolink Then & Now: Brantingham Road

Posted on Sunday 5 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

It may be a new year but that doesn’t stop us from continuing with “Manchester Metrolink Then & Now” over the next few weeks.

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LRSSB New Year’s message pledges even more support for the sector in 2025

Posted on Sunday 5 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

Carl Williams, Light Rail Safety and Standards Board Chief Executive, has pledged that the organisation he helms will continue to build on the successes of projects previously introduced which are helping to drive down the risk of serious incidents on UK tramways.

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Out and About: Tyne and Wear Metro – On Test December 2024

Posted on Sunday 5 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

Another edition of “Out and About” heads off to the Tyne and Wear Metro.

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East Anglia Transport Museum the big winner in Tram of the Year 2024!

Posted on Sunday 5 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

The East Anglia Transport Museum in Carlton Colville can celebrate after they walked away with three of the categories at the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2024! They received the most votes from the public in all three categories they were nominated for, with the only categories they didn’t come out on top being the modern tram ones! Meanwhile, there was also cause for celebration for the Blackpool Tramway and Manchester Metrolink as they received the most votes in the remaining categories.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 5th January 2025

Posted on Sunday 5 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

As is traditional this week sees our Advent Calendar photos moved into the Gallery section:

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In Pictures: FTS Christmas Tour – with a difference!

Posted on Saturday 4 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

When the announcement was made that Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours were suspending operations immediately it meant that pre-arranged bookings either had to be cancelled or amended. For the Fylde Tramway Society that included their annual Christmas tour but not to be put off they still managed to work alongside both Blackpool Transport and the Fylde Transport Trust to bring together a day of events which would include bus and tram.

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Around the World in Trams: Frankfurt 001

Posted on Saturday 4 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

A new year begins and we continue with “Around the World in Trams” with a new location – Frankfurt in Germany.

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NET ticket prices to increase from 6th January 2025

Posted on Saturday 4 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

The cost of tickets on Nottingham Express Transit will go up from Monday 6th January 2025 as part of the network’s regular fares review. The increases are said to be in line with inflation and are as a result of growing costs the network faces on a day to day basis. This is the second increase in fares in just over six months with the previous review being in June 2024.

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Out and About: Beamish Tramway – November 2024

Posted on Saturday 4 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

We take another trip to the Beamish Tramway here as we see an open topper in action during November 2024 for this latest “Out and About”.

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Future Engineering Works on Manchester Metrolink: January & February 2025

Posted on Saturday 4 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

We enter a new year and start to look forward to what may be happening over the next 12 months. For Manchester Metrolink it looks set to be another year of improvement works with details having been announced of planned work for the first two months of 2025.

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In Pictures: Trams get set to take a rest at Beamish

Posted on Friday 3 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

As we reported last month, the tramway at Beamish is set to take a break for the first few months of 2025 to allow maintenance – of both the infrastructure and tramcars – to take place. But before they take a well deserved rest they remain operating up to Sunday 5th January 2025 (subject to weather and yet more weather warnings!). This article takes a trip to Beamish on the first non-Bank Holiday day of 2025 in England. Trevor Hall is our guide.

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After the return of Metro services – comes the suspension of Metro services!

Posted on Friday 3 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

The Tyne and Wear Metro doesn’t look like it can catch a break at the moment. No sooner had  full service resumed through Gateshead after repairs to the road flyover then the network was hit by not one, but two issues which have impacted services once again.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool & Fleetwood 2

Posted on Friday 3 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

We are heading back to 1982 for this next edition of “Picture in Time”.

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Out and About: West Midlands Metro – Driver Training November 2024

Posted on Friday 3 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

“Out and About” is on the West Midlands Metro for an image of a tram on driver training.

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In Pictures: Track continues to go down on Black Country line

Posted on Thursday 2 January 2025 by Gareth Prior

If all goes according to the current plan (and let’s be honest we’ve been here before where we’ve expected things to open when they haven’t!) this time next year the West Midlands Metro network will have expanded with phase one of what is now known as the Black Country line carrying passengers between Wednesbury and Dudley. If that is to be the case the next few months look set to be busy with construction work and in this latest update we see some more progress.

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