There will be a tinge of sadness in the West Midlands on Friday 14th August when the last ever public passenger runs of the T69 trams takes place. After months of rumour and false starts it has now been decided that enough Urbos 3s are available for service and the time has come for the original \u2013 and lets be honest troublesome \u2013 T69s to be fully withdrawn from service.<\/p>\n
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Friday 14th August will see at least one of the remaining T69s in service \u2013 both 10<\/strong> and 16<\/strong> have been in use over the last couple of days \u2013 with departures from Birmingham Snow Hill at 0630, 0745, 0910 and 1030 and with return journeys from Wolverhampton St George\u2019s at 0710, 0830, 0950 and 1110. There will then\u00a0be a journey for invited guests only leaving Birmingham Snow Hill at approximately midday and this is due to be operated by 16<\/strong>. It has now been confirmed that there will be no public service from Snow Hill at 1215 as this is the private trip back to depot.<\/p>\n 16<\/strong> will run from Snow Hill to Wednesbury Parkway and will then head into the depot. It will then be ceremonially shut down by the wife of Gerwyn John \u2013 after whom the tram is named \u2013 and 16 years of service by the T69s will then become part of history and the Urbos 3 takeover will be complete.<\/p>\n * British Trams Online will pay tribute to the T69s later this month with a full gallery looking back at the trams over their careers in the West Midlands.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There will be a tinge of sadness in the West Midlands on Friday 14th August when the last ever public passenger runs of the T69 trams takes place. After months of rumour and false starts it has now been decided … Continue reading