{"id":50895,"date":"2023-09-03T08:28:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T07:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=50895"},"modified":"2023-10-01T08:42:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T07:42:10","slug":"whats-new-on-british-trams-online-3rd-september-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=50895","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New on British Trams Online? 3rd September 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we head off to the south coast for some photos from the Volk&#8217;s Electric Railway:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/gallery2023\/gallery42.html\">Photos: Volk&#8217;s Electric Railway 140th Anniversary &#8211; August 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are updates this week to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/blackpoolfleet.html\">Blackpool Tramway<\/a> (photo links and last operating dates), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/crich.html\">Crich Tramway Village<\/a> (<b>Derby 1<\/b> departure), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/eatm.html\">East Anglia Transport Museum<\/a> (photo links), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/edinburgh.html\">Edinburgh Trams<\/a> (new advert and photo links), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/longmarston.html\">Long Marston<\/a> (photo links and livery change), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/manchester.html\">Manchester Metrolink<\/a> (new adverts and photo links), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/sheffield.html\">Stagecoach Supertram<\/a> (<b>105<\/b> returned and photo links), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/volks.html\">Volks Electric Railway<\/a> (photo links) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/midland.html\">West Midlands Metro<\/a> (tram departing and photo links) Fleet Lists alongside the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/edinburghadvert.html\">Edinburgh Trams<\/a> (new advert and photo links) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/manchesteradvert.html\">Manchester Metrolink<\/a> (new adverts and photo links) Advert Lists.<\/p>\n<p><em>Please note the next weekend main site update of British Trams Online will not be until Sunday 1st October 2023. If you are on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BritishTramsOnline\">Facebook<\/a> and want to see whats going on around the British Isles hopefully we will have plenty of coverage on there over the next few weeks. There may be a midweek update during this period but no guarantees on that at the moment! As always the News &amp; Features page will continue to be operated throughout this period.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50896\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=50896\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50896\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50896\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50896\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cover23-31-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the main events during the 140th Anniversary celebrations on the Volk&#8217;s Electric Railway was a procession of all the operational cars in the fleet &#8211; and one which hasn&#8217;t run for several decades but is hopefully on the road to return. That was ex-Southend car 9 which was purchased for use on the line in the 1950s (along with another car) but was sidelined from the 1990s. Being hauled by a small diesel locomotive we see 9 passing assesmbled guests during the Procession. 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