{"id":53602,"date":"2024-05-07T18:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=53602"},"modified":"2024-05-07T12:50:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T11:50:14","slug":"more-transport-trust-red-wheels-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=53602","title":{"rendered":"More Transport Trust Red Wheels unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"

For over 15 years the Transport Trust have been recognising the transport history of the UK with their \u201cRed Wheel\u201d scheme. Similar to the familiar blue plaques seen on buildings across the country, the idea of the \u201cRed Wheel\u201d scheme is to commemorate Britain\u2019s rich and globally important legacy in the development of transport. All aspects of transport are covered and some more recent plaques are helping to celebrate the history of trams and light rail.<\/p>\n

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One of the most recent new \u201cRed Wheels\u201d has been placed on Leith Tramways Depot in Edinburgh. It has been put on the old office building which is still standing today and was built in 1938, situated in front of the now demolished tram depot which housed a fleet of trams until the original Edinburgh Trams system closed in 1956.<\/p>\n

Another \u201cRed Wheel\u201d which has recently been unveiled (29th<\/sup> March 2024) has been at the Volk\u2019s Electric Railway. This commemorates the fact that the railway is the oldest operational electric railway in the world having been opened way back in 1883.<\/p>\n

Back in August 2023 and Shrubill Tram Depot was recognised whilst earlier the same year both Blackpool\u2019s Rigby Road Depot and the Kingsway Tram Subway in London received their own \u201cRed Wheel\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The \u201cRed Wheel\u201d at Leith Tramways Depot. (Photograph by Roy Calderwood, 1st May 2024)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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