THE story of the pioneering role played by Manchester’s Metrolink in the revival of modern tramways in the UK is to form a major part
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Category: Trams
TMS marks six decades of operations at Crich museum
THE Tramway Museum Society (TMS) celebrated the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the museum in the old Cliff Quarry at Crich in 1959 with
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Blackpool ‘Standard’ No. 143 enters service after restoration
Amazingly, it had previously not carried passengers since 1957, when it was withdrawn and converted to an engineering car.
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Authentic 1970s makeover for Blackpool ‘Balloon’ No. 715
BLACKPOOL ‘Balloon’ car No. 715 has undergone a partial repaint at Rigby Road depot into authentic 1970s livery with full green cab surrounds, complete with period
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Merseyside group launch £12,000 appeal to finish only surviving Warrington tram
The society hopes the G F Milnes-built double-deck car will be finished by the autumn of 2020.
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Supertram providing free travel for Invictus UK Trials competitors
Supertram has confirmed it will provide free travel for participants of the Invictus UK Trials in Sheffield later this month.
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Toronto ‘Flexity’ trams slowly entering service
TORONTO public transport operator TTC is taking delivery of 204 specially designed Bombardier ‘Flexity Outlook’ light rail vehicles The are numbered 4400-4603 in the series
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Llandudno & Colwyn Bay replica on the road again
THE Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Tramway Society’s re-creation of former Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway (L&CBER) open-top double-deck Brush car No. 7 was out on
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Pwllheli horse tram surviving the elements
THE sole-surviving 3ft-gauge horse tram from Soloman Andrews’ Pwllheli & Llanbedrog Tramway appears to be standing up well to the elements at the Plas Glan
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Beamish Museum tram fleet line-up in unusual photo shoot
The parade was arranged in order to take a new crop of promotional photographs for use in future publicity material.
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