It’s been a long time coming, but the main 2020 season for a number of Britain’s heritage railways and attractions is springing into action following
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Category: Trams
Blackpool trams to be suspended from Sunday
Blackpool Transport has announced it is to temporarily suspend all tram services from Sunday, March 29 until further notice due to the ongoing Coronavirus situation.
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Ipswich museum completes Cambridge horse tram restoration
A FORMER Cambridge Street Tramways 4ft-gauge horse tram, which survived in Ely as a workshop for decades, has been returned to its former glory after
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Heaton Park seeks expansion to display second-generation Manchester ‘T-68’ tram
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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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Amazingly, it had previously not carried passengers since 1957, when it was withdrawn and converted to an engineering car.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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