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Tag: Trams

Authentic 1970s makeover for Blackpool ‘Balloon’ No. 715

2nd September 2019 Sam Hewitt Metro, News

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 advertising.  On one side it carries an advert for CIS

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Merseyside group launch £12,000 appeal to finish only surviving Warrington tram

11th August 2019 Sam Hewitt Metro, News

The society hopes the G F Milnes-built double-deck car will be finished by the autumn of 2020.

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Toronto ‘Flexity’ trams slowly entering service

2nd July 2019 Sam Hewitt Metro, News, World

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 (the first two – Nos. 4400 and 4401 – were prototypes). 

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Llandudno & Colwyn Bay replica on the road again

27th June 2019 Sam Hewitt Metro, News

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 the road again during April and May. The semi-restored car

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Pwllheli horse tram surviving the elements

26th June 2019 Sam Hewitt Metro, News

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 y Weddw arts centre.  The 1897-built enclosed Brush car has

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Beamish Museum tram fleet line-up in unusual photo shoot

20th June 2019 Sam Hewitt Metro, News

The parade was arranged in order to take a new crop of promotional photographs for use in future publicity material.

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Boston’s historic high-speed line cars to be replaced?

29th May 2019 Sam Hewitt Metro, News, World

THE long-term future of Boston’s Mattapan to Ashmont high-speed line Presidents’ Conference Committee (PCC) tramcars is in doubt. They were built in 1945/46 and are the oldest passenger vehicles in continuous regular public transport service

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Is it a bus? Is it a train? It’s a supertram!

10th April 2019 Sam Hewitt Features, Metro, Network

John Heaton FCILT takes a look at Britain’s first tram-train operation in Sheffield.

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Conservation project underway on Bristol horse tram

30th March 2019 Sam Hewitt Metro, News

The unidentified G F Milnes-built tram is a unique survivor from the Bristol Tramways network.

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First tracks laid on extension in Birmingham city centre

29th March 2019 Sam Hewitt Metro, News

They are the first trams tracks to be installed in the city centre since 2015.

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