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507 001
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Blackpool Trams News
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The former would be a silly idea IMO, at least through the day. When we run Eccles-Ashton via Media City, Media gets a less reliable...
Sunday at 06:44
507 001
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Why do some tramways use kmph rather than mph?
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It doesn’t though…
Saturday at 11:03
507 001
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Why do some tramways use kmph rather than mph?
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No, because we don’t drive to the road speed limit signs, we drive to the tramway speed limit signs.
Saturday at 03:00
507 001
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Why do some tramways use kmph rather than mph?
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Indeed, I’ve been driving for so long now that I’d find it very difficult to change to KPH as I think in MPH. Certainly in work it would...
12 Apr 2024
507 001
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Why do some tramways use kmph rather than mph?
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KPH is indeed the standard for new tramways in the UK. Metrolink and Sheffield are the only two using imperial speeds, although...
12 Apr 2024
507 001
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Dogs allowed on West Midlands Metro for 3-month trial period
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Thankfully, and I’m the first to admit that my fears were very much misplaced, the change to the rules on Metrolink have been an...
8 Apr 2024
507 001
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Manchester Metrolink
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It’s had a TSR on it for a while, but obviously now they believe it needs to be replaced ASAP. It’s not quite on the road crossing...
4 Apr 2024
507 001
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Tram Derailment at Bulwell 12/06/2023
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By design they’re not too bad to hold down, some of them are very heavy though which can get very tiring, very quickly. I’d much...
1 Apr 2024
507 001
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Manchester Metrolink
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And yet out of the two new stations built to replace Woodlands Rd, Queens Rd is by far and away the quietest.
1 Apr 2024
507 001
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Manchester Metrolink
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Imagine what it would be like if it hadn’t closed?
30 Mar 2024
507 001
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Manchester Metrolink
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Yes, those are accurate. They are simply a way of abbreviating the station names. They are used for things like reporting of problems...
30 Mar 2024
507 001
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Tram Derailment at Bulwell 12/06/2023
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Yes, on an M5000 the DSD is part of the TBC (traction/brake controller). It’s quite an old fashioned one (and as discovered at...
30 Mar 2024
507 001
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Tram Derailment at Bulwell 12/06/2023
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This is a concern I have too. We’re having vigilance fitted to the M5000s in the next few months too. Tram driving is such an...
29 Mar 2024
507 001
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Manchester Metrolink
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Yes they’re official :) Not all of those are accurate, but most of them are at least there. When I can get onto my proper computer...
24 Mar 2024
507 001
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Metrolink tram extensions
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Any additional vehicles will have sections similar in length to the M5000s. Theres not much scope for longer sections, and shorter ones...
23 Mar 2024
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