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There will still be people today who remember taking a tram journey in the city, and they can relive it once more thanks to ...
A Victorian building which once housed trams used in Newcastle's old public transport network could be brought back to life under new plans lodged with the city council ...
The old Newcastle and Gateshead tramway services that ran on Tyneside connected communities either side of the river, after trams first crossed the High Level Bridge in 1923, and served areas ...
Newcastle ’s electric tram system was once the largest in the country with more than 300 trams, but the trolley bus system hit the brakes in 1951, making the huge Wingrove Depot on Westgate Road ...
Just four days after launching light rail services, Newcastle Transport has been dealt a cruel couple of blows with two trams forced off the line because of technical issues.
Newcastle Light Rail network ‘suspended temporarily’ due to mechanical issues. An Australian city which uses the same trams as those in Sydney, where cracks were found, has now been forced to ...
Similar vehicles also run on the Canberra and Newcastle tram systems. It’s emerged that Birmingham and Sydney are two of four cities that have now had issues with the same tram fleets.
A tram on the Newcastle Light Rail suffered a breakdown yesterday — embarrassingly on just its third day of operation. Read Today's Paper Tributes. Rewards. Subscribe for $1. Sign In.
Newcastle’s light rail network has been suspended after a mechanical issue was found in the Spanish-built trams, which are from the same manufacturer as the cracked inner west service.
Just weeks after services on a large chunk of Sydney’s light rail network were suspended due to cracks found on trams, Newcastle’s network – which uses the same Spanish built vehicles ...
A vision for trams on the Newcastle Quayside under the old 'Project Orpheus' plan from Tyne and Wear Metro operator Nexus. Photo: Nexus, Free to reuse for all LDR partners.