Useful Website for Modern Tram Systems

dkightley · Post by **dkightley** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 5:39 pm

Here's a useful website for anyone interested in modern trams : http://www.thetrams.co.uk/

There's a section on the trams systems in Nottingham, Sheffield, and Birmingham. And links to others...

Doug

dkightley · Post by **dkightley** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:32 pm

And here's another site with lots of modern tram pics...

http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/

Scroll down to the bottom of the index for the links to tram pics.

Its a postcard site, so they say, and it has other interesting pics as well...

Cheers

Doug

166Driver · Post by **166Driver** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 9:21 pm

Good links.

Cheers.

dkightley · Post by **dkightley** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 11:17 pm

I've bumped this to the top as the sites have lots of pictures, etc...and are worth a visit.

Any chance this can be made a sticky???

qzdcg8 · Post by **qzdcg8** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 11:47 pm

I had a whinge at the website owner of thetrams.co.uk many months ago about their complete lack of info on The Metrolink

tigermon · Post by **tigermon** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 10:25 am

Well they might not have visted Manchester yet, you have to give them chance, I am sure they will put it up soon.

dkightley · Post by **dkightley** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 7:42 pm

I had a whinge at the website owner of thetrams.co.uk many months ago about their complete lack of info on The Metrolink

I'm sure that Peter Courtney, the driving force behind http://www.thetrams.co.uk welcomed a whinge about all his hard work, and the fact he had been selfish enough not to do more!

Well I won't whinge about what he has or hasn't done. I'll just say "Well done, Peter. Your site is excellent....and I look forward to any expansion you have in mind."

PeterCourtenay · Post by **PeterCourtenay** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:09 am

Morning all

and thanks for the comments!

The Metrolink section is finally open for business on TheTrams.co.uk - the address is http://www.thetrams.co.uk/metrolink. It's by no means the finished product - there aren't many photos of the Bury line for instance, but they will come in time - but then, just as with the other sections on the site, it will never be finished, there's always something more that could be added. Check back from time to time to see if there have been any updates.

Comments and criticism welcome, here, on the site, or by email to me.

Enjoy!

southcoasttrains · Post by **southcoasttrains** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:14 am

Nothing on the Croydon Tramlink then lol.

Great site there.

PeterCourtenay · Post by **PeterCourtenay** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:49 am

Nothing on the Croydon Tramlink then lol.

[groan, whimper] no, not yet...until I get round to it, there's always Stephen Parascandolo's Unofficial Croydon Tramlink site: http://www.croydon-tramlink.co.uk/. Frankly, with a site that good already out there, I'm not even sure if I should bother myself

Great site there.

Thank you!

Next to go up will be a section on the DLR (I have about half the photos I need to make a start), but don't hold your breath! Then next year it's Blackpool and Tyne & Wear. The latter will probably mean a week in Newcastle (whoopeedoo) and plenty of grief from my tram-widow girlfriend, that's assuming I can get permission from T&W Metro as I believe they are pretty serious about their No Photography On Metro Property rule. Oh the joys of being a gricer.

qzdcg8 · Post by **qzdcg8** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:30 am

Much better! - I didn't have a real whinge before, it was just that it was such an obvious omission - a section on the lines to come (when they do eventually come, and they will!) would be nice.

PeterCourtenay · Post by **PeterCourtenay** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:41 am

...a section on the lines to come...would be nice.

It's all part of the plan, but I still have to do similar sections for Midland Metro and Supertram.

(when they do eventually come, and they will!)

I like your optimism. Let's see what GMPTE, MEN, MCC, the MPs and all those disgruntled Greater Manchester residents can pull off.

[veering off-topic] By way of contrast, a friend who works for TfL forwarded me this link: http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/transpor ... ap2016.pdf. Nothing new in there, but put them together in one place and it's startling to see just how much time and money is being pumped into transport in the capital...2 Underground extensions, 1 heavy rail project, 3 hybrid projects (ELL and Crossrail), 4 new/extended light rail systems and two guided busways (which may be converted into light rail in the future) - that's ELEVEN (count 'em) major transport infrastructure projects going on in London.

And that's without counting the CTRL.

dkightley · Post by **dkightley** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:40 pm

Hi Peter

Welcome to the Trainsim forum.

steamnut44 · Post by **steamnut44** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 9:03 pm

dkightley wrote:Hi Peter

Welcome to the Trainsim forum.

Don't you mean the TRAMSIM FORUM, Doug?

Geoff

dkightley · Post by **dkightley** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:07 pm

Oh...Err...Well, Yeah!.....Well both, actually!!