Impressed with trams

[alicat]

It was in Halton, on the way to Templenewsam, near where Billy Bremner lived. It's now called Plantation Avenue. Unless I just absorbed some folklore, it was renamed after the trams were discontinued - or maybe after the fares went up....

 

[presta]

My father dislocated an elbow when he got tramlined in Leeds back in the days when they were still running, hence:

Trams are ok as long as you don't get tramlined on the bike.

In tens of thousands of miles of cycling I've only ridden a few hundred yards on any roads with inset rails (the line that went down to the quayside at Weymouth), and I was mindful that I kept clear of them. That was in 2008, it seems they were lifted in 2020.

 

[Jenkins]

Trams are ok as long as you don't get tramlined on the bike.

Probably explains why all the delivery riders in Nottingham city centre use fat tyred ebikes (mostly illegal).

 

[Hover Fly]

The trains, or local ones, are rubbish in Manchester.

The best local railway lines in Manchester and surrounds e.g Victoria to Bury, were converted to tram lines.

 

[dicko]

As a Child I remember Trolley Busses. I also stayed in Blackpool in 1956 whilst we were found RAF accommodation in London. I enjoyed the Blackpool Trams and later in life toured their Blackpool workshops as I was a Network Rail track designer.

 

[Mike_P]

Probably explains why all the delivery riders in Nottingham city centre use fat tyred ebikes (mostly illegal).

Seemingly not all

 

[vickster]

Trams are ok as long as you don't get tramlined on the bike.

Yep friend of mine slipped on a wet tram track in Innsbruck. Broken shoulder and a knackered knee that’ll never be right again. I was very wary cycling around the tracks in Graz on Wednesday!

 

[presta]

Yep friend of mine slipped on a wet tram track in Innsbruck. Broken shoulder and a knackered knee that’ll never be right again. I was very wary cycling around the tracks in Graz on Wednesday!

If your wheel drops into the slot they don't need to be wet.

 

[ColinJ]

Yep friend of mine slipped on a wet tram track in Innsbruck. Broken shoulder and a knackered knee that’ll never be right again. I was very wary cycling around the tracks in Graz on Wednesday!

A friend of mine got taken down by this diagonal railway track in Switzerland!

 

[BrumJim]

Probably explains why all the delivery riders in Nottingham city centre use fat tyred ebikes (mostly illegal).

Nope. Delivery riders countrywide use fat tyred ebikes.

 

[DRM]

I like trams too, oh wait no I don't as the one in Leeds got cancelled lol.

We’ve been threatened with trams again, after the Super Tram fiasco, and thousands spent on consultants, I’ll believe it when I’m sat on one going into Leeds

 

[DRM]

The West Yorkshire Transport Plan? I really don't want that as one of the proposed lines is on a disused railway line I use as a cycle path! 😀

I wouldn’t worry, I’ll believe it when I see it, meanwhile others will milk it for as much money as possible, before it gets canned, again.

 

[albion]

If they ran backwards before going forwards then they would be smart trams.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Stuttgart is home to the only rack and pinion tramline in Germany. Thankfully the city has recognised how useful this is for cyclists, and it's the only line that carries bicycles all day, including peak hours.

Even better, they've just replaced the last generation of trams and changed the old small, and rather home built bike carrying wagons for much bigger versions:

 

[Drago]

Milton Keynes was originally built with a tramway in mind. The older grid roads have wide central reservations along which the tracks were to run and the terminus was to be at the big vacant-to-this-day area under Secklow Gate.

Sadly the money ran out, although there was always enough to lay yet another square metre of tarmac for a car to drive or park upon, funnily enough. However, 40 years on plans have been resurrected and are once again being considered, so who knows?