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The UK Trams Portal Portals → Technology → Transport → UK Trams edit   Introduction Shortcuts: P:UKT P:TUK The United Kingdom has had tramways for well over a century. Of the original systems, the only one remaining is in Blackpool; however, there are several museums, such as the National Tramway Museum and the Seaton Tramway. Trams are making a comeback to Britain's roads, with new, ultra-modern systems operating in several of Britain's big cities, with many more proposed, such as the Manchester Metrolink, the Sheffield Supertram and the Nottingham Express Transit. In London, London Trams looks after the new tram networks, currently Tramlink in the south of the city, and the proposed Cross River Tram, as well as the scrapped West London Tram. edit   Selected article The Blackpool tramway serves Blackpool and Fleetwood and is the only surviving first-generation tramway in the UK, dating back to 1885. It is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world and is run by Blackpool Transport, owned by Blackpool Borough Council. The oldest part of the tramway, along Blackpool Promenade, was opened on 29 September 1885 using conduit collection. It was the first practical electric tramway in the world, just six years after Werner von Siemens first demonstrated electric traction. The inauguration was presided over by Holroyd Smith, the inventor of the system, and Alderman Harwood, Mayor of Manchester. On 1 July 1898 a new line, the Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramroad, was opened. In 1899 the electric supply was converted to overhead power; the Promenade was later widened and the tram tracks separated from road traffic. The other surviving part of the tramway is the Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad, linking Blackpool to Fleetwood on railway-type sleeper track, originally with street running at both ends; trams in Blackpool now go onto the Promenade without sharing space with road vehicles, except for a short stretch north of Talbot Square, past the Metropole Hotel. At the northern end of the line, trams continue to share Lord Street, Fleetwood with road traffic. (More on the Blackpool tramway...) Suggest • Former Selected Articles... edit   In the news Blackpool Illuminations Switch-On 31st August 2007. Blackpool Trams. The world famous Blackpool Illuminations will be switched on tonight. The illuminations will cover the whole of the promenade between Starr Gate and Red Bank Road in Bispham. The trams will run under the illuminations until October, and some trams will be lit up themselves. (Read More) News Archive Current events edit   Selected picture Manchester Metrolink Tram at Piccadilly Low-Level Platform (More on the Manchester Metrolink) Suggest • Former Selected Pictures... edit   Fascinating Fact... "Edinburgh, London, Nottingham, and Sheffield have in fact had two tramways: one Historical one from before World War Two, and then their current Ultra-Modern ones" Submit a Fascinating Fact... edit   Related WikiProject WikiProject UK Trams - Expanding United Kingdom Tram Related Articles Sign Up! edit   Related portals Transport Engineering Trains London Transport UK Railways edit   Things you can do for WikiProject UK Trams One-off tasks edit · history · watch · refresh  To-do list for Portal:UK Trams: Here are some tasks you can do: Article requests:  · Create diagrams of UK Tramcars Cleanup:  · Revamp project pages, such as the templates, assessment, and main pages  · Cleanup Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Trams/Welcome Copyedit:  · All new pages Expand:  · All stub articles Merge:  · Merge fleet details from National Tramway Museum, to a more comprehensive article, at Tramcars of the National Tramway Museum Wikify:  · "A Day at Crich Tramway Village" within the National Tramway Museum Other:  · Create templates to standardise all pages within the project's scope  · Create infoboxes for lines, trams, manufacturers etc.  · Create a page for the (future) taskforces, and add the assessment taskforce  · Add collaboration of the month to this page. 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Ongoing tasks edit · history · watch · refresh  To-do list for Portal:UK Trams: Here are some tasks you can do: Cleanup:  · Identify articles needing improvement Copyedit:  · Update the portal  · Add YOUR Fascinating Facts to the Fascinating Fact Page Stubs:  · Add {{UK-tram-stub}} to UK Trams related stub articles Other:  · Vote for the monthly selected article and picture  · Assess articles  · Invite potential members  · Identify relevant articles  · Identify articles needing creation  · Add articles related to UK Trams to the list on the project page, and format it suitably edit   Categories Category:Tram transport in the United Kingdom edit   Wikimedia UK Trams on Wikinews     UK Trams on Wikiquote     UK Trams on Wikibooks     UK Trams on Wikisource     UK Trams on Wiktionary     UK Trams on Wikimedia Commons News Quotations Manuals & Texts Texts Definitions Images & Media What are portals? · List of portals · Featured portals Purge server cache