Planner1 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 25 minutes ago, Delbow said: This might have been said already, but one way to increase the amount of money available for maintenance etc would be to collect some fare money. It's been a good while since they actually came round to collect the fare that I'm happy to pay. The tram is operated (under contract) by a private sector operator. Not collecting fares only damages their profits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHasRisen Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 53 minutes ago, GleadlessLad said: Trams have run just between Townend (where there's a crossover) & Halfway & back - for weeks - during previous rail replacement work e.g. when they did City Rd, we had a rail replacement bus between town & Townend with folk then able to board a tram again Townend to continue their journeys towards Halfway. A number of trams were between those two stops when the break was discovered, but for some unfathomable reason they were all just immediately sent back to the depot (the break's on the outbound track). So I don't see why they couldn't have at least run the service between Townend & Halfway as they've successfully done in the past - on this occasion, they decided straight away not to bother. Fair enough, I interpreted wrongly from the location it was on the inbound. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 4 hours ago, Resident said: A quick Google search would have told you: Sorry I didn’t have time to , was on a night shift and didn’t have the car due to football, or else I would’ve checked, had to catch the tram/ bus replacement at short notice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 35 minutes waiting for a bus . Not bad for 12 minute service . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingJ Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 29 minutes ago, hackey lad said: 35 minutes waiting for a bus . Not bad for 12 minute service . It is a replacement service, sourced at short notice, and no operator has that many spare crew/vehicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 35 minutes ago, RollingJ said: It is a replacement service, sourced at short notice, and no operator has that many spare crew/vehicles. Ah , ok then . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy C Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Confirmed that the line to Halfway and Herdings Park will reopen on Friday 23 Feb and a normal tram service will operate. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Went to town on the tram today . Guess what it broke , had to offload at Manor Top . Faulty air horn . I truly hope Oliver can get this system running better . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingJ Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 12 minutes ago, hackey lad said: Went to town on the tram today . Guess what it broke , had to offload at Manor Top . Faulty air horn . I truly hope Oliver can get this system running better . He probably doesn't even know what an air horn is. 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy C Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 On 23/02/2024 at 13:37, hackey lad said: Went to town on the tram today . Guess what it broke , had to offload at Manor Top . Faulty air horn . I truly hope Oliver can get this system running better . they are 30 years old. The tram will have been returned to depot to be fixed and a different tram will have been sent out to pick the service up in town. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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