London's Luxury Tram Named Bluebird - LCC1 - Riding ... And More

[@YT.TT7]

🎉 What a Beautiful Tram ❤inside & out. All that lovely futuristic (then) Chrome, which is now. Very in. Huge mistake uk getting rid of all Tram systems. For the convenience of "The Car" (Polluting). At least shuda kept Trolley Buses, again electric & no pollution 😊

[@johnjephcote7636]

Sadly, the early idea of replacing London's trams with trolleybuses meant that no consideration was given to (as on the Continent) of providing reserved tracks and kerbside loading or even central road loading on reservations. There was no law to require motorists to stop and allow boarding of trams in the centre of the road. The Kingsway Subway and a very few examples of safe boarding areas, as at Victoria, were implemented. Post-war, with the trolleys , ten years after the trams giving way to diesel 'buses London lost a potential surface system that other cities developed, especially abroad. We could do with more cross-river routes than the second generation tramcars we now have.

[@nevillemason6791]

Liverpool introduced central reserved track for trams from 1914 in the suburbs. The trams ceased operating September 1957 but the legacy is over 20 miles of dual carriageways with broad grass strips down the middle. Some roads were built with a broad central strip but no tram track ever laid (as outside the original Speke airport). The tracks in the city centre always remained as street running giving the excuse that they caused congestion to road traffic.

[@Bruce-h8w]

As a little kid on the 46 London tram (Woolwich-Southwark), I remember a sign upstairs at the front: “DO NOT SPIT” I admit, I hadn’t though to doing so.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

In those days many trams (in many towns and cities) had signs upstairs at the front saying 'do not spit'. It must have been a normal feature.

[@Andrewjg_89]

Very nice seeing that double decker trolleybus in blue and white livery. Very nice combination.

[@metrovick5417]

The conduit system has definitely been restored, although not wired in since there's nowhere to use it nowadays. Full on recreation as it was removed in Leeds, but with an original plough (I think)

[@PaulSmith-pl7fo]

Really nice restoration. Wot, no wheelchair access?

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

yes, the restoration is superb, but also faithful to the era when this tram was first built - which explains the lack of accessibility and space for people who use wheelchairs

[@PaulSmith-pl7fo]

@@CitytransportInfoplus You do realise that my comment was tongue-in-cheek?

[@marknpm]

What a beautiful tram! (P.S. We should never have got rid of the trolleybuses. I blame that corrupt bµgger Ernest Marples, myself 👿)

[@UdoKrawallo]

Nice vehicle. Are you flirting with the conductor? 😁

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

She had already given me a ticket, when I was upstairs! So it was her decision whether to give me another ticket. In all I had four tram rides - two on this tram plus on a Chesterfield balcony tram and a Liverpool tram

[@MrTonyHeath]

How many people had cars in 1932?

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

not many people had cars in those days - but the numbers were growing!

[@user-te7ks6zg6d]

somewhat childish comment about the Oyster card. spoilt the overall atmosphere. Not even remotely funny