The Tram Cafe

Advantages: Unique, cheap, excellent location
Disadvantages: None

...Whilst on holiday in Prague myself and my girlfriend were wondering back to our apartment after a day of sight seeing and we came across the Tram Café in Wenceslas Square. We decided to pop in for a quick drink and warm ourselves up. The Tram Café. The Tram Café is situated in the far end of Wenceslas Square in the City of Prague. Wenceslas Square is one of the major tourist attractions in Prague and is marked on every map so finding this unusual café shouldn't be too hard, although we literally stumbled across it by accident on our walk home. The Trams which make up the Tram Café were are trams that were once in use within the City of Prague. Tram number 11 used to operate at the Vaclavska Square from the beginning of the 20th century up until 1974. The motor tram car number 2077 was made in 1927 in Prague and was first used...

Jamie73 28.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Cafe Tramvaj 11, Prague, Czech Republic

Vintage Trams!

Advantages: Nice vintage tram
Disadvantages: We had rude staff

...Christchurch Tramway When in Christchurch we decided to take a ride on the rustic trams. They do a circle of the city centre giving you some commentary and stopping at different places so you can get off to see the sights. It is a hop on hop off tram, which means you might not finish your journey on the same tram. Your ticket lasts you for 24 hours. The stops are detailed below. **STOP 1 - Cathedral Square** This is the heart of the city, here hosts markets, stalls and the information office. The day we were there, there was a art exhibition with different sculptures set up. I'm assuming this is only a yearly thing though. In the centre there is a Cathedral which you can go in and see. You can pay a small donation and climb the spire. To do this you have to climb a small spindly staircase. Up at the top there isn't a great pile...

DeniseKelly40 02.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Christchurch Tramway, Christchurch

The best fish and chips in Wales and it's official!

Advantages: Food, service, cleanliness all excellent
Disadvantages: None apart from the dreaded calories!

...As some of you will already know we live in Llandudno and I am happy to tell you that we boast an award winning fish and chip shop ? in fact it came second in Great Britain in the National Fish and Chip Shop of the Year a couple of years ago. Incidentally on the way up to Edinburgh we tried the fish and chips at the winning shop in Biggar and they are nowhere near as good as ours! The chip shop in question is called Fish Tram Chips which you may think is an odd name but it is directly opposite the terminal where you catch the tram up to the summit of the Great Orme so that explains the name then. The full address is: Fish Tram Chips 22/24, Old Road Llandudno LL30 2NB It is open seven days a week during the summer from 12pm until 3pm and then again from 4.30pm until 7.30pm. In the winter it is closed on Monday and Tuesday...

SusanLesley 12.11.2009 · Read review
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Stick a Corgi on the throne

Advantages: Some work hard and bring in tourist
Disadvantages: Lots of them should get a real job

...out bad plays and attached to Sophie Rhys-Jones (funny how double barrelled names keep cropping up!) renown for opening her mouth before her brain has been plugged in. Would anybody even notice if they were suddenly shipped of to Sardinia? Prince Andrew, previously married to Sarah Ferguson (better known as that dippy ginger toff with the large posterior!) is busy playing with sailors. If he fell down a very deep pit, would you care? Prince Phillip, the Queens ?other arf?. Probably the most disliked Royal in the history of the universe. If he was accidentally mauled to death by Corgies, would you weep? Of course they are not all bad. William has already been mentioned. Prince Harry, well you can?t hate him as he hasn?t had time to do anything good or bad yet (except perhaps sup a few underage beers!). The Queen herself dignified...

Judgee 14.08.2002 · Read review
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A little black taxi

Advantages: Good for pretend play
Disadvantages: none

...Corgi has been making toy cars for years, since 1956. Corgi makes realistic toy models of all makes of cars. One of these toys is a black taxi an Lti Black London Taxi. It is very realistic looking . This is a dye cast metal car. It has opening rear doors and fold down seat. It also has a wheelchair ramp. I like this as it help?s children who are wheelchair users relate to the toys, have a toy like something they would use. This taxi can be played with as a toy or used in a model maker?s scene requiring a taxi. It is suitable for a child aged 3 or over. This toy could be used in play therapy to prepare a child for a journey in a black taxi. This toy is good for helping a child develop their motor skills, their tracking skills and helps develop their imaginary play. Corgi model toy cars are well made and last years...

mumsymary 31.12.2009 · Read review
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Trams trams and even more trams

Advantages: Great day out
Disadvantages: You have to travel to get there

...Nestling high up in the heart of Derbyshire near to Matlock and overlooking Derwent Valley you will find the lovely little village of Crich. This is the home of the Crich Tramway Village. Here you will find an active working museum of the most beautiful working trams in the U.K as well as trams from many different parts of the world. Germany and Portugal for instance. You can watch volunteer maintenance workers restoring trams from wrecks through to working machines. You enter the site from the car park and you are given an old 2p for adults and a 1p for a child. This coin is given to the conductor for your first ride. He will give you an all day ticket, which entitles you to ride on as many different trams that are running on that day. On the day of my visit I rode on one from East Germany and in the afternoon a tram from Lisbon...

nigelblue 30.07.2003 · Read review
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Review of Crich Tramway Village

A model van .

Advantages: good model
Disadvantages: none

...When sorting out my dads possessions we discovered a couple of corgi model cars one was a model of a ford model T van with Lyons tea advertising on its side. Corgi is a Northampton firm that started making colorful pressed metal toys in 1930. In 1956 the first corgi model cars appeared. These cars are now collector's pieces. The corgi Lyons tea van that I found was made around 1985. It was made as a collector's model. These cars are not really made for young children but for those aged over 14. This model van measures 9cm long by 4cm wide it is 5 cm tall. This van is I believe a true copy of a Ford model T van. The Lyons tea van is made of a blue dye cast metal. On the side of the van are the Lyons name in gold and the company address in black. The roof of the van is white the radiator trim gold the wheels gold with black...

mumsymary 30.03.2008 · Read review
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Trams not just a tourist attraction...

Advantages: regular services, fairly cheap
Disadvantages: occasional delays, peak times

...So in my quest to find a new job (and getting a sodding tax disc from the DVLA) today I had to venture to the bright lights of Manchester city centre, my chosen method of transportation the metrolink from Radcliffe. OK the metrolink for the uninitiated is the tram system that runs through Manchester city centre connecting Bury, Altrincham and Eccles with the city. The trams run on the Bury line roughly every 6minutes during the day and every 12 minutes at off peak times, from 6am until 11pm. The trams are in the companies green and grey livery with a drivers cab at either end, they are simply two carriages long as the frequency of the trams negate the need for longer ones (plus any longer and they would be less practical for travelling through the city centre). On each tram are rows of seats facing the drivers cab, so one...

scuba_angel 04.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Manchester Metrolink

The Pride of Hong Kong

Advantages: Great Views
Disadvantages: Uncomfortable seats

...When on our trip to Hong Kong one of the thing on our to do list was a trip to Victoria peak to take in the marvellous view and ride on the famous peak tram. The History The tram has been in existence since 1888 when it was officially opened by the Governor and in these days the wooden tram was powered by coal fired boilers. It was not till 1926 that it was changed to electricity and the enlarged carriage could carry 52 people. After the second World War the all metal tram was introduced and increased in size to carry 62 passengers, then 11 years later a fully enclosed carriage was introduced made of aluminium and able to carry 72 people. However in 1989 it was modernised introducing new technology and new trams that could carry 120 passengers. Today The peak tram is a double reversible funicular railway which these days is...

elspeth334 18.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Peak Tram, Hong Kong

Never Envy Tram Users!

Advantages: They'll get you from A to B (usually!), excellent customer services
Disadvantages: See review

...Tuesday the ninth of March marked a historic day in the city of Nottingham; the first NET tram left Hucknall, the first tram to be seen on the city?s streets in almost seventy years. This also marked the end of almost four years of construction work, which began in June 2000 and was overseen by the Arrow Consortium comprising ? Carillion (civil engineers), Bombardier (tram builders), Transdev (transport integration specialists) and NCT (Nottingham City Transport). The cost? A whopping £200 million taken from Government initiative funding. ~Route/timetabling~ There is only the one route open currently, more to the point there is only one line constructed. Lines Two and Three are still in the planning/consultation phases and with current Government thinking on issues of value for money regarding all Tram Systems Nation-wide, Line...

rachels_ratty 09.04.2004 · Read review
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Review of Nottingham Express Transit (NET)