Charlie Care

Train from the fantastic Glasgow Subway.

Opened in 1994, the Sheffield Supertram serves the South Yorkshire city and surrounding area with its distinctive bright red, orange and blue Siemens-Duewag trams.

Pride + Transit. If you fall into this specific venn diagram of things to celebrate, well here's the design for you, as the colourful subway/metro lines come together to form a rainbow. (it's based loosely – loosely – on the very centre of Manchester's tram map)

One of the iconic symbols of Manchester -- the M5000 grey and yellow tram, introduced in 2009 to replace the original blue and white T68s (also available).

Classic type E2 high-floor tram vehicle found on the streets of Vienna, Austria.

The T68, first introduced onto the streets of Manchester on the opening of the Metrolink tram system in 1992. Replaced in 2009 by the yellow M5000s, also available.

The West Midlands Metro, formerly just the Midland Metro, is a tram line running between Birmingham (England's second most populous city) and the nearby town of Wolverhampton. Opened in 1999, these CAF Urbos 3 trams began running on the system in 2014, and started receiving a striking blue colour scheme in 2018. The system currently has a number of expansions underway.

Budapest boasts a sprawling tram network served by a series of bright yellow trams. This design is based on the most recent Urbos vehicles.

The modern light rail system in Firenze, Italy began operation in 2010 and now comprises two lines.

Combino tram, Amsterdam.

Russian doll.

The modern tramway in France's beautiful second city, Lyon, has some of the most distinctive-looking tram vehicles in the world. Apparently, the hooded design was inspired by silkworms.

A colourful pop art-inspired design featuring trains from the Tyne and Wear Metro system in the North East of England.

Bergen Bybanen (light rail), Norway.

Light rail network in east London.

It's the pride of Teesside, the parmo. Chicken + Béchamel + Cheese.

The Dublin Luas, which began operation in 2004.

Combino tram, Budapest.

Tram network in south London.

On top of its metro system, Brussels boasts a large and efficient tram network. This design is based on the newer Bombarider T3000 tram model, introduced to the streets of the Belgian capital from 2005 onwards.

The West Midlands Metro, formerly just the Midland Metro, is a tram line running between Birmingham (England's second most populous city) and the nearby town of Wolverhampton. Opened in 1999, these CAF Urbos 3 trams began running on the system in 2014 in their bright magenta livery. The system currently has a number of expansions underway.

The Barcelona Metro system, first opened underground in the 1920s, now consists of a sprawling network of lines criss-crossing the great city and providing transit to more than 400 million passengers every year, making it the second busiest metro system in Spain behind Madrid. This design is inspired by the 9000 Series train manufactured by Alstom, which run on lines 2, 4, 9 and 10.

Opened in 2004, Nottingham Express Transit provides light rail transit connections to the historic city of Nottingham and surrounds. These Alstom Citadis trams arrived on the network in 2014, to serve an extension which more than doubled the system's length. Nowadays the trams carry almost 18 million passengers a year.

This design is based on the Düwag GT6 tramcars which were transferred from the tram network of Basel to Belgrade beginning in 2001.

My own simplified version of the Tyne and Wear Metro system map/diagram.

Serotonin. You never know how much you depend on it until you don't have enough.

Trams are a mainstay of the streets of Amsterdam. This design is based on the 12G unidirectional vehicles which are the oldest on the network, and will soon be phased out entirely.

The iconic front view of a Tyne and Wear Metro train, in its original 1980s livery

The iconic front view of a Tyne and Wear Metro train, in its 2012 livery

Trams ahead.

A tangle of intertwined colourful lines, inspired directly by the Moscow Metro map as it appeared when I lived in the city in 2017.

Once the scourge of Princes St and the new Shame of Edinburgh, these modern CAF trams have now become an icon of Scotland's glorious capital. Edinburgh's tram line is the most recent light rail system to open in the UK, carrying passengers from 2014.

Show your love for rapid transit systems!

The Tyne and Wear Metro, as a pumpkin

Say happy Christmas with this festive design, featuring a Tyne and Wear Metro train.

Show your support for this oft-forgotten piece of punctuation. In fancy pastel colours!