Gravesend Pantograph Chargers

[Chris]

The overhead 'Pantograph' chargers at Gravesend are now in use, which I believe happened earlier in December. As such, there is now a significantly increased number of ie trams on service B, and interworked E. 

IE37 is seen leaving the stop at Bluewater showing the unusual destination blind with (Temple Hill) in brackets, and what look to be some extremely small via points, whilst IE30 is seen showing a rather innovative blind at Gravesend Bus Hub, showing the chargers in use. It appears that passengers are not allowed on board whilst the vehicle is charging, so this seems a "smart" way of explaining what is going on, rather than just being parked "Not in Service". 

Both pictures taken on an overcast Saturday 27th. 

Chris

[JFO]

The introduction of Electric vehicles though to Gravesend has certainly happened within the last month, as there were no ITrams in use on the Gravesend section of Route B when I drove home through there on November 29th 2025.
Passengers not being allowed on board while charging doesn't seem to be applied all the time though, and when I was also in Gravesend on Dec 27th, the rear example of the pair I captured was charging with passengers on board, and then pulled away shortly after the Charging Phantograph was raised.