Category Archives: Heaton Park Tramway

The Manchester Transport Museum Society have now revealed exciting plans for some of the vehicles within the fleet at the Heaton Park Tramway. Not content with the expected increase in the number of trams on site when the new Lakeside … Continue reading →

On Saturday 7th September the Branch Line Society will be visiting the Heaton Park Tramway for an “all available powered lines” charter which it is hoped will include some recently laid new track. Stockport 5, Blackpool 623 and Manchester 765 … Continue reading →

On 13th August 2013, regular British Trams Online contributor Joe Savage managed to photograph six trams lined up on the main line at the Heaton Park Tramway during a depot shunt. Although only three trams currently make up their operating … Continue reading →

The incredible speed of progress on the construction of the new Lakeside Depot at the Heaton Park Tramway shows no sign of slowing down, with recent progress seeing new folding doors added to the front of the building. The laying … Continue reading →

Another exciting step forwards in the project to create a second tram depot at Manchester’s Heaton Park Tramway was achieved on Tuesday 6th August, when some local dignitaries were invited to the park for the unveiling of a commemorative stone … Continue reading →

The astonishing rise of the new Lakeside Depot at Manchester’s Heaton Park Tramway has continued with the building now looking like, well, a tram depot! Less than two weeks after the main construction work began, the building now has a … Continue reading →

Blackpool Railgrinder 752 has become the second tram to depart from the premises of the East Lancashire Railway at Bury within the space of just five days. Hot on the heels of Balloon car 708 – which moved to Sunderland … Continue reading →

Monday 22nd July 2013 was a landmark day for the Manchester Transport Museum Society, as a major landmark in the project to build a second tram depot at the Heaton Park Tramway was reached. On this day, the first of … Continue reading →

The Manchester Transport Museum Society have acquired the unrestored body of Oldham 43, a tram which has been languishing in outside storage on a farm for more than sixty years! The ultimate intention is to restore this tram for service … Continue reading →

After seemingly endless delays and complications, work on the new tram depot for Manchester’s Heaton Park Tramway has finally commenced. After various materials and plant were delivered to the work site, near to the park’s boating lake, work on laying … Continue reading →

Now that the go-ahead has been given for work to proceed on the construction of a new tram depot at Heaton Park in Manchester, it is pleasing to report that visible progress is finally being made on this exciting project. … Continue reading →

The Heaton Park Tramway in Manchester has hosted a few low-key events recently which have previously gone by unrecorded here on British Trams Online. To set the record straight, we now catch up with what’s been happening at the park, … Continue reading →

As has been reported extensively in the past on British Trams Online three of the trams of the Heaton Park Tramway are currently stored at the East Lancashire Railway: Balloons 702 and 708 and Railgrinder 752. A recent supervised visit … Continue reading →

Due to an event taking place within the grounds of Manchester’s Heaton Park, the heritage tramway there will be closed on Sunday 9th June. The park is playing host to the first ever ‘Parklive’ music festival, headlined by rap artists … Continue reading →

Following numerous unavoidable delays, it is extremely pleasing to be able to report that final approval has now been granted for the construction of a new tram depot at the Heaton Park Tramway in Manchester. Tuesday 28th May was the … Continue reading →

The Heaton Park Tramway is taking full advantage of the upcoming school half-term break, with a rare midweek opening on Tuesday 28th May. This day will see the first ever Teddy Bear’s Picnic event held at this tramway. It had … Continue reading →

Heaton Park 7, also known as Blackpool Replica Vanguard 619, was involved in an unfortunate incident at the Heaton Park Tramway in Manchester on Bank Holiday Monday, 6th May during a routine shunting procedure. The tram left the rails at … Continue reading →