Category Archives: Seaton Tramway

15 back into service as 10 dominates the October mileage charts at Seaton

Having missed much of the summer season at the Seaton Tramway undergoing maintenance, 15 has returned to service during the month of October. It was one of 11 trams to be used in service over the course of the month … Continue reading

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Its almost time for The Polar Express Tram Ride at Seaton

It is only a matter of days until the Seaton Tramway awakes from their brief rest after the end of the main season with the of The Polar Express Tram Ride which will be taking place on select dates between … Continue reading

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 10th November 2024

This week our photos come from the Seaton Tramway back in August:

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YouTuber Geoff Marshall enjoys a tram driving lesson at Seaton Tramway

YouTube star and filmmaker, Geoff Marshall, has recently had the chance to drive a tram at the Seaton Tramway and the results of his day behind the controls of no. 19 have now been added to YouTube.

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Events this week

Main operating seasons start to approach the end but there is still time for a few more special events involving heritage trams!

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They’ve Run in 2024

With the main operating season of most heritage tramways starting to come to an end we take another look at just which trams have run in service during the year. As it was August the last time we took a … Continue reading

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Events this week…

Fish & chips, ghosts and stories for the events this week…

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In Pictures: A quick trip to the Seaton Tramway

The Seaton Tramway in Devon continues to operate daily until Sunday 3rd November with the Yellow timetable having been reintroduced from Monday 23rd September. This means trams run between 1000 and 1600 at 20 minute intervals (ending one hour earlier … Continue reading

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Picture in Time: Seaton 12 & 8

Another photo taken in Seaton for this edition of “Picture in Time”.

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Seaton Tramway volunteer driver lends voice to BBC drama “Nightsleeper”

One of Seaton Tramway’s volunteer drivers, Matthew Streeton, can currently be heard in the new BBC One drama series “Nightsleeper”. Matthew is well known across the rail network in the UK as after having worked in the rail industry he … Continue reading

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Adult Explorer Tickets at Seaton Tramway to get half price entry to Seaton Jurassic

Under the headline “Not Just for Kids! Adults love it too!” it has been announced that anyone buying an Adult Explorer Ticket to travel on the Seaton Tramway will be able to enjoy half priced admission to Jurassic Discovery Mondays … Continue reading

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Events this week…

No doubt what the highlight looks set to be this week as it’s the annual enthusiasts event at the Crich Tramway Village, this year running for two days and titled Electric Tram Weekend. But there are other things going on … Continue reading

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Seaton Tramway August tram mileage revealed

The latest Seaton Tramway newsletter has given the mileage operated by the trams during August. The last details released for July caused a little bit of confusion as although said to be mileage it looked as if they were actually … Continue reading

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Seaton Tramway announce return of 23!

23 is to make a return to the Seaton Tramway, it has been announced. Whilst not previously having operated at the tramway it did make an appearance there in 1995 for the 25th anniversary of the opening of the line … Continue reading

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Events this week…

With Tramtastic! at Heaton Park Tramway now cancelled and with school holidays coming to an end its a fairly quiet week although Crich will have a Steampunk Weekend.

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Events this week…

More family orientated events this week as we also still see the end of the hop-on, hop-off timetable on Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours.

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Events this week…

Its still the school summer holiday season so that means the bulk of events taking place remain family orientated but next weekend sees the latest hop-on, hop-off timetable in Blackpool as a highlight of what is come over the next … Continue reading

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They’ve Run in 2024!

As the year continues to progress more heritage trams have now run for the first time this year and so its time for another update. Since we last had an update there have been high-profile returns such as Newcastle 102 … Continue reading

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A lot of the summer event favourites continue over the next week and then next weekend at the Crich Tramway Village is the return of their Model Tram, Bus and Railway exhibition whilst the Heaton Park Tramway are being visited … Continue reading

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Seaton 11 leads the way in July’s mileage charts

Each month the Seaton Tramway provides a monthly newsletter to those of their e-mail mailing list and it often includes handy information about which trams have been used in service. The figures for July probably provides no real surprises with … Continue reading

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