Category Archives: Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway Society

The last outing of Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway 7 for 2025 took place on Saturday 6th December 2025 with the tram taking pride of place in the annual Llandudno Christmas Parade.

Article updated 29/11/2025 with addition of additional photo The Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Tramway Society have taken their pride and joy, tram no. 7, out again with it returning to Colwyn Bay for the Christmas lights switch-on in the North … Continue reading →

Yes, its time to mention the “C” word which is rapidly approaching in less than two months time! We, of course, mean Christmas and in preparation for another outing for the tram, the Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Tramway Society took … Continue reading →

Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway 7 – owned by the Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Tramway Society and used to go to local events and keeping the history of the tramway alive – has had a busy few months as … Continue reading →

Saturday 5th April marked the latest occasion that Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway 7 made a public appearance. This was an additional run for the one-time Bournemouth 126 and saw it “run” between Penrhyn Bay and West Shore Llandudno … Continue reading →

The Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Tramway Society are once again making plans to take their tram out and about across the local area in 2025 with the first details of these outings have now been released on their website.

Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway 7 made another appearance in 2023 as part of the Llandudno Christmas Parade which took place on Saturday 2nd December. The tram – on the back of the Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Tramway Society’s … Continue reading →

Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway 7 is to make its first public appearance of 2023 with it due to be on display at the Llandudno Transport Festival this coming Bank Holiday weekend. For the first time in several years … Continue reading →

Before Christmas we mentioned the return of Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway 7 to the North Wales streets where trams used to run regularly until the system closed in 1956. The tram had not been seen out since before … Continue reading →

It has been a long three years for the Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Tramway Society with firstly Covid and then major repairs needed to the Matador lorry which they use to transport their replica tram around the local area thwarting … Continue reading →

The Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Tramway Society – owners of replica Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway 7 – have launched a new appeal for 2022 as they continue to try to cover their costs, with the past couple of … Continue reading →

2020 has been a disappointing year for the Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Tramway Society with all events they were due to attend having been cancelled (their last remaining ray of hope that the Llandudno Christmas Parade may take place have … Continue reading →

As with so many heritage organisations, 2020 has been a challenging year for the Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Tramway Society with their usual fundraising channels having been removed as events around North Wales have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus … Continue reading →

The Coronavirus pandemic continues to make its presence felt with more events having to be cancelled as we all put social distancing and the effective lockdown into full practice. One of the latest events to be cancelled is the Llandudno … Continue reading →

2019 has seen Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway 7 undergo some attention – or its trailer at any rate – having given 12 years faithful service since being cosmetically restored for the centenary of the tramway opening in 2007 … Continue reading →

Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway 7 is set to make another appearance in public this weekend when it will take part in the Llandudno Father Christmas Parade. The parade is due to start at 1600 but no. 7 should … Continue reading →