Category Archives: Great Orme Tramway

Great Orme Tramway to reopen 21st June

Posted on Wednesday 16 June 2021 by Gareth Prior

The only cable-hauled tramway in the Britain, the Great Orme Tramway, will finally reopen on Monday 21st June – the first time it will have run since the end of the 2019 season. There is no need to explain why … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Great Orme Tramway – 2016

Posted on Tuesday 20 October 2020 by Gareth Prior

It may be a tramway which won’t be running in 2020 but in this pictorial article we go back to 2016 for some views of the trams on the upper section of the Great Orme Tramway. Taken in excellent lighting … Continue reading →

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Great Orme Tramway to remain closed in 2020

Posted on Thursday 27 August 2020 by Gareth Prior

It has been announced that the Great Orme Tramway will not run at all during 2020 with the decision made in light of the continued Coronavirus restrictions and the practicalities of running the trams on the two sections between Victoria … Continue reading →

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East Anglia Transport Museum confirm closure

Posted on Saturday 28 March 2020 by Gareth Prior

When all the closures in connection to the Coronavirus outbreak were being confirmed the one museum where we hadn’t given an update on was the East Anglia Transport Museum as they weren’t due to open until April but as expected … Continue reading →

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They ran in 2019…

Posted on Wednesday 8 January 2020 by Gareth Prior

Bringing 2019 to a close – its all looking forward from here on in! – we take one final look at those trams which ran on heritage tramways during the year. As far as we know this is a complete … Continue reading →

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Half price travel for locals on Great Orme Tramway

Posted on Saturday 5 October 2019 by Gareth Prior

For the first time, the Great Orme Tramway will be a holding a community weekend during October which will give local residents the chance to enjoy travel up the Great Orme for half price. Taking place on Saturday 19th and … Continue reading →

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 14 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

This week’s pair of Photo Galleries both come from traditional tramways in the UK:

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In Pictures: A new season underway on the Great Orme Tramway

Posted on Sunday 14 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

As is usual late March saw the start of another season on the Great Orme Tramway with trams now due to run daily until late October. Trams run each day between 1000 and 1800 (until 1700 during October) with regular … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Great Orme Tramway 4

Posted on Thursday 4 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

We head to the year 2000 for this week’s traditional tram archive image with another visit to the Great Orme Tramway in Llandudno.

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Picture in Time: Great Orme Tramway 6

Posted on Thursday 28 March 2019 by Gareth Prior

Staying in North Wales for this week’s archive image as we had back to the 1990s again.

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Picture in Time: Great Orme Tramway 5

Posted on Thursday 21 March 2019 by Gareth Prior

Starting off a short series of images from Llandudno’s Great Orme Tramway today as we continue Picture in Time.

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Picture in Time: Great Orme Tramway 4

Posted on Tuesday 13 November 2018 by Gareth Prior

We are heading back 25 years in today’s archive image with Llandudno’s Great Orme Tramway the subject.

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Visitor’s Guide to…Great Orme Tramway

Posted on Monday 13 August 2018 by admin

In the second in our series of Visitor’s Guides, Edward M Koehler takes a look at the Great Orme Tramway in Llandudno, North Wales. Once again Edward gives his observations of the best places to get photos of this unique … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Great Orme Tramway

Posted on Saturday 14 July 2018 by Gareth Prior

Today we take a trip to North Wales for a couple of different than usual images from the Great Orme Tramway.

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Picture in Time: Great Orme Tramway 5

Posted on Thursday 19 April 2018 by Gareth Prior

Back to North Wales for another view of the Great Orme Tramway today as Picture in Time continues.

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Snaefell Mountain Railway and Douglas Bay Horse Tramway start another season

Posted on Friday 30 March 2018 by Gareth Prior

Despite doubts expressed whether the Snaefell Mountain Railway would reopen at the start of 2018 the first services to the Summit were operated on Good Friday, 30th March – a day later than planned but it now seems to be … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Great Orme Tramway 4 & 5

Posted on Tuesday 9 January 2018 by Gareth Prior

We head off to North Wales for this edition of our archive photo series with a view on the Great Orme Tramway of the two trams which have operated the lower section service ever since opening in 1902.

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Operating seasons end across the British Isles

Posted on Saturday 11 November 2017 by Gareth Prior

As has become traditional the first weekend in November usually brings an end to heritage tramway operating seasons and 2017 has been no different. We have already seen what happened at the end of the season at both Crich and … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Great Orme Tramway 7

Posted on Tuesday 7 November 2017 by Gareth Prior

Today Picture in Time is in North Wales for an image taken 21 years ago in 1996 on the Great Orme Tramway. The tram being featured is the highest numbered of the trams which have operated the service since the … Continue reading →

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Ophelia does her worst causing Luas and MER suspensions

Posted on Tuesday 17 October 2017 by Gareth Prior

Services on both Luas and the Manx Electric Railway were hit by ex-Hurricane Ophelia at the start of the week with no trams able to run for large periods of time, firstly due to safety fears and then because of … Continue reading →

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