Category Archives: Beamish Tramway

As we reported last month, the tramway at Beamish is set to take a break for the first few months of 2025 to allow maintenance – of both the infrastructure and tramcars – to take place. But before they take … Continue reading →

The tramway at Beamish may be about to close for an extended period of time, but as we reported earlier this month that will have a positive with a number of maintenance jobs taking place. Not only will that be … Continue reading →

It has been confirmed that the tramway at Beamish Museum will be closed throughout January, February and March 2025 to allow some essential maintenance to take place. This follows on from the temporary shortening of the route since the start … Continue reading →

Tram services at Beamish continue to be running on a truncated tramway with the section from the Entrance to the Town via Pockerley remaining closed. No official word yet on when trams will once again be able to run around … Continue reading →

After a brief suspension at the end of November, trams are running again at Beamish although the overhead issues at Pockerley mean that they are currently unable to operate on the full circuit.

The tram service is currently suspended at Beamish, with no trams expected to run in the period between Thursday 28th November and Sunday 1st December (inclusive) with the official explanation on the website saying that is due to essential maintenance.

The Christmas season at Beamish is now underway, although it happened a day later than originally planned because of heavy snowfall in the northeast. As a result of the snow the museum had to remain closed on Saturday 23rd November … Continue reading →

Its absence from service may only have been brief but Sunderland 16 is now back in use at Beamish following the completion of the first phase of its repaint. The tram is, as always, an integral part of the winter … Continue reading →

The tram fleet at Beamish has once again had a busy year with two or three trams in service on any given day when the museum is open (which is daily from March until the start of November!). This has … Continue reading →

Now that Beamish is out of the busy summer school holiday season, the transport team is taking the opportunity to give some attention to the tram fleet with paintwork being seen to as well as a few other pieces of … Continue reading →

They’ve been described as the hardest working heritage trams in the UK and the operating fleet at Beamish is once again proving that with the museum continuing to be very busy with visitors (long queues to get in, announcements that … Continue reading →