Category Archives: Beamish Tramway

Our recent articles from Beamish have all been concentrating on the trackworks which have been taking place over the past few months with the trams not getting much of a look in, hardly surprising when they’ve not been able to … Continue reading →

With the tramway at Beamish have been closed since the start of January this has allowed a concerted effort to be made on various maintenance jobs to take place. This has included some major rail replacement works at the east … Continue reading →

There will be a change of transport special events for 2025 at Beamish with the traditional Steam Fair replaced by a nine day Festival of Transport. This new event will take place at the end of May and start of … Continue reading →

The major investment in the infrastructure at Beamish, which has seen no trams run since the start of 2025, is continuing with good progress being made on the track replacement work at the east end of the 1900s town (the … Continue reading →

As we’ve reported on several occasions recently, if you head along to Beamish at the moment you won’t have the opportunity to ride on a tram. The tramway will be closed for the next few months to allow important maintenance … Continue reading →

The Beamish Tramway is now closed for an extended period over the winter to allow infrastructure works to take place as well as maintenance on the fleet of trams which operate the service. Not long after the last trams ran … Continue reading →

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.