As part of our feature “Support our Heritage Tramways” we will continue to bring you a weekly look at when and where you can travel on heritage trams across the UK. Once again if you know of any errors or omissions please let us know and we will make the change. All the information here is given in good faith but you are advised to check before travelling any significant distance with the organisations involved.
Beamish, The Living Museum of the North
Open daily between 1000 and 1700 with trams operating each day round the Museum circuit.
Birkenhead Heritage Tramway
Trams continue to operate Saturdays and Sundays. First tram from Woodside Ferry at 1300, last tram departs Woodside Ferry to Depot at 1630.
Black Country Living Museum
Opening daily between 1000 and 1700. One tram will normally be in service each day.
Blackpool Tramway
The heritage tram operations will return over the late May Bank Holiday weekend and will then run on Sunday 23 June, Sunday 21 July (in connection with the Fleetwood Transport Festival) and the August Bank Holiday weekend before reverting to running nightly during the lluminations.
Crich Tramway Village
Now open daily until 3rd November. Museum is open between 1000 and 1730 with trams operating daily.
East Anglia Transport Museum
The Museum is open on Sundays between 1100 and 1700 and Thursdays between 1300 and 1700 until the end of May. It is also open on Monday 27 May between 1100 and 1700.
Next special event: Sunday 19 May – 40 Years of the East Suffolk Railway
Heaton Park Tramway
Open every Sunday until the end of September with a service provided between 1200 and 1700.
Manx Electric Railway
Now operating daily until Sunday 6th October with timetable B continuing until Friday 24th May. In addition all Fridays until 24th May will see evening services run Douglas-Laxey as will Saturday 18th May.
Seaton Tramway
Open daily until the start of November. Until Friday 24th May a 30 minute service will be in operation (first tram from Seaton at 1000, last tram from Colyton at 1630).
Snaefell Mountain Railway
Timetable B (hourly services from 1015-1545 from Laxey and 1110-1645 from the summit) will be in operation until Friday 24th May with all Fridays and Saturday 18th May seeing additional evening services.
Summerlee – The Museum of Scottish Industrial Life
The Museum is open daily between 1000 and 1600.
The information provided above is given in good faith and is correct to the best of our
knowledge. If you know of any errors please contact us by using the comments section below or by emailing gareth.bto@hotmail.co.uk.
Great list, thank you for this and for the site.
Three more came to mind, but they may not necessarily come under the heading of heritage – Great Orme, Shipley Glen and the Heath Park Tramway in Cardiff. The later is a third scale one, but a fun place to go on a sunny bank holiday.