Category Archives: Heaton Park Tramway

Since its return to the Heaton Park Tramway following an extended stay at Beamish Museum, a great deal of work has already been undertaken on Leeds 6 to reverse the effects of many months of outside storage. The tram has … Continue reading →

We have recently been sent a link to a video on YouTube showing the recent Spring Gala at the Heaton Park Tramway, held on Sunday 24th March in very unpsringlike weather. You can view the 10 minute video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp0c3ZfVjzo … Continue reading →

As reported previously, Leeds 6 finally departed from Beamish Museum on Thursday 4th April having enjoyed a three-year long stay there on loan from its owners, the Manchester Transport Museum Society. The tram arrived back at Heaton Park later the … Continue reading →

The Manchester Transport Museum Society used their recent Spring Gala event on Sunday 24th March as a platform to announce exciting plans to restore another historic tram from the Greater Manchester area. The MTMS have owned the remains of Rawtenstall … Continue reading →

The Heaton Park Tramway’s first proper event of 2013 took place on Sunday 24th March, in the shape of the highly-anticipated ‘Spring Gala’. As reported previously, the event organisers were struck by bad luck on several occasions in the run-up … Continue reading →

Following the disapointing news that Stockport 5 will not be making the trip from Manchester to Beamish for the museum’s tramway anniversary celebrations, the Heaton Park Tramway has now confirmed that the tram will instead be relaunched at their own … Continue reading →

Three of the Manchester Transport Museum Society’s recently preserved Blackpool trams have been in open storage at a secure site in Bury for some time now, and rarely been depicted in their current home. However, on Sunday 10th March a … Continue reading →

The winter work being carried out on Stockport 5 by volunteers at Manchester’s Heaton Park Tramway, in prepartion for the trams spring break at Beamish Museum, took a major step forwards on Tuesday 19th February. On this day, the new … Continue reading →

Some unforseen delays to the construction of the Heaton Park Tramway’s new Lakeside depot, have led to changes having to be made to the forthcoming ‘Spring Gala’ event, to be held at the Manchester tramway on Sunday 24th March. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

The Heaton Park Tramway have revealed that, on completion of its winter refresh, Stockport 5 will return to service looking rather different. The tram is set to receive authentic period-style advertisements, which will be recreated using modern vinyls and applied … Continue reading →

So far, the winter of 2012-13 has been anything but quiet at Manchester’s Heaton Park Tramway. Impressive progress on the main current project, remedial work on Stockport 5, is continuing whilst two other vehicles have been under attention already this … Continue reading →

In a bid to keep interested parties better informed of developments at the tramway, a brand new official Facebook page has been launched for the Heaton Park Tramway. Although a Facebook group, entitled ‘Friends of the Heaton Park Tramway’, has … Continue reading →

Despite being technically withdrawn from service at the end of October last year, Manchester 765 has made a few surprise appearances on the Heaton Park Tramway since then for various reasons. Its first outing of 2013 occured on Sunday 20th … Continue reading →

2012 has been another highly succesful year for the Heaton Park Tramway, despite being less eventful than the last few years. However, with a new addition to the running fleet, and the long-awaited commencement of ground works for the new depot … Continue reading →

A highly succesful year of operation at Manchester’s Heaton Park Tramway came to an end on Sunday 16th December, before the regular volunteers take a much-deserved short break for the Christmas period. As planned, the day saw Manchester 765 in … Continue reading →

As reported previously, Stockport 5 is receiving some well-deserved attention at the Heaton Park Tramway this winter. The car has put in excellent service since it arrival at its new home in August 2011, but it is currently undergoing a range of … Continue reading →