Category Archives: Heaton Park Tramway

Since its triumphant launch into public service at the Heaton Park Tramway in Manchester, Blackpool Brush Railcoach 623 has been proving its worth as an extremely popular and useful addition to the tramway’s running fleet. After a few minor teething … Continue reading →

Plans to build a new tram depot at Manchester’s Heaton Park, in which to house some of the Manchester Transport Museum Society’s growing collection of historic trams, have made another small but potentially significant step forward, with the plans for … Continue reading →

Sunday 12th February 2012 threatened to be a rather boring day at Manchester’s Heaton Park Tramway, with snow in the park threatening to prevent any trams from operating at all for the second consecutive weekend. However, the remarkable dedication of … Continue reading →

In an imaginative move to try and raise extra money to fund the construction of a new tram depot in which to house their growing collection of trams, the Heaton Park Tramway have turned to the popular Internet auction site … Continue reading →

It’s not every day that a type of tram which has operated successfully for more than seventy years makes its preservation debut – but that’s exactly what happened on Sunday 22nd January 2012, when Blackpool 623 became the first Brush … Continue reading →

A taste of 1970s Blackpool has come to the East Lancashire Railway at Bury, near Manchester, with the surprise arrival of Blackpool Balloon car 708 on Monday 9th January. The tram has now joined similar-liveried sister car 702, as both … Continue reading →

The process of commissioning preserved Blackpool Brush Railcoach 623 for operation at the Heaton Park Tramway in Manchester has made excellent progress, so much so that further details of the planned event to launch the tram on January 22nd have now … Continue reading →

2012 looks set to get off to an exciting start at the Heaton Park Tramway in Manchester, with the announcement that Blackpool Brush Railcoach 623 is set to be launched into passenger service at the tramway on Sunday 22nd January.

Sunday 18th December marked the end of another highly successful operating season for Manchester’s Heaton Park Tramway, with the final passenger services of 2011 operating in the park on this day. What could have been a fairly ordinary day was … Continue reading →

The good news keeps coming for the Heaton Park Tramway in Manchester, which has had plenty to celebrate this year with the opening of a new extension, Manchester 765‘s successful visit to Beamish Museum and the arrival of two ‘new’ … Continue reading →

Following the transfer of preserved Blackpool Brush Railcoach 623 from storage at Trafford Park to the Heaton Park Tramway recently, it was widely expected that Blackpool Balloon 702 would also be leaving its temporary home at Trafford soon afterwards, as … Continue reading →

It may not have been at the Heaton Park Tramway for long, but Blackpool Brush Railcoach 623 has already undergone some initial commissioning work in preparation for its much-anticipated entry into service in Manchester. Just a week after arriving at … Continue reading →