Category Archives: Great Orme Tramway

They’ve Run in 2026 – Meet the Trams: Great Orme Tramway – 7

And just like that we reach the end of the fleet on the Great Orme Tramway as in this edition of “Meet the Trams” we take a look at no. 7.

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They’ve Run in 2026 – Meet the Trams: Great Orme Tramway – 6

It is time for another edition of “Meet the Trams” as this time we take a look at the first of the upper section trams on the Great Orme Tramway. That is no. 6.

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They’re Run in 2026 – Meet the Trams: Great Orme Tramway – 5

“Meet the Trams” continues with a look at the trams which operate on the Great Orme Tramway in 2026 and this time its no. 5.

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They’ve Run in 2026 – Meet the Trams: Great Orme Tramway – 4

We move locations as “Meet the Trams” continues. For the next four weeks we make our one and only visit to Wales as we take a look at the trams which operate the service on the Great Orme Tramway.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 1st August 2026

We head off to the Great Orme Tramway for photos this week:

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They’ve Run in 2026!

Ahead of the main summer season this is our latest round-up of those heritage trams which have operated in service on tramways across the British Isles. Please remember that the aim of this list is to show any heritage trams … Continue reading →

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They’ve Run in 2026!

With Easter out of the way we take a first look of 2026 at just which heritage trams have run so far this year on various lines across the British Isles. As a reminder the aim of this list is … Continue reading →

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Numbers 4 – Great Orme Tramway 4

Another day in December and another tram with a number in this series – we have now reached the number 4.

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They’ve Run in 2025!

For various reasons we haven’t had many looks at which heritage trams have run in 2025, in fact the last round-up we had was in May! We rectify that here as with main operating seasons now having come to an … Continue reading →

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Great Orme Tramway Community Weekend to take place 28th and 29th September

Each year the Great Orme Tramway holds a Community Weekend and this year it will be taking place on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th September. During the weekend residents of Conwy county will be able to get half price tickets … Continue reading →

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A trip to… Great Orme Tramway, Llandudno

In this article we head to the only operational tramway in Wales (at the moment!), the Great Orme Tramway in Llandudno. Opening in 1902 it is the only funicular, or cable-hauled, tramway in Britain which travels on public roads. It … Continue reading →

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They’ve Run in 2025!

For the first time this year we bring you a round-up of which heritage trams have operated across the British Isles, which includes the three lines on the Isle of Man. The idea behind this list is to give an … Continue reading →

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They Ran in 2024

In January of each year we normally bring you a round-up of exactly which heritage trams ran during the previous year, and whilst our last review in October turned out to be the complete list as nothing else was used … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Great Orme Tramway – July 2024

A tramway not often featured on these pages is the Great Orme Tramway which runs from the town of Llandudno up to the Great Orme in two sections. In this “Out and About” we try and remedy that a little … Continue reading →

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They’ve Run in 2024

With the main operating season of most heritage tramways starting to come to an end we take another look at just which trams have run in service during the year. As it was August the last time we took a … Continue reading →

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They’ve Run in 2024!

As the year continues to progress more heritage trams have now run for the first time this year and so its time for another update. Since we last had an update there have been high-profile returns such as Newcastle 102 … Continue reading →

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They’ve Run in 2024!

Time for another look at which heritage trams have run across the British Isles so far in 2024. Again there has been a little bit of movement since our last update with more trams running for the first time this … Continue reading →

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They’ve Run in 2024!

We take another look to see which heritage trams have run in service so far in 2024 on tramways across the British Isles. There has been some movement since we last ran this article with more trams being used at … Continue reading →

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They’ve Run in 2024!

For the first time this year we take a look at which heritage trams have run in service during 2024 across the British Isles. To remind you this article aim to feature which heritage trams have run in passenger service … Continue reading →

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They Ran in 2023!

We round-up things of which heritage trams ran in service on tramways in the British Isles during 2023 with a final “They Ran in 2023!”. In truth since we last ran this article at the start of November 2023 there … Continue reading →

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