{"id":42305,"date":"2021-11-08T20:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T20:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=42305"},"modified":"2021-11-06T18:46:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T18:46:54","slug":"where-to-get-a-ride-on-a-heritage-tram-november-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=42305","title":{"rendered":"Where to get a ride on a heritage tram \u2013 November 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The main operating season for many heritage tramways across the British Isles may now be over but that doesn\u2019t mean you won\u2019t be able to enjoy a ride anywhere as there are still various locations which are continuing to run. Read on to find out more details.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beamish \u2013 The Living Museum of the North<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tramway will operate its restricted service (Foulbridge to the Town via the Entrance and Pockerley) on all days the museum is open, subject to any operational constraints.<\/p>\n<p>The museum is open as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Until 17<sup>th<\/sup> December: Wednesday to Sunday 1000-1600<\/li>\n<li>18<sup>th<\/sup> December 2021 to 2<sup>nd<\/sup> January 2022: Daily (except Christmas Day and Boxing Day) 1000-1600<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A timeslot ticket must be booked in advance of visiting. Details of how to do this are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beamish.org.uk\/plan-your-visit\/\">https:\/\/www.beamish.org.uk\/plan-your-visit\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Birkenhead \u2013 Wirral Heritage Tramway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trams are due to resume operation again in the coming weeks. The Museum reopened at the end of October at weekends and driver training is now underway on the trams. When a re-opening date is announced we will bring you further details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Illumination Tours run every night until Monday 3<sup>rd<\/sup> January 2022 (with the exception of Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day)<\/li>\n<li>Coastal and Promenade Tours run on Saturday 13<sup>th<\/sup> and Sunday 14<sup>th<\/sup> November only<\/li>\n<li>The Magical Express Tour runs:\n<ul>\n<li>19<sup>th<\/sup> November to 12<sup>th<\/sup> December: Fridays 1730-2030, Saturdays 1300-2030, Sundays 1300-1900 every 30 minutes<\/li>\n<li>17<sup>th<\/sup> December 2021 to 3<sup>rd<\/sup> January 2022: Every day 1300-2030 (with exception of Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Eve and New Years Day)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fish and Chip Trams run every Friday until 26<sup>th<\/sup> November<\/li>\n<li>Ghost Tram runs every Friday until 19<sup>th<\/sup> November<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All tours can be pre-booked online at <a href=\"https:\/\/blackpoolheritage.com\/\">https:\/\/blackpoolheritage.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>East Anglia Transport Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open every Sunday until the end of November 1200-1630<\/li>\n<li>Ride the Lights takes place every Saturday and Sunday during December up to and including 19<sup>th<\/sup> December between 1400-1800<\/li>\n<li>Happy New Year 2022 \u2013 museum open 1<sup>st<\/sup> January 2022 between 1200 and 1630<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Heaton Park Tramway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The main operating season is over although the tramway will run during the Lightopia event again (for Lightopia ticket holders)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Manx Electric Railway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Santa Trams are due to run during December \u2013 more details to follow<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seaton Tramway<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Polar Express Tram Ride takes place on selected date from 26<sup>th<\/sup> November to 24<sup>th<\/sup> Pre-booking required.<\/li>\n<li>27<sup>th<\/sup> December 2021 to 2<sup>nd<\/sup> January 2022 \u2013 Yellow timetable will run with trams every 30 minutes between 1000 and 1600<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Summerlee \u2013 Museum of Scottish Industrial Life<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Museum remains open 7 days a week with timed tickets needed to visit. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.culturenl.co.uk\/covid-19\/covid-19-summerlee\/\">https:\/\/www.culturenl.co.uk\/covid-19\/covid-19-summerlee\/<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<p><em>All information provided above is given in good faith. If a tramway is not listed they are not currently understood to be running any form of service. If you notice any errors or omissions please let us know.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main operating season for many heritage tramways across the British Isles may now be over but that doesn\u2019t mean you won\u2019t be able to enjoy a ride anywhere as there are still various locations which are continuing to run. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=42305\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5,7,10,14,26,21,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42306,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42305\/revisions\/42306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}