{"id":44683,"date":"2022-04-23T22:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T21:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=44683"},"modified":"2022-04-23T18:43:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T17:43:57","slug":"in-pictures-easter-at-the-seaton-tramway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=44683","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Easter at the Seaton Tramway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst work to construct the two new stops on the Seaton Tramway goes on \u2013 opening for Riverside and Seaton Wetlands is likely to be later this year \u2013 normal services have been continuing on the three mile route between Seaton and Colyton with good weather over the Easter period seeing plenty of trams in service \u2013 including the first use for 2022 of 4 on Monday 18<sup>th<\/sup> April as a special. Tram services are now running every single day until Sunday 30<sup>th<\/sup> October so there\u2019s plenty of time to head to Devon for a ride on this unique tramway.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Construction work on the new stop outside Riverside Depot is nearing completion with the decking in place whilst that at Seaton Wetlands \u2013 which is located at Swan\u2019s Nest Loop \u2013 is less advanced although there remains good progress to be seen in laying the access to and from the Wetlands to the stop.<\/p>\n<p>The timetables in operation already include stops at the locations of the new halts in preparation for their opening and in normal service trams now pass at Riverside, Seaton Wetlands and Cownhayne Loop.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue timetable is currently running with departures every 20 minutes between 1000 and 1700 from Seaton (returns from Colyton between 1040 and 1700). This service will run daily until Friday 22<sup>nd<\/sup> July after which the nearly identical pink service runs until Sunday 4<sup>th<\/sup> September. Timetable details can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tram.co.uk\/calendar\">https:\/\/www.tram.co.uk\/calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44684\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=44684\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44684\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44684\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44684\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1.108-kc-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1.108-kc-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1.108-kc-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1.108-kc.jpg 879w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking across the River Axe towards the new Riverside Halt with 10 on the left and 8 seen on the right. This was 14th April.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_44685\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=44685\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44685\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44685\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44685\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2.8-kc-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2.8-kc-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2.8-kc-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2.8-kc-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2.8-kc.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">8 heads off towards Colyton.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_44686\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=44686\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44686\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44686\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44686\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3.8-kc-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3.8-kc-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3.8-kc-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3.8-kc-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3.8-kc.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The site of the new Seaton Wetlands stop \u2013 at Swan\u2019s Nest loop \u2013 looking back towards Seaton on 16th April. 8 is running back empty to depot.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_44687\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=44687\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44687\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44687\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44687\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4.wetlands-kc-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4.wetlands-kc-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4.wetlands-kc-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4.wetlands-kc-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4.wetlands-kc.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seaton Wetlands again with a view towards Bobsworth Bridge \u2013 the original terminus of the line.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_44688\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=44688\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44688\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44688\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44688\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/5.wetlands-kc-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/5.wetlands-kc-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/5.wetlands-kc-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/5.wetlands-kc-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/5.wetlands-kc.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parts for the construction of the Wetlands stop are in place and waiting to be installed.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_44689\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=44689\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44689\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44689\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44689\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/6.12-kc-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/6.12-kc-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/6.12-kc-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/6.12-kc-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/6.12-kc.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">12 stands at Colyton ahead of departure for Seaton on 17th April.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_44690\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=44690\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44690\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44690\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44690\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/7.2-kc-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/7.2-kc-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/7.2-kc-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/7.2-kc-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/7.2-kc.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view taken from Riverside Halt on 17th April as 2 disappears with what seems a full load on the top deck. (All Photographs by Keith Chadbourne)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst work to construct the two new stops on the Seaton Tramway goes on \u2013 opening for Riverside and Seaton Wetlands is likely to be later this year \u2013 normal services have been continuing on the three mile route between &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=44683\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44683"}],"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=44683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44691,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44683\/revisions\/44691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}