Our weekly look at when and where you can travel on heritage trams in the UK and Isle of Man. All the information here is given in good faith but you are advised to check before travelling any significant distance with the organisations\u00a0involved.<\/p>\n
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Beamish, The Living Museum of the North <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Open daily between 1000 and 1700 with trams operating each day round the Museum circuit.<\/p>\n Birkenhead Heritage Tramway<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Trams will operate during the summer school holidays Wednesdays to Sundays. First tram from Woodside Ferry at 1300, last tram departs Woodside Ferry to Depot at 1630.<\/p>\n Black Country Living Museum<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Open daily between 1000 and 1700 with one tram in service.<\/p>\n Blackpool Tramway<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The Heritage Tram service will operate again over the August Bank Holiday weekend with at least four trams in service on each day. Full details of the current planned allocations can be found at http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=4739<\/a>. In addition there will be static tram displays on Blundell Street of trams not currently available for service (details of these are also at the link above).<\/p>\n From Sunday 1st September the service then reverts to running nightly during the Illuminations with the majority of journeys in the hands of Western Train 733+734<\/strong>, Frigate 736<\/strong> and Trawler 737<\/strong> supplemented by members of the \u201cC\u201d fleet.<\/p>\n Crich Tramway Village<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Now open daily until 3rd November. Museum is open between 1000 and 1730 with trams operating daily.<\/p>\n Next Special Event: August 1940s Weekend \u2013 Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 August<\/p>\n Douglas Horse Tramway<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Operating daily until Sunday 15 September. First tram departs Strathallan at 0900 with last departure at 1800.<\/p>\n East Anglia Transport Museum <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The Museum is open every Tuesday (1300-1700), Wednesday (1300-1700), Thursday (1300-1700), Saturday (1300-1700) and Sunday (1100-1700, except during special events) until 28 August.<\/p>\n Great Orme Tramway<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Services run daily every 20 minutes between 1000 and 1800 until the end of September.<\/p>\n Heaton Park Tramway<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The tramway operates every Sunday until the end of September with trams running 1200-1700.<\/p>\n Manx Electric Railway <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Operating daily until Sunday 6th October. Timetable D (14 departures from Douglas between 0940 and 1640) is now in operation until Sunday 1 September. Evening services will run on all Wednesdays and Fridays during this period.<\/p>\n Middleton Railway – Leeds<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Leeds Horse Car 107<\/strong> will be launched over the August Bank Holiday weekend at the Middleton Railway during their Festival of Railway 2013.<\/p>\n On Saturday 24th<\/sup> August 107<\/strong> will be on static display only.<\/p>\n On Sunday 25th<\/sup> August 107<\/strong> will undergo test running between 0930 and 1030 for crew training and familiarisation. Subject to the successful completion of this it will then give rides to the public from 1100 to 1300 and 1400 to 1700.<\/p>\n On Monday 26th<\/sup> August it will be giving public rides between 1100 and 1300 before the official public launch with the Lord Mayor at 1400. Public rides will then again be provided until 1700.<\/p>\n Rides on 107<\/strong> will cost an extra \u00a32 on top of the standard admission price to cover for the hire of a horse.<\/p>\n Seaton Tramway<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Open daily until the start of November.<\/p>\n The main summer service is now in operation and should run to the following pattern until Sunday 1 September:<\/p>\n Sundays-Thursdays: Red timetable \u2013 every 20 minutes, first departure Seaton 1000, first departure Colyton 1030, last departure Seaton 1700, last departure Colyton 1730<\/p>\n Fridays & Saturdays: Purple timetable using the \u201cEastbourne trams\u201d 2<\/strong>, 4<\/strong>, 6<\/strong>, 8<\/strong>, 12<\/strong> \u2013 every 20 minutes, first departure Seaton 1000, first departure Colyton 1030, last departure Seaton 1700, last departure Colyton 1730.<\/p>\n In addition every\u00a0Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 26 July to 8 September will see special Dinosaur Train departures from Seaton at 1100, 1240 and 1400.<\/p>\n Snaefell Mountain Railway<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Operating\u00a0daily until Sunday 6 October with timetable D (every half hour between 1015 and 1545) in operation until Sunday 1 September. Evening services run every Wednesday and Friday for Summit Restaurant diners.<\/p>\n Summerlee \u2013 The Museum of Scottish Industrial Life<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The Museum\u00a0is open daily between 1000 and 1600.<\/p>\n The information provided above is given in good faith and is correct to the best of our knowledge. If you know of any errors please contact us by using the comments section below or by emailing <\/em>gareth.bto@hotmail.co.uk<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our weekly look at when and where you can travel on heritage trams in the UK and Isle of Man. All the information here is given in good faith but you are advised to check before travelling any significant distance … Continue reading