{"id":55199,"date":"2024-09-03T20:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T19:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55199"},"modified":"2024-09-03T19:49:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T18:49:33","slug":"heaton-park-tramway-announces-closure-until-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55199","title":{"rendered":"Heaton Park Tramway announces closure until 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Heaton Park Tramway season has come to a premature end after the announcement that they won\u2019t be able to operate trams again until 2025. This early end to the season is immediate and does mean that the previously advertised Tramtastic! event (due to take place Sunday 8<sup>th<\/sup> September) is cancelled. The decision has been taken to allow the upgrade of equipment in the substation.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted on Facebook the Manchester Transport Museum Society said: \u201cAs many of you will be aware from our posts earlier in the year, we had a component in our tramway&#8217;s substation fail that prevented us operating the tramway until June. As part of the actions following this failure, our partners at Manchester City Council, who own and maintain the substation, have been working with us at the Manchester Transport Museum Society to completely renew all the components within the substation with more modern equipment, as obtaining replacement components for repairs to our existing equipment, which dates from the 1980s, has become increasingly difficult.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese works have now been scheduled and will commence in September &#8211; meaning we are unable to operate our trams until the works are complete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs such, to allow all parties involved to prepare for the works, our operations have now finished for the season &#8211; meaning our running days during September, our Tramtastic gala &amp; November are now cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough these works curtail our season this year, it will result in us having a brand new substation ready to serve us for another forty years &#8211; and displays the commitment Manchester City Council have to the tramway and its parks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The start of the 2024 season was delayed until 15<sup>th<\/sup> June because of the failure of the component within the substation ahead of the planned operating season having got underway. Since then the tramway has operated at most weekends with Blackpool trams <strong>Replica Vanguard 619<\/strong> and <strong>Brush Car 623<\/strong> along with <strong>Stockport 5<\/strong> and <strong>Hull 96<\/strong> having been used in service.<\/p>\n<p>The last day of the season ended up being the highest single output on Saturday 31<sup>st<\/sup> August with three trams in service during the Model Event &#8211; <strong>619<\/strong>, <strong>623<\/strong> and <strong>96<\/strong> all in use.<\/p>\n<p>The hard work will now start to prepare things for the upgrade work and for it take place over the winter to allow the tramway to have a successful season again in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Heaton Park Tramway season has come to a premature end after the announcement that they won\u2019t be able to operate trams again until 2025. 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