{"id":61403,"date":"2025-12-24T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=61403"},"modified":"2025-12-23T20:35:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:35:38","slug":"christmas-and-new-year-services-2025-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=61403","title":{"rendered":"Christmas and New Year services 2025\/6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is your regular one-stop guide to planned services over the festive period; with the usual caveat that operational reasons may mean there are some changes so please check with the operator before travelling.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blackpool Tramway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>24<sup>th<\/sup> December: Normal timetable until final trams at 1905 from Starr Gate and 2001 from Fleetwood<\/p>\n<p>25<sup>th<\/sup> December: No service<\/p>\n<p>26<sup>th<\/sup> December: No service due to limited usage in recent years when a service has run<\/p>\n<p>27<sup>th<\/sup> December: Normal Saturday service<\/p>\n<p>28<sup>th<\/sup> December: Normal Sunday service<\/p>\n<p>29<sup>th<\/sup> and 30<sup>th<\/sup> December: Normal weekday service<\/p>\n<p>31<sup>st<\/sup> December: Normal timetable until final trams at 1905 from Starr Gate and 2001 from Fleetwood<\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> January: No service due to limited usage in recent years when a service has run<\/p>\n<p><strong>Docklands Light Railway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>24<sup>th<\/sup> December: Saturday service, services end by 2230.<\/p>\n<p>25<sup>th<\/sup> December: No service<\/p>\n<p>26<sup>th<\/sup> December: Special service with first trains from 0800. No service Tower Gateway-Shadwell.<\/p>\n<p>27<sup>th<\/sup> December: Saturday service<\/p>\n<p>28<sup>th<\/sup> December: Sunday service<\/p>\n<p>29<sup>th <\/sup>and 30<sup>th<\/sup> December: Saturday service<\/p>\n<p>31<sup>st<\/sup> December: Saturday day service with special all-night service featuring trains every 15 minutes from 0030<\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> January: Sunday service<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edinburgh Trams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>24<sup>th<\/sup> December: Normal service<\/p>\n<p>25<sup>th<\/sup> December: No service<\/p>\n<p>26<sup>th<\/sup> December to 29<sup>th<\/sup> December: Normal service<\/p>\n<p>30th December: Normal service until 1750. The network will then run a split service: Edinburgh Airport-West End and Picardy Place-Newhaven.<\/p>\n<p>31<sup>st<\/sup> December: Split service will run Edinburgh Airport-West End and Picardy Place-Newhaven from every 10 minutes all day. After midnight free trams will run (0000-0200 every 10 minutes, 0200-normal start of service frequent service)<\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> January: Split service (Edinburgh Airport-West End and Picardy Place-Newhaven) will run until Princes Street reopens. Then a full service runs from every 7 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>London Trams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>24<sup>th<\/sup> December: Normal service until 2000 then reduced service with normal finish times<\/p>\n<p>25<sup>th<\/sup> December: No service<\/p>\n<p>26<sup>th<\/sup> December: Sunday service<\/p>\n<p>27<sup>th<\/sup> December: Saturday service<\/p>\n<p>28<sup>th<\/sup> December: Sunday service<\/p>\n<p>29<sup>th <\/sup>and 30<sup>th<\/sup> December: Saturday service<\/p>\n<p>31<sup>st<\/sup> December: Saturday service during day with all night running featuring trams Wimbledon-New Addington every 30 minutes and Wimbledon-Beckenham Junction every 30 minutes<\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> January: Sunday service<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>24<sup>th<\/sup> December: Services will end at 2000<\/p>\n<p>25<sup>th<\/sup> December: No service<\/p>\n<p>26<sup>th<\/sup> December: Sunday frequency from 0900<\/p>\n<p>27<sup>th<\/sup> December: Saturday service<\/p>\n<p>28<sup>th<\/sup> December: Sunday service<\/p>\n<p>29<sup>th<\/sup> and 30<sup>th<\/sup> December: Saturday service<\/p>\n<p>31<sup>st<\/sup> December: Saturday service plus Night Luas (hourly services between 0100 and 0300 on Red and Green lines)<\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> January: Sunday service<\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester Metrolink<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>24<sup>th<\/sup> December: Services start at 0600 but will finish earlier with last trams arriving at terminus stops around 2100. 15 minute frequency on each line.<\/p>\n<p>25<sup>th<\/sup> December: No service<\/p>\n<p>26<sup>th<\/sup> December: Services will operate 0700-0000 every 15 minutes. Additional trams 1800-0000 between Altrincham and Crumpsall for Manchester United v Newcastle United match.<\/p>\n<p>27<sup>th <\/sup>to 30<sup>th<\/sup> December: Normal operating hours with a 15 minute frequency (no peak-time extras).<\/p>\n<p>31<sup>st<\/sup> December: Trams every 12 minutes from 0600. After 2100 no trams will run via St Peter\u2019s Square. Last trams from city centre at 0100.<\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> January: Trams every 15 minutes from 0700-0000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nottingham Express Transit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>24<sup>th<\/sup> December: Normal service<\/p>\n<p>25<sup>th<\/sup> December: No service<\/p>\n<p>26<sup>th<\/sup> December: Sunday service<\/p>\n<p>27<sup>th<\/sup> to 31<sup>st<\/sup> December: Normal service<\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> January: Sunday service<\/p>\n<p><strong>South Yorkshire Supertram<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>24th December: Saturday timetable with early finish.<\/p>\n<p>25th December: No service<\/p>\n<p>26th December: Special service. Yellow route runs Meadowhall to Middlewood and Festive Blue runs Halfway to Meadowhall via Cathedral. No Purple route or Tram-Train service will operate and no trams will run to Malin Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>27th December: Saturday service.<\/p>\n<p>28<sup>th<\/sup> December: Sunday service.<\/p>\n<p>29<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; 30<sup>th<\/sup> December: Saturday service<\/p>\n<p>31st December: Saturday timetable with early finish.<\/p>\n<p>1st January: Special service. Yellow route will run Meadowhall-Middlewood, Tram-Train will run Rotherham Parkgate-Cathedral and Blue route will run Halfway-Cathedral. No Purple route service and no trams to Malin Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>2<sup>nd<\/sup> January: Saturday service<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tyne and Wear Metro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>24<sup>th<\/sup> December: Weekday service until 1800 then hourly service.<\/p>\n<p>25<sup>th<\/sup> December: No service<\/p>\n<p>26<sup>th<\/sup> December: Sunday service from 0800-2000.<\/p>\n<p>27<sup>th<\/sup> December: Normal Saturday service<\/p>\n<p>28<sup>th<\/sup> December: Normal Sunday service<\/p>\n<p>29<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; 30<sup>th<\/sup> December: Normal service<\/p>\n<p>31<sup>st<\/sup> December: Weekday service until 2100 then 30 minute service<\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> January: No service<\/p>\n<p><strong>West Midlands Metro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>24<sup>th<\/sup> December: Normal service<\/p>\n<p>25<sup>th<\/sup> December: No service<\/p>\n<p>26<sup>th<\/sup> December: Sunday service<\/p>\n<p>27<sup>th<\/sup> to 31<sup>st<\/sup> December: Normal service<\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> January: Sunday service<\/p>\n<p>And if heritage trams are your thing\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beamish<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open daily from 27<sup>th<\/sup> December to 31<sup>st<\/sup> December between 1000 and 1600. Closed 1<sup>st<\/sup> January. <strong>East Anglian Transport Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open on 1<sup>st<\/sup> January between 1100 and 1630<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seaton Tramway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>27<sup>th<\/sup> December to 4<sup>th<\/sup> January: Trams running every 20 minutes from Seaton to Colyton between 1000 and 1600<\/p>\n<p><em>All above information is provide in good faith but if travelling to any location please check before travelling as late changes may be necessary.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is your regular one-stop guide to planned services over the festive period; with the usual caveat that operational reasons may mean there are some changes so please check with the operator before travelling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,7,9,52,10,11,17,20,21,24,67,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61403"}],"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=61403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61404,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61403\/revisions\/61404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}