Heaton Park Tramway

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Heaton Park Tramway The official page for the Heaton Park Tramway in Manchester, and all of its activities.

The line is jointly run by the Manchester Transport Museum Society, who own a number of vintage trams and Manchester city council. The current operating fleet at Heaton Park consists of:

*Manchester 765 - single deck 'combination' car dating from 1914 and restored locally in the 1970s
*Blackpool Brush Car 623 dating from the 1930's and made its preservation debut in January 2012 currently on loan in Blackpool
*Hull 96 A 1901 built tramcar which was our last major workshop project being completed in October 2015.
*Stockport 5 - A four wheel open top Stockport with reverse staircases built in 1901 on loan returned to service in Late 2020 following an extensive 5 year overhaul. Also resident but currently out of service are
*Blackpool 619 - replica of a Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramroad vanguard built in 1987 currently mid overhaul
*Blackpool 702 - Currently stored in Lakeside depot awaiting overhaul to return to operational condition
* Manchester 173 - 1901 built short canopy open topper, currently awaiting workshop capacity for its restoration to be completed
* Blackpool 752 - the tramway's multi-purpose works car which was acquired from Blackpool in 2008, currently awaiting attention to its motors & a rewire
* Oldham 43 - Built in 1903 acquired by the society in 2014 after being rescued from a farm, a longer term project.
* Manchester Horse Bus
* Rawtenstall 23 - awaiting major restoration and currently stored in various pieces

Several other trams are housed off-site. Reversible Horse car L53 is in Bury Transport Museum
Blackpool 680 is on loan to Blackpool heritage tram tours
Blackpool Balloon 708 is in store in Rigby Road Depot, Blackpool.

Address

Heaton Park Tramway, Heaton Park
Manchester
M252SW

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