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Wednesday 14th December to Wednesday 21st December 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seaton Tramway’s Polar Express – 15\/12\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This week Yoshi’s mum and I took a trip on the Seaton Tramway’s Polar Express. We enjoyed hot chocolate and cookies and received the first gift of Christmas from the big man himself. Unfortunately, doggos were not allowed on the festive trams, but Yoshi had fun at his cousins’ for a few hours, as did we in the company of the conductor, chefs and elves on our journey to the North Pole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2018 a new \u00a33m station building was opened suitable for operation all-year round, and which acts as a venue for a range of tramway and community based events including The Polar Express – 15\/12\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Established in 1970, the\u00a0Seaton Tramway\u00a0is a\u00a02ft\u00a09in\u00a0narrow gauge electric tramway located in Devon and runs for approximately 3 miles along the Axe Estuary and the River Coly between Seaton on the coast and Colyton and operates over part of the trackbed of the former Seaton branch line railway which closed in March 1966. The tramway was established by Claude Lane, founder of Modern Electric Tramways Ltd, which had previously operated in Eastbourne between 1954 and 1969.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourteen trams, all based on classic British designs and varying in size from half-scale to two thirds-scale, run on the tramway, which sees over 100,000 visitors per year. Most of the trams were built from scratch by Claude Lane or his successor Allan Gardner, however three were rebuilt from full-size tramcars which originally ran in London, Bournemouth and Exeter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TRAM 19 – 1906 – EX-EXETER TRAMWAY CAR
Built in 1906. An Exeter Corporation Tramways 3ft 6in gauge open topper, 1906 – 1931. Rebuilt at Seaton, 1994-1998. The only Exeter tram in preservation. Enclosed tram for wet weather – 15\/12\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tram 19 at Colyton – 15\/12\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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TRAM 15 \u2013 1988
Built in 1988 at Seaton. Previously Car 17 and based on the Manx Electric Railway \u201ctoast-rack\u201d cars. Rebuilt at Seaton in 2016 and transformed into an all-weather, enclosed single-deck tramcar – 15\/12\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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TRAM 14 \u2013 1904 \u2013 EX-METROPOLITAN TRAMWAY CAR
Built in 1904, the oldest tram in the fleet. A metropolitan Tramways “type A” originally numbered car 94 (Standard Gauge), rebuilt at Eastbourne and Seaton between 1962 and 1984. Enclosed tram for wet weather – 15\/12\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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TRAM 16 \u20131921 \u2013 EX-BOURNEMOUTH TRAMWAY CAR
Formerly Bournemouth car No. 106, built as a 3ft 6in gauge open-top double-decker in 1921 and withdrawn on the closure of the Bournemouth system in 1936. The body was subsequently discovered in use on a Dorset farm, acquired by the Bournemouth Transport Preservation Group and then donated to Seaton Tramway in 1974 where the body was narrowed, and then rebuilt in its current form. Launched in to service in 1992 – 15\/12\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Video of the Seaton Tramway from 1996: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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