A look at the Wirral Heritage Tramway in Birkenhead on Bank Holiday Monday 26th May 2014.
The Wirral Heritage Tramway is a mile long tramway which runs from Woodside Quay to the Wirral Transport Museum, Birkenhead.
The trams are run by the Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society which started back in 1960 by students from Liverpool University, who wanted to save one of the city's famous Green Goddesses then operating in Glasgow.
Since then the organisation has grown and has a collection of over 10 trams from Liverpool, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Warrington and Lisbon!
In this video, Wallasey number 78 is seen arriving and leaving Woodside Quay. Number 78 was built in 1920 for Wallasey Corporation Tramways but withdrawn from service in 1933 when the town went over completely to buses. No longer in use it was handed over to the society by the farmer in 1986. Aided by workers from Community Industry, about a year's restoration work was carried out starting in 1987. Supported by Heritage Lottery cash, work was restarted in 1997. The car has now been restored to its original 1920s appearance with that unusual lime green and cream livery and joined the operational fleet in August 2002.
Click on the following link for more information about this fascinating tramway:
http://www.mtps.co.uk/The following are links to other tramways, light railways and underground systems I have visited:
LONDON UNDERGROUND - A BRIEF LOOK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdIUCrKjvpMNOTTINGHAM EXPRESS TRANSIT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR3dBdZy4YICRICH TRAMWAY VILLAGE, DERBYSHIRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8IfMjvOfuwHEATON PARK TRAMWAY, MANCHESTER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5rWJr63NAkMANCHESTER METROLINK - CITY CENTRE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjUpzapEh3gMANCHESTER METROLINK - SECOND CITY CROSSING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mttwD9DH25sMANCHESTER METROLINK - ECCLES LINE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7NNuy57ghIMANCHESTER METROLINK - EAST MANCHESTER LINE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09bE-ihHhrcMANCHESTER METROLINK - SOUTH MANCHESTER LINE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz8YDT6PjUwMANCHESTER METROLINK - BURY LINE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-roh5VugAkMANCHESTER METROLINK - ALTRINCHAM LINE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADgHEXiYaisMANCHESTER METROLINK - ROCHDALE LINE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJAtTiDMUgEMANCHESTER METROLINK - AIRPORT LINE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk3Ln7o85-sMANCHESTER PICCADILLY MAIN LINE AND METROLINK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b7q3IKtM3oMANCHESTER VICTORIA MAIN LINE AND METROLINK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1hVZeJiaaoALTRINCHAM MAIN LINE AND METROLINK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KMYMiSstcgKIRKLEES NARROW GAUGE LIGHT RAILWAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsqHqDdRp1QSHEFFIELD SUPERTRAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYH1aKZiuGwTYNE AND WEAR METRO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5gN126-CtwGLASGOW SUBWAY
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