Seaton Tramway

The Seaton ( Electric) Tramway is an electrically operated narrow gauge railway which runs between the towns of Seaton and Colyton in East Devon in the UK.

History

The Seaton Tramway Electric was opened in 1970 to the discontinued in 1966 branch line, and is used exclusively for tourism purposes. In the beginning, eight cars were on the track go. These perverted originally on a one kilometer stretch in town Eastbourne, under the name Eastbourne Electric Tramway. In the years 1969 and 1970 the car out of the about 140 kilometers from Eastbourne, where most of the cars were manufactured, were transported to Seaton. In the beginning there was no overall management, energy supply was from batteries that were housed in a battery car and was pulled by the locomotive. In September 1973, the top line was completed and the last piece of Seaton Tramway until after Colyton was opened in 1980. In 2009, 11 vehicles on the wrong track, over 100,000 visitors per year are transported.

Route

The route follows the River Axe in the valley and crosses the two nature reserves, Seaton Marshes and Cloyford Common. The train it is possible to observe the wildlife, especially birds in the reserves. The route connects the city situated on the English Channel Seaton with the medieval town of Colyton. In Colyton, the original station building is still in use from 1868. From there it is in the center about 10 minutes walk. Located at the intermediate station in Colyford, housed in a gas station in 1928, a small motorcycle museum.

Rolling stock

Three of the vehicles are originals from various English cities and date from the years 1904, 1906 and 1921, the others are optically matched to these replicas, but two floors and an open top.