The initial plan, to construct a tramway from Grand Lodge to Heaton Hall, was considered too expensive, as it would require remedial works to carry it across the railway tunnel.

A new scheme was proposed to open up the old Manchester Corporation Tramways spur from Middleton Road to the old tram shelter.

The original track was buried under a layer of tarmac which was cleared and the tram shelter restored and modified to form a depot and museum.

[4][6] Since 1980, the museum tramway has been extended further into the park on three occasions, using track salvaged from elsewhere, and is now 0.52 miles long.

53 at Wikimedia Commons Media related to Blackpool Tramway Brush Railcoach car 680 at Wikimedia Commons Trams that have visited the line include: Overhauls to Stockport 5 are now complete, Vanguard 619 is now the main focus of priority for the tramway.

A funding appeal will soon start for extension of the Lakeside depot in order to provide space for the T68 being preserved to move to the tramway.