A group of tram enthusiasts from Southampton have caught the attention of Netflix filmmakers.

The Southampton Tram Project has been restoring and preserving trams for six decades, with a small group of volunteers showcasing trams that used to line the streets of Southampton as far back as 1903.

However, it was the team’s 1930 built, 715 Lisbon Tram, acquired from a businessman in the 1990’s to preserve the vehicle that caught the attention of Netflix filmmakers last year for their new film – Heart of Stone – starring Wonder Woman actress, Gal Gadot.

The interior of the tram was transported to a film studio in Enfield, north London after Indian actress, Alia Bhatt was unable to make filming onboard the tram that is still in use in the Portuguese capital for the spy thriller released in August.

Daily Echo: Meet the Southampton tram enthusiasts involved a in Netflix film

Martin Petch, 65, a member of the Southampton Tram Project, told the Echo: “It was a surreal experience.

“I’ve had a passion for trams ever since I was a child as I’d go on holidays with my Belgian mother to Brussels and I’d see them all the time, so to then accompany one of your own trams to London as a kind of chaperone for a movie is quite something.”

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The light yellow 715 Lisbon Tram only appears in Heart of Stone for a quick cameo, but for it to be involved is something the volunteers at Southampton Tram Project wouldn’t change for the world.

Daily Echo: Meet the Southampton tram enthusiasts involved a in Netflix film

Martin added: “I couldn’t believe it, 50 or 60 people were involved in the whole process – from actors, to crew, and the props department.

“The tram only appears in the film for a few seconds but it’s not something we ever expected to happen.”

Aside from the 715 Lisbon Tram, the Southampton Tram Project – situated at the rear of the Solent Sky Museum – own a 1903 Southampton Tram, and another built in 1923 that was specifically designed to fit through the Bargate.

Paul Coles, 67, who joined the Southampton Tram Project after chatting to volunteers at an open day, added: “It’s a shame we’re not more well known outside of the tramming fraternity.

“There are only three big model tram events in the country, one of which is in Blackpool, another is in Derbyshire, and the other is right here in Southampton so it’s nice for us to get noticed and have the involvement in the Netflix film as it would be great to get more people involved.”