Category Archives: East Anglia Transport Museum

The winners are… Tram of the Year Results announced!

After four weeks of hard fought voting the results are in of the British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2025 – and the winners can now be revealed! The winners this year come from the Isle of Man, Manchester, … Continue reading

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 10th January 2026

This week’s main site update includes a set of photos taken just before Christmas at the East Anglia Transport Museum during their Ride the Lights event:

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In Pictures: The final weekend of EATM’s Ride the Lights 2025

The final (of three) weekends of Ride the Lights took place at the East Anglia Transport Museum in Carlton Colville on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st December 2025. Once again the museum flung open its doors from the afternoon to … Continue reading

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Christmas and New Year services 2025/6

This is your regular one-stop guide to planned services over the festive period; with the usual caveat that operational reasons may mean there are some changes so please check with the operator before travelling.

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British Trams Online Tram of the Year 2025 – Voting Open!

It may be a tad later than planned (apologies once again for the delays in updates on the site over the past couple of weeks) but we are delighted to confirm that voting for the British Trams Online Tram of … Continue reading

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In Pictures: EATM Ride the Lights again!

Once again in 2025, the East Anglia Transport Museum have been ending the year in style with the always popular “Ride the Lights” event taking place on weekends in December. This event sees trams, trolleybuses and the railway running after … Continue reading

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Numbers 11 – Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11

“Numbers” goes east.

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Glasgow 488 become one with itself again!

What’s hat they say about London buses? You wait ages for one to turn up and then two come! Well, it seems the same could be said of Glasgow trams as no sooner do we bring an update on the … Continue reading

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They’ve Run in 2025!

For various reasons we haven’t had many looks at which heritage trams have run in 2025, in fact the last round-up we had was in May! We rectify that here as with main operating seasons now having come to an … Continue reading

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 11th October 2025

This week we return with another main site update and have photos from both Manchester and the East Anglia Transport Museum included:

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In Pictures: East Anglia Transport Museum celebrates the transport of London

Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th September saw the East Anglia Transport Museum hold their latest special event. That weekend had traditionally been their Trolleybus Weekend but for 2025 they changed things a bit with it instead having a London theme, … Continue reading

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In Pictures: Double Blackpool Railcoaches at Carlton Colville

Blackpool Brush Railcoach 634 and Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11 were the two trams paired together to operate services at the East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville on Sunday 21st September 2025. 634 has spent periods out of service during 2025 … Continue reading

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In Pictures: East Anglia Transport Museum on 14th September 2025

On Sunday 14th September the East Anglia Transport Museum welcomed visitors from the Cambridge and District Classic Car Club as they opened for another day of tram, trolleybus and railway activity. In this pictorial article we head to the museum … Continue reading

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In Pictures: Just another day at Carlton Colville

We are currently in the main operating season at the East Anglia Transport Museum which means it is open for three days a week – Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. That gives even more opportunities to visit the only place in … Continue reading

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 27th July 2025

Photos this week come from the East Anglia Transport Museum as we see trams, trolleybuses and buses during the Seaside Special event:

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In Pictures: East Anglia Transport Museum celebrates the seaside!

Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th July saw the East Anglia Transport Museum hold their latest event with the “Seaside Special” taking place. As the name probably suggests to you this event had a seaside theme and transport wise that obviously … Continue reading

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In Pictures: Trams and trolleybuses at the East Anglia Transport Museum

With the East Anglia Transport Museum now open every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday (plus some Saturdays for special events) until the end of September there are even more opportunities to visit the winner of the British Trams Online Museum of … Continue reading

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In Pictures: The 1960s comes to East Anglia Transport Museum

The latest special event to take place at the East Anglia Transport Museum was a 1960s weekend with the museum transported back 60 years on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th May 2025. With the sights and sounds of the swinging … Continue reading

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In Pictures: Sheffield 513 & London Transport 1858 in service at East Anglia Transport Museum

We are going back to the East Anglia Transport Museum once again in this latest pictorial article as we see some of the operations on Sunday 4th and Monday 5th May 2025. On this visit by Bryan Grint, Sheffield 513 … Continue reading

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They’ve Run in 2025!

For the first time this year we bring you a round-up of which heritage trams have operated across the British Isles, which includes the three lines on the Isle of Man. The idea behind this list is to give an … Continue reading

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