Category Archives: Crich Tramway Village

Another delay to start of trams running at Crich for 2024

It has been announced that trams will not start running at the Crich Tramway Village until Saturday 23rd March. The museum site will be opening to the public again from Saturday 16th March but it will another week before you … Continue reading

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 10th March 2024

Another trip to the past for this week’s photos as the Crich Tramathon in 2008:

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Crich delay opening for a week as 2024 trams revealed

If you’ve been waiting for your tram fix at the home of the National Tramway Museum at Crich you’ll have to be a bit more patient as its been announced that the first trams won’t be running for an additional … Continue reading

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They Ran in 2023!

We round-up things of which heritage trams ran in service on tramways in the British Isles during 2023 with a final “They Ran in 2023!”. In truth since we last ran this article at the start of November 2023 there … Continue reading

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15 Years Apart: Leeds 399

Today “15 Years Apart” is at Crich to take a look at another recent stalwart in service.

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15 Years Apart: Glasgow 22

Today’s edition of “15 Years Apart” heads to Crich for a couple of images of one of the stalwarts of the operational fleet.

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The Completely Random A-Z of Trams in the British Isles! Q is for Queue

Today our A-Z look at trams in the British Isles featured the letter Q.

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The Completely Random A-Z of Trams in the British Isles! O is for Open Top

Onwards we go with our A-Z with the letter O.

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The Completely Random A-Z of Trams in the British Isles! L is for Low Loader

Today we reach the letter L in our “Completely Random A-Z of Trams in the British Isles!”.

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The Completely Random A-Z of Trams in the British Isles! K is for KLV

And if you thought the letter J was a bit of a struggle to find something for we had even more trouble with the letter K!

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In Pictures: Winter tram movements at Crich

Although the Crich Tramway Village is closed to the public until March that does not mean that the site is all locked up and that nothing is happening. In fact that has been far from the case with work continuing … Continue reading

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 3rd December 2023

A return to Crich for a second selection of photos taken at Tram Weekend:

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Crich Tramway Village appoint new Fundraising Manager

Roger Shelley has been appointed into the crucial role of Fundraising Manager at the Crich Tramway Village. In this role Roger will be responsible for helping the museum secure funding to allow them to continue development of the facilities as … Continue reading

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Picture in Time: Glasgow 1297 & Sheffield 510

We stay at Crich for this week’s “Picture in Time” but where last time out we were in 1979, this time we go back about another five years.

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Picture in Time: Sheffield 264

“Picture in Time” is back with another visit to the Crich Tramway Village!

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Picture in Time: Sheffield 189

Another edition of “Picture in Time” goes to Crich on a 1979 Bank Holiday Monday.

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They’ve Run in 2023!

With the start of November traditionally the end of most heritage tram operating seasons across the British Isles (with just Beamish and Blackpool now offering the regular chance to ride on a heritage tram over the next couple of months, … Continue reading

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Picture in Time: Glasgow 22

This latest edition of “Picture in Time” is again heading to Crich as we take a look a photo from 1979 of one of the trams in service.

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Loki’s Big Adventure at Crich Tramway Village

This is probably the sort of story which would have been the “And Finally” item on the News at Ten in the past, a lost dog was found at the Crich Tramway Village and was subsequently reunited with its grateful … Continue reading

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In Pictures: Just another day at Crich

In this pictorial article we take a visit to Crich to view some of the trams running in service on a Sunday during October as well as peeping into the Workshop where more progress has been made on the restoration … Continue reading

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