Category Archives: Crich Tramway Village

Over the past few years one of the most popular special events at the Crich Tramway Village has been the Steampunk event (which has developed into a full weekend). With Steampunk enthusiasts visiting the museum with their blend of science … Continue reading →

Back in May, Crich Tramway Village’s steam tram engine John Bull made what was expected to be a brief trip away from the museum – but it turned out that it would be away for very nearly six months! It … Continue reading →

Friday 7th October was not a normal day at the Crich Tramway Village – the museum remained closed as it does on most Fridays throughout the season but it was still a hive of activity as it was used for … Continue reading →

We brought you the news a few weeks ago that Blackpool & Fleetwood Box Car 40 was on the road to a return into service – and now it has! 40 was first used this year on Tuesday 13th September … Continue reading →

On 4th September 1962 the once extensive Glasgow Corporation Tramway system closed its final route. To commemorate the 60th anniversary of this, the Crich Tramway Village will be running and displaying trams connected to the Glasgow system over a four … Continue reading →

What’s better than one tram from London back in service at the Crich Tramway Village? Two! The end of August has seen both London Passenger Transport Board 1622 and London United Tramways 159 run in service for the first time … Continue reading →

On Sunday 21st August, Blackpool & Fleetwood ‘Box’ car 40 paid a visit to the workshop at Crich Tramway Village. Since its return to the museum following its extended stint of operation in Blackpool and a visit to Beamish, the … Continue reading →

Whilst the high profile restorations at the Crich Tramway Village are tramcars, that’s not all that gets restored at the home of the National Tramway Museum. We’ve featured the Bradford Cabmen’s Shelter on these pages before which has seen extensive … Continue reading →

As we start to approach the main summer season and with the UK currently in the middle of a heatwave more fair weather trams are being commissioned for service at the Crich Tramway Village. The latest tram is open balcony … Continue reading →

Sunday 10th July saw the much anticipated entry into service of an open top tram at the Crich Tramway Village with Blackpool Boat 236 being used as part of a three car service at the Roaring 20s event. This was … Continue reading →

As promised, Saturday 2nd July was a good day for the Crich Tramway Village as after a little over six weeks trams started running once more! Both days of the first weekend back saw a standard three tram service in … Continue reading →

It’s the news we’ve been waiting for – a tram service will resume at Crich on Saturday 2nd July! This comes after the completion of successful testing of the newly renewed infrastructure which had caused the service to be suspended … Continue reading →

Some pleasing news to report from the Crich Tramway Village where following the installation of the two new overhead support poles on the Depot fan by contractors Pod-Trak trams have now started to testing ahead of services resuming in the … Continue reading →

Anyone who has ever visited the Crich Tramway Village has probably noticed the historic Metropolitan Police Box at Town End – usually when a child points and shouts “it’s the Tardis”! – and now the 1930s box is set to … Continue reading →