Category Archives: National Tramway Museum

In this latest pictorial article we take a brief look around the National Tramway Museum to see what was happening on Monday 27th April 2026. As well as seeing trams out on the mainline we also see the Workshop from … Continue reading →

Following on from receiving funding from Arts Council England which will go towards improvements in the Great Exhibition Hall, the National Tramway Museum have announced that they have been awarded £210,610 through the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund

The National Tramway Museum have recently been awarded £492,880 of funding through the Arts Council England Museum Estates and Development Fund. This money will be used towards improvements for the Great Exhibition Hall, described as being at the heart of … Continue reading →

And then there were ten! The National Tramway Museum have now seen ten different trams operate in passenger service in 2026 with another Blackpool tram the latest to be used.

Blackpool & Fleetwood Box 40 and Sheffield 74 are the latest trams to have entered service at the National Tramway Museum – the eighth and ninth passenger cars to have been used so far in 2026.

We’re into the second week of the 2026 season at the National Tramway Museum in Crich already. Seven passenger trams have seen use so far this year but at the present time are only running as far as Wakebridge whilst … Continue reading →

Saturday 14th March 2026 saw the National Tramway Museum at Crich reopen for another season, with a more than planned action packed day for anyone who took the time to visit the museum. The day may have started with a … Continue reading →

The National Tramway Museum may now be open for the 2026 season with its first operating day of the year being earlier today (Saturday 14th March), but shortly before the doors were flung open to the public there was a … Continue reading →

One minute it’s the never ending month of January and then boom, its almost time to start another operating season at the National Tramway Museum in Crich! With the museum set to open for the first time in 2026 on … Continue reading →

Crich Tramway Village is no more but don’t get worried its not another heritage tramway closing as it has gone through a closed season rebrand and will now be marketed as the National Tramway Museum.