Category Archives: National Tramway Museum

Crich Tramway Village played host to the popular BBC1 daytime television programme ‘Bargain Hunt’ on Wednesday 20th August, when the show’s charismatic presenter Tim Wonnacott visited the museum to film a segment to feature in a future episode. The programme … Continue reading →

A satisfying step towards the return to service of Liverpool 869 at Crich Tramway Village occurred on Saturday 16th August, when the tram was lifted off its bogies for a heavy overhaul to begin. This follows a period of inactivity … Continue reading →

As one major workshop project at Crich Tramway Village funded by the London County Council Tramways Trust is drawing towards a conclusion, another is just getting started. During a visit to the museum on Sunday 3rd August, LCC 106 and … Continue reading →

Don’t you just hate it when you go on holiday and then come across someone you work with? Well that is exactly what happened for Blackpool & Fleetwood Box 40 when it was operating at Crich for the seventh time … Continue reading →

We make no apologies for the number of mentions and photos of Blackpool & Fleetwood Box 40 which have appeared on British Trams Online over the past few weeks and here are some more! We start off with some more … Continue reading →

As we reported yesterday Blackpool & Fleetwood Box 40 entered passenger service at the Crich Tramway Village for the first time since 1965 on Friday 1st August. The tram had been undergoing investigation and commissioning work in the workshops since … Continue reading →

After 49 years Blackpool & Fleetwood Box 40 has once again carried passengers at the Crich Tramway Village. After undergoing attention in the Crich workshops 40 was cleared to join the operational fleet and was allocated to service on Friday … Continue reading →

Another popular tram from the national collection has returned to service at the Crich Tramway Village with Metropolitan Electric Tramways 331 being used for the first time for a little over a year on Wednesday 30th July. 331 had recently … Continue reading →

Yesterday we reported on the arrival of Blackpool & Fleetwood Box 40 at Crich where it is to play a starring role in the Electric 50 celebrations on 13th and 14th September and now we are able to bring you … Continue reading →

Over the weekend of Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th July the Crich Tramway Village held another special event with an Edwardian Weekend. A regular tram service operated over both days which included horse tram Sheffield 15 on the Sunday with … Continue reading →

On Friday 11th July, Blackpool Brush Railcoach 298 left the National Tramway Museum at Crich, and was transported to the museum store at Clay Cross. Earlier in the week, preparations for the move were made with 298 being moved to … Continue reading →

The Tramway Museum Society have recently published a new strategy review, identifying key aims for the development of the National Tramway Museum at Crich over the next few years. This has included identifying which projects are to be high priorities … Continue reading →

Saturday 5th July 1964 was an extremely significant day in the history of British tramcar preservation, as this was the day when public services commenced at what would become the National Tramway Museum at Crich using electric trams. At 2:00pm, … Continue reading →

It would be fair to say that 2014 is a pretty crucial year for the National Tramway Museum at Crich Tramway Village. Great lengths have been taken to try to reverse the severely declining visitor numbers of recent years, with … Continue reading →

Some good news to report from Crich Tramway Village is that visiting Blackpool Balloon car 711 returned to service on Thursday 26th June, after a period of approximately one month out of action. This was due to a dewirement incident … Continue reading →