Category Archives: National Tramway Museum

The Tramway Museum Society have released a shock announcement this evening that Tony Hill, the General Manager of Crich Tramway Village, has resigned from his position. This has come as a major blow to the museum as Mr Hill had … Continue reading →

Sunday 20th October was ‘Red Oktober’ day at Crich Tramway Village, with the museum site playing host to numerous Eastern European vehicles, as well as re-enactors in period costume. The trams themselves were not left out however, with the highlight … Continue reading →

Two iconic Blackpool streamlined trams preserved at the National Tramway Museum have recently spent some time in the Crich workshop, for very different reasons. The appearance of Blackpool Brush Railcoach 298 in the works recently led to a great deal … Continue reading →

The annual ‘Red Oktober’ event will be held at Crich Tramway Village on Sunday 20th October 2013, and for the second year running this will include a rare outdoor appearance from Halle 902. It is planned to display this elusive … Continue reading →

Tony Hill, the recently appointed General Manager of the National Tramway Museum at Crich, has confirmed that there will be a number of small but potentially significant changes made at the Crich Tramway Village in 2014, to enhance the visitor experience. … Continue reading →

Following on from its first run up the entire length of the line at the Crich Tramway Village on Saturday 28th September Blackpool Jubilee Car 762 hasn’t been resting on its laurels as it has been out testing again as … Continue reading →

The latest issue of the Tramway Museum Society Journal contains a brief but potentially interesting snippet of information regarding Cardiff 21. This double-deck horse tram has been on loan to the museum at Crich from the Nantgarw Collection Centre in … Continue reading →

Saturday 28th September may have seemed like a normal day to visitors of Crich Tramway Village, but after most paying guests had left the site, two trams which are not part of the museum’s current operating fleet came out to … Continue reading →

Following the surprise appearance of Leicester 76 outside the Exhibition Hall at Crich Tramway Village during the enthusiast event held on September 14th, it has been decided to make more use of this tram whilst it is easily accessible. Therefore, … Continue reading →

Crich Tramway Village was forced to remain closed to the general public on Tuesday 17th September, due to a lack of water on site. This was caused by three burst water pipes in the local area, which left the museum … Continue reading →

During the annual Enthusiasts Day held at Crich Tramway Village on Saturday 14th September, Oporto 273 was transferred from the main depot complex to the workshop. Although this move was somewhat upstaged by the appearance of several far more elusive … Continue reading →

As always the annual Enthusiasts’ Day at the Crich Tramway Village on Saturday 14th September featured the usual mix of an intensive tram service coupled with various tram displays on the depot fan. The pre-publicity for the event seemed to … Continue reading →

Following several years of stability, the programme of special events held at Crich Tramway Village is set to undergo a major refresh for 2014, with a number of new ideas to be tried out and other more established events moved … Continue reading →

With just a few days to go until the annual Enthusiast’s Day is held at Crich Tramway Village on Saturday 14th September, it is pleasing to announce that a more detailed schedule of the day’s activities has now been published … Continue reading →

Sadly, Metropolitan Electric Tramways 331 has become the latest vehicle to be withdrawn from service at Crich Tramway Village, home of the National Tramway Museum. Following on from the withdrawal of Blackpool & Fleetwood ‘Rack’ 2, Southampton 45 and Johannesburg … Continue reading →

The big tram event for enthusiasts at the Crich Tramway Village takes place on Saturday 14th September with the main highlight this year being a line-up of horse cars to mark the 50th anniversary of the operation of horse trams … Continue reading →

After a very long wait, history was made on Wednesday 21st August, when Blackpool Jubilee car 762 operated on the main line at Crich Tramway Village for the very first time. Following extensive electrical work undertaken by a small number … Continue reading →