{"id":54975,"date":"2024-08-19T22:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T21:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=54975"},"modified":"2024-08-19T12:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T11:46:56","slug":"in-pictures-bluebird-out-on-test-at-crich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=54975","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Bluebird out on test at Crich"},"content":{"rendered":"

The comprehensive restoration of London County Council 1<\/strong> \u2013 known as Bluebird \u2013 is coming to a conclusion with its return to full passenger service hoped to be within the next month or so. As part of its continued commissioning it was allowed out of the depot confines during museum opening hours for a test run on Saturday 17th<\/sup> August, which also happened to coincide with day one of the Crich Tramway Village\u2019s Model Tramway Exhibition.<\/p>\n

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1<\/strong>\u2019s restoration started over 10 years ago when it was moved into the Workshops at Crich on Saturday 14th<\/sup> June 2014 and since then it has enjoyed a major restoration which has only been possible thanks to funding from the London County Council Tramways Trust \u2013 a major supporter of London tram restoration at Crich. In that time it has changed from a static exhibit in the red London Transport livery and many features added when it ran in Leeds to how it would have looked when first built in 1932. There is no doubt the quality of the work is stunning and now we can all look forward to the tram entering service. A private launch is planned for Friday 13th<\/sup> September with it then due to enter service soon after, provided all goes well.<\/p>\n

When 1<\/strong> officially enters service it will be the first time it has run in service since withdrawal in Leeds in 1957.<\/p>\n