{"id":57801,"date":"2025-03-31T20:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=57801"},"modified":"2025-04-03T19:31:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T18:31:18","slug":"new-cafe-at-crich-tramway-village-to-be-officially-opened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=57801","title":{"rendered":"New caf\u00e9 at Crich Tramway Village to be officially opened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you happened to visit the Crich Tramway Village \u2013 home of the National Tramway Museum \u2013 last year you probably can\u2019t have helped but notice the construction work going on to replace the former Tea Rooms with an all new caf\u00e9. The work has now been completed and on Saturday 5<sup>th<\/sup> April Mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward, will be visiting to officially open the facility.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>To be know as the Tram Stop Caf\u00e9, it is the largest development at the museum for 20 years and represents a major advance in visitor facilities. It has been funded through the generosity of donors and the resources of the museum.<\/p>\n<p>Graham Bennett, CEO of the National Tramway Museum, said: \u201cWe are delighted to be welcoming The Mayor and other guests to the Tramway Museum to help us mark this investment in Crich, which will enhance the visitor experience, and support our continuing work in conservation, preservation and education about an important part of this country\u2019s social and transport history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire Ward will be joined by regional business leaders, local politicians, and long-standing members of the museum.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57803\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cafe-ctv.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57803\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57803\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cafe-ctv-550x439.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cafe-ctv-550x439.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cafe-ctv-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cafe-ctv.jpg 1294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Tram Stop Caf\u00e9. (Photograph courtesy of Crich Tramway Village)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_57927\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cafe-sc.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57927\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57927\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cafe-sc-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cafe-sc-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cafe-sc-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cafe-sc.jpg 1288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A picture inside the new caf\u00e9. (Photograph by Stuart Cooke, 30th March 2025)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you happened to visit the Crich Tramway Village \u2013 home of the National Tramway Museum \u2013 last year you probably can\u2019t have helped but notice the construction work going on to replace the former Tea Rooms with an all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=57801\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57801"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57801"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57928,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57801\/revisions\/57928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}