{"id":62502,"date":"2026-04-07T20:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62502"},"modified":"2026-04-07T19:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:36:29","slug":"blackpool-fleetwood-40-and-sheffield-74-the-latest-to-enter-service-at-crich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62502","title":{"rendered":"Blackpool & Fleetwood 40 and Sheffield 74 the latest to enter service at Crich"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blackpool & Fleetwood Box 40<\/strong> and Sheffield 74<\/strong> are the latest trams to have entered service at the National Tramway Museum \u2013 the eighth and ninth passenger cars to have been used so far in 2026.<\/p>\n

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Box 40<\/strong> was used for the first time on Saturday 28th<\/sup> March 2026 when it was part of the usual three-car service. It has since been used on a couple of other occasions as well.<\/p>\n

As with the other seven trams which have been used in 2026, 40<\/strong> did see use last year. However, it was only a late season entry having been re-commissioned through the workshops in time to enter service at Tram Weekend in the September of last year.<\/p>\n

Sheffield 74<\/strong> then followed into service a week later on Saturday 4th April 2026, once again as part of a three-car service. It was then in service again on Easter Sunday, 5th April 2026, which was the first five-car service of the season. The other tram used on Easter Sunday were Glasgow 22<\/strong>, Blackpool Standard 40<\/strong>, Blackpool 167<\/strong> and Leeds 399<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The workshop team also remain busy commissioning other trams for use, with more examples of the fleet likely to start to enter service as the season progresses.<\/p>\n