{"id":7034,"date":"2014-04-01T21:27:41","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T21:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=7034"},"modified":"2014-04-01T21:27:41","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T21:27:41","slug":"picture-in-time-16-budapest-25762577","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=7034","title":{"rendered":"Picture in Time 16: Budapest 2576+2577"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For our latest trip down memory lane, British Trams Online goes back almost two decades to the mid-nineties, and a visit to the short-lived &#8216;Transperience&#8217; attraction sited near Bradford. This multi-million pound museum featured a number of working vehicle exhibits, including <strong>Budapest twin set 2576+2577<\/strong>, and that is the subject of this historic image.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Transperience had its origins as the West Yorkshire Transport Museum; a static collection of various vehicles, but mostly buses. However this was later closed in favour of a high-tech visitor attraction with operating trams, trolleybuses and buses at a location on the outskirts of Bradford. Unfortunately, several trams which had been collected over the years were not seen as worthy of inclusion at the new attraction and were duly disposed of, including <strong>Blackpool Coronation car 663<\/strong> which was sold into private ownership (although it has since been reclaimed by Blackpool Transport for their own heritage tram collection), <strong>Brussels snow broom 96<\/strong> which went to Crich, and the unrestored remains of some other, more local trams. In fact, during the lifespan of Transperience, the tram service was operated solely by the Buadpest twin set &#8211; although visitors could also ride on other vehicles, including a trolleybus from overseas which was hastily acquired after it was realised that due to clearance issues, double deck trolleybuses were too tall to run there!<\/p>\n<p>Sadly Transperience closed after just a few years, its apparent attempts to make vintage vehicles more trendy and appealing to a mainstream audience having failed miserably to attract enough paying guests.\u00a0<strong>2576+2577<\/strong> ended up in the hands of the North Eastern Electrical Traction Trust for a few years before being returned to Budapest in 2013, where it is hoped that they will enjoy a more prosperous future than they did here in Britain!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7035\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=7035\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7035\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7035\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7035\" title=\"Budapest\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Budapest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Budapest.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Budapest-550x397.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An undated view of Budapest 2576+2577 in operation at Transperience during its relatively short stint of operation in the UK. Note the complex overhead line arrangement, designed to allow both trams and trolleybuses to run together. (Photo by Steve Kemp)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For our latest trip down memory lane, British Trams Online goes back almost two decades to the mid-nineties, and a visit to the short-lived &#8216;Transperience&#8217; attraction sited near Bradford. 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