Mar 14, 2024 | Latest News
📢 From Saturday 16th March, we will be opening all parts of Crich Tramway Village ⚠️ EXCEPT the operation of trams, which is unfortunately delayed until the following Saturday 23rd March due to an unforeseen technical issue with the overhead line equipment. We will be...
Mar 4, 2024 | Latest News
Crich Tramway Village, home to the National Tramway Museum, has taken the decision to delay opening for the new season, due to surrounding road closures and installation works. Due to open on Saturday 9th March, the new opening date will now be Saturday 16th March...
Feb 6, 2024 | Latest News
During our closed season between the end of October and mid-March, lots of things happen at Crich – our staff and volunteers don’t go into hibernation! There are many jobs that are ongoing and never stop. In the workshop, maintenance of our tramcar fleet and...
Dec 12, 2023 | Curator's Choice
Here at The National Tramway Museum, we have a significant collection of archival material relating to the history of tramways. Unfortunately, when it comes to staff records we have very little material, so we’re always pleased when we can collect personal stories...
Nov 24, 2023 | Curator's Choice, Tramway Anniversaries
2023 marks the 150th anniversary of the first public demonstration of Britain’s earliest commercially operated steam tram, which took place in London on the night of 25th/ 26th November 1873. The tram was designed by John Grantham (1808-1874), an English engineer who...
Oct 27, 2023 | Curator's Choice, Tramway Anniversaries
On 22nd October 1883, the Gateshead and District Tramway Company began to operate a 6.22-mile-long standard gauge steam tramway. Unlike neighbouring Newcastle, many of Gateshead’s streets were too steep for horse trams to be practical, so some form of mechanisation...
Oct 17, 2023 | Latest News
Staff and volunteers at Crich Tramway Village are used to dealing with lost property, but they were recently surprised to find a lost dog. Loki, the 7-year-old Jack Russell cross Bichon Frisé, was found at the end of the tram line at Glory Mine Crich without a collar...
Sep 29, 2023 | Latest News
The visit to Crich Tramway Village on Tuesday 26th September was an emotional one for Dennis Roberts, who was keen to re-connect with Leeds trams which had a special reminder of his youth.Dennis met his wife, Margaret in 1954 when he was a conductor on the Leeds trams...
Sep 12, 2023 | Curator's Choice, Tramway Anniversaries
The National Tramway Museum’s oldest tramcar, Oporto 9, celebrates its 150th anniversary this year! The tramcar was built in 1873 by the Starbuck Car and Wagon Company Ltd. of Birkenhead, which was the first tramcar manufacturer to be established outside the United...
Sep 1, 2023 | Curator's Choice, Tramway Anniversaries
The first successful cable operated tramway in the world – the San Francisco-based Clay Street Hill Railway – began to offer a regular service on 1st September 1873. The system involved a steam-driven continuously moving cable that was capable of hauling a fleet...