Jul 14, 2024 | Curator's Choice, Tramway Anniversaries
14th July 2024 marks 100 years since the opening of the last of Britain’s first-generation tramways to begin operating – the Dearne District Light Railway in South Yorkshire. This system had the briefest duration of any of Britain’s electric tramways, lasting...
Jul 5, 2024 | Curator's Choice, Tramway Anniversaries
Sunday 5th July 1964 marked the day that the Tramway Museum Society finally achieved its primary aim of building and demonstrating an electrically powered tramway for fare-paying members of the public. The fact that this took place just over a year after the...
May 29, 2024 | Curator's Choice, Tramway Anniversaries
On 29th May 1884, the Highgate Hill Cable Tramway became the first cable tramway to be built in Europe. The short line of just under ¾ mile provided a connection between a busy horse tram terminus at the Archway Tavern and Highgate Village, which was at the top of the...
Apr 13, 2024 | Curator's Choice, Tramway Anniversaries
2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the formal opening of Glasgow’s first Transport Museum on 14 April 1964. At that time, the Tramway Museum Society had been established for almost a decade. Having acquired the premises at Crich in 1959, the TMS operated its first...
Mar 27, 2024 | Latest News
OUR VINTAGE TRAM RIDES ARE BACK so standard prices apply (but you can pay on arrival and do not need to pre-book). Please see our tickets page for prices:https://www.tramway.co.uk/plan-your-visit/tickets/ The Easter Eggstra event is on until Monday 1st April. The...
Mar 22, 2024 | Latest News
The Tramway Museum Society has, and always will put safety ahead of any other function. It is with regret therefore that, following a meeting of the Board of Directors, we have taken the unprecedented decision to delay recommencing the operation of trams at the Museum...
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...