A lot of the tramway rail track at Crich Tramway Village has been in place for over fifty years, when the line at Crich was first extended to Wakebridge in around 1966.Staff, volunteers and contractors are busy replacing the section known as ‘the Bandstand Curves’,...
Pictured above left to right are: Mike Crabtree; Laura Waters; James Brett and Geoffrey Claydon. The National Tramway Museum was nominated for the Heritage Railway Association (HRA) AWARD FOR AN OUTSTANDING VISITOR ATTRACTION this year. This is awarded to an HRA...
We are delighted to announce that The National Tramway Museum has finally raised all the funds needed to restore our Bradford cabmen’s shelter. The shelter is a rare survivor of the Victorian era, and although there are similar shelters in London, only one other like...
Our Facilities Team were back bright and early in the new year working on our major track renewal at the Bandstand curves. The new northbound line has now been laid, so the final top layer of ballast could be installed along its length. Shortly the final alignment and...
Since the last winter project update, our team has been busy focusing on our major track work renewal. 500 new hardwood sleepers have been laid out in the main car park, drilled and fitted with base plates. With the old track removed, the sleepers are next brought to...
Support track renewal at The National Tramway Museum – Winter 2019-20 A lot of the tramway track at Crich Tramway Village has been in place for over fifty years. Particular sections now need to be renewed. We will be replacing the section known as ‘the Bandstand...
Despite the recent poor weather, our Facilities Team have spent the first two weeks of our closed season getting stuck into their busy programme of winter works. At the far end of our line at Glory Mine, a large quantity of old rail that was replaced last winter has...
Information on Northampton’s tramways is very limited. There is little mention of either the horse tramway (the Northampton Street Tramway), or the electric tramway (Northampton Corporation Tramways) in the trade journals written at the time. Nor has very much been...
Our major restoration project London County Council No. 1 has been making some really good progress in recent weeks. Over on our Facebook page we recently shared a video of the restored trolley bases being refitted to the roof of the tramcar, and now our latest blog...
Our current major restoration project, tramcar London County Council No. 1 (LCC1) has been making significant strides forward towards completion. With funding being supplied by the London County Council Tramways Trust, the project has been a massive undertaking for...
Crich Tramway Village is a brand name for the National Tramway Museum (Accredited with Arts Council England), solely owned and operated by The Tramway Museum Society, incorporated in England with liability by guarantee (no. 744229). Registered charity number 313615. Our ICO number is Z6700136.