In January this year, we began an appeal to raise funds for the purchase of Car No. 5, a trial tramway replacement service bus operated by Barnsley & District Electric Traction Company, from and later by British Electric Traction Group. Thanks to the generosity...
Crich Tramway Village was featured on the BBC programme, Antiques Road Trip on January 25th. The focus of the programme was on how women worked on the trams during the First World War, when many of the men were away fighting for their country, which is the subject of...
The Track Renewal at Cliffside addresses problems we have with drainage and poor top. Our new track uses the 55G2 rail we acquired some years ago. We have used good quality second hand material for our new track and purchase nearly new track relatively inexpensively. ...
It has been a little while since our last update on progress with our Depot refurbishment project, but there has been lots going on and the New Year especially, has seen major progress inside the building. When we last updated you we’d just moved the trams back in...
We need your help to protect a unique survivor from a transitional era. The Museum has a once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire a 1913 Barnsley & District tram service replacement bus, the only surviving “combination car” motorbus in existence. We need to...
We are always immensely grateful to our volunteers and on International Volunteers Day, would like to re-iterate a HUGE THANK YOU to all. Volunteer roles vary, from outside work including track work, painting, guiding and maintenance to indoor work in the various...
A busy day on the 25th November, saw progress with our winter programme of work. Read on for more details…
Soon after closure of Crich Tramway Village for the winter,the new insulated panels for the depot roof were delivered. Much to the delight of our Curator, Laura Waters who is eager that the project to protect our tramcar collection should proceed quickly. Contractors...
Work continues on the track replacement programme between Bandstand and Wakebridge and our Permanent Way Team are hard at work, staff members during the week and volunteers over the weekend. All the track to be replaced has been lifted and the old track bed and...
With Depot 2 cleared for the first stage of the Depot Refurbishment programme (for which we are still seeking donations) another improvement project could be started. When the first electric trams started operating at Crich in 1964, the power supply was via a rotary...
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.