The image above shows excavating a section of the mainline ready for sleeper packing. To keep the Museum’s mile long demonstration tramway operational, a huge variety of tasks take place behind the scenes which are normally never seen by the visiting public. For two...
Thanks to the generosity of a local business, Derwent Waste Management, we have three cups to be competed for at our Classic Motorcycle Event which, this year, will be on Sunday 2nd July. The winners of the cups, for ‘Best in Show’ (which will be chosen by our...
On Friday 5th May, we took another major step forward with our LCC 1 restoration project, as we had air going through parts of the system of pipes and valves for the first time in over 50 years! Over the last few months, members of our workshop team have been working...
The National Tramway Museum has received £15,000 from Arts Council England (ACE) and £7600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the project Conversations and Memories at Crich Tramway Village. Made possible by National Lottery players through HLF’s First World War...
Sunday 23rd April, saw not only three of our own wonderful tramcars in service carrying passengers up and down our track, but also four of the Robert Whetstone models took to their own track in the Great Exhibition Hall. This year we are operating the models on a...
We have many tramcars in the fleet at Crich and a day out here isn’t complete without taking a ride on our unique collection. This new feature will share our unique artefacts (not all trams!) and hopefully share some of the secrets. The photograph above is...
Check out the latest news on the restoration of LCC1, as we were testing the motors and wheelsets this past week.
After reviewing our catering operation, we decided to have a counter self -service operation for the new season, with a new menu for a more efficient service to our visitors. Pentalpha were chosen as the preferred contractor to up-date the counter in the Tearooms and...
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.