Lees updates over rijdagen, restauraties, evenementen en alles wat er gebeurt rond onze historische trams.
This American‑built snow sweeper arrived in Amsterdam in 1905, where its electrical equipment was installed. Using chain‑driven rotating brushes, the tram cleared snow from the rails. It was withdrawn from service in 1968 and became part of the museum collection. This...
Anyone who thinks the Museum Tram Line only preserves and restores trams is mistaken. Buses have now also become part of the collection, as they fit seamlessly into the public‑transport story. And we also have small — and sometimes larger — artefacts, such as this...
The very first classic vehicle day at the Museum Tram Line turned out to be a wonderfully enjoyable event. We had dry weather and even some sunshine in the afternoon, and visitors were able to enjoy a mix of trams, buses, cars, a miniature train, and a “Locomotief”...
The NBM 20 has returned to the museum line on Saturday, 30 May, after being on loan to the Netherlands Open Air Museum in Arnhem. The tram was unloaded at the GVB Havenstraat depot and then transferred via our track connection to the museum depot at Jachthavenweg.
Goodbye A41: today we truly said farewell to our old workhorse for track maintenance. The tram was pushed by 6011 from our temporary depot at Jachthavenweg to the GVB Havenstraat depot, where there was enough space to load it onto the low‑loader. Destination: a...
The former HTM 1006, originally from Belgium, has undergone a bogie exchange in Aalsmeer: its Belgian narrow‑gauge bogies have been replaced with standard‑gauge ones. On 22 May, the car was transferred to the Lekstraat depot for the electrical wiring to be connected....
Motorcar 454 and trailercar 731 were used during recordings on a set in the Herculesstraat in Amsterdam. GVB 454 was restored in a livery that it had during the second World War.
As previously announced, Prague car 352 and two Vienna trailers were collected on 13 May to be transferred to a tram museum in Ostravě (Ostrava).
After several years of running in all weather conditions, with hundreds of passengers boarding and alighting, it became time to withdraw car 816 from service because several step‑wells had deteriorated to the point where they could no longer be considered safe. After...
Our former works tram for track maintenance has been out of service for some time and will be removed from our fleet on 30 May; it is going to be converted into accommodation at a campsite.