of books, photographs and archives. Timeline 1963 - First horse tram service 1964 - First electric tram service 1968 - First Grand Transport Extravaganza held, in what was to become an annual event 1969 - Opening of purpose built workshops 1975 - The Duke of Gloucester become Patron of the Society 1978 - Opening of scenic tramway to Wakebridge by Secretary of State for Employment 1982 - First phase of museum library opened 1985 - Museum loans trams to Blackpool for Electric Tram Centenary 1988 - Museum loans trams for Glasgow Garden Festival 1990 - Museum loans trams for Gateshead Garden Festival 1991 - Exhibition Hall inaugurated 1992 - Bowes-Lyon Bridge opened by Minister of State for Transport 1995 - The Secretary of State for National Heritage announces that the Museum has been included in the first 26 museums to be designated due to the outstanding nature of their collections 1997 - First AccessTram for visitors with disabilities 2002 - Opening of Workshop Viewing Gallery 2003 - Library Reading Room and Archives Store opened by the Duke of Gloucester 2004 - Woodland Walk and Sculpture Trail inaugurated by the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire 2007 - Leeds 345 wins the Best Self-Propelled Vehicle in the Heritage Railway Association Carriage & Wagon Awards, after its three-year restoration and return to service in 2004 2010 - Opening of new "Century of Trams" exhibition in main Exhibition Hall 2011 - Opening of refurbished George Stephenson Workshop, which now contains an education suite on the ground floor and a brand new exhibition on the upper floor which connects over a bridge to the Workshop Gallery 2014 - Passengers able to alight at Glory Mine for the first time Tramcar fleet The museum has over 60 tramcars from locations such as Berlin, Blackpool, Chesterfield, The Hague, Derby, Douglas, Dundee, Edinburgh, Gateshead, Glasgow, Grimsby, Halle, Howth, Johannesburg, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, New York, Newcastle, Oporto, Paisley, Prague, Sheffield, Southampton and Sydney. The majority of the trams at Crich are double-decker trams built between 1900 and 1930, and several have open tops. There are a few trams in the collection that were built after the Second World War, and these give an idea of how the British tram industry might have developed if services had not declined. Every operating day, the museum selects between two and four trams and operates them over its line to Glory Mine, via