East Anglia Transport Museum

East Anglia Transport Museum

The East Anglia Transport Museum is a located in Carlton Colville near Lowestoft in Suffolk, England. It is the only museum in the country where you can ride on all three principal forms of public transport.

What the Museum offers

The museum has many exhibits ranging from a 1904 Lowestoft Corporation tram to a 1983 Sinclair C5. There are tram rides available on a route which takes you past the museum's trolleybus depot and up to the Woodside terminus. The trolleybus route extends as far as the trolleybus depot where passengers may embark for a ride on the museums 2ft gauge railway to Chapel Road (the other end of the tram route). The museum has the last trolleybus to operate and the last tram to move under its own power in London, Nos 1521 & 1858 respectivley.

Exhibits

Trams

* [http://www.eatm.org.uk/11.htm 11] English Electric 1939 Blackpool Corporation
* [http://www.eatm.org.uk/14.htm 14] Milnes (Tram builder) 1904 Lowestoft Corporation
* [http://www.eatm.org.uk/159.htm 159] English Electric 1927 Blackpool Corporation
* [http://www.eatm.org.uk/474.htm 474] Beijnes 1929 Amsterdam Tramways
* [http://www.eatm.org.uk/1858.htm 1858] English Electric 1930 London Transport

Trolleybuses

* 5 Garrett 1926 Copenhagen

* 34 Sunbeam 1947 Hastings Corporation

* 52 BUT 1953 Maidstone Corporation

* 87 BUT 1956 Ashton-Under-Lyne Corporation

* 202 Sunbeam 1935 Bournemouth Corporation

* 224 Sunbeam 1953 Derby Corporation

* 246 Sunbeam 1958 Belfast Corporation

* 260 AEC 1936 London Transport
* [http://www.eatm.org.uk/286.htm 286] Sunbeam 1959 Bournemouth Corporation

* 313 BUT 1951 Portsmouth Corporation

* 628 BUT 1950 Newcastle Corporation

* 1201 Leyland 1938 London Transport

* 1344 BUT 1956 Manchester Corporation (On Loan)
* [http://www.eatm.org.uk/1521.htm 1521] Chassisless Construction by Metro Cammell using AEC components 1940 London Transport

Motorbuses

* 4 AEC 1969 Lowestoft corporation

* 13 Mercedes 1987 Lincolnshire Road Car

* 21 AEC 1947 Lowestoft Corporation

* 57 Bristol 1962 Eastern Counties

* 85 AEC 1964 Great Yarmouth

* VR385 Bristol 1972 Eastern Counties

* LL408 Bristol 1948 Eastern Counties

* RTL 1050 Leyland 1950 London Transport

ee also

*List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom
*The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft
*Black Country Living Museum - also with trolleybuses and trams

External links

* [http://www.eatm.org.uk/ Museum website]


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