Historic Tram

Since 1996, various old trams have been running in the museum park at the Netherlands Open Air Museum. A long-held ambition of the museum has therefore become a reality. For a number of years the museum had been trying to find a way to make the undulating site more easily accessible, especially for older and disabled visitors.

 

Until the Second World War, electric trams ran in Arnhem itself. The trams and track infrastructure were devastated during the war, after which the city switched over to trolley buses. Through the laying of the tram track and the reconstruction of Arnhem's tram depot and an old Arnhem tram, the museum is offering visitors an insight into tram operation in Arnhem during the pre-war period.

 

The museum’s showpiece is the GETA 76, a replica of an Arnhem tram from 1929, built by the museum. To make sure that it can transport all its visitors, the museum has also borrowed a number of historic trams from the Randstad region.