Built in 1901 by Hurst Nelson for the Hull Corporation, 96 originally ran as an open top double deck car. The car was totally enclosed about 1930, having platform doors fitted and bulkheads removed. 96 was cut down to a single decker in 1933 and was used as a stores car and snow plough. The closure of Hull’s tram routes led to 96 being sold with a number of passenger cars to Leeds in 1942-45. Here it ran as stores car number 6, until the closure of Leeds City Tramways in 1959.

In 1994 Hull 96 visited the Metrolink depot at Queens Road for its wheels to be re-profiled. It was also on show at the Metrolink depot open day that year.

Following an overhaul in 2008 Hull 96 was repainted into its grey work car livery and number carried during its time in Leeds, emerging as Leeds 6 at the end of the year. April 2010 to April 2013 saw Leeds 6 running at Beamish Museum followed by a major bodywork overhaul upon its return to Heaton Park.

Appearing once more as Hull 96 the car has become a reliable work horse for the museum, primarily seeing use on cold and wet days aswell as being the mainstay of our Tram driving experiences.