The Brighton and Shoreham Tramway operated a tramway service in Shoreham between 1884 and 1913. The Brighton and Shoreham Tramway ran from a terminus...
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painted in distinct styles, and were powered by compressed natural gas. The first tramway was the Brighton and Shoreham Tramways, which at its fullest extent...
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Brighton Corporation Tramways operated an electric tramway service in Brighton between 1901 and 1939. Brighton Corporation Tramways operated an extensive...
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Tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on The Fylde in Lancashire, England. The line dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in...
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Wilkinson locomotives obtained from Brighton and Shoreham Tramways, and five new locomotives bought from Kitson and Company of Hunslet, Leeds. The same...
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of Brighton, Eastbourne, Worthing, Littlehampton and Bognor Regis, and to the ports of Newhaven and Shoreham-by-Sea. It served the inland towns and cities...
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Bournemouth and Poole Tramways. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-47-2. Bett, W. H.; Gillham, J. C. (1990). The Tramways of South West...
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horse tramway was created under the Tramways Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 78), with powers granted in July 1872. The first routes, to Attercliffe and Carbrook...
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Wallasey Corporation Tramways operated an electric tramway service in Wallasey between 1902 and 1933. Wallasey Corporation Tramways was a direct successor...
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British Electric Traction (category 1996 mergers and acquisitions)
Birmingham, Birmingham and Midland, Brighton and Shoreham, Cambridge, Devonport and District, Dewsbury Ossett and Soothill Nether, Dudley and Stourbridge, Gateshead...
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This is a list of extant tramway and light rail systems in the United Kingdom. For a full historical list of all tramway systems that have existed in...
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built a branch line from Brighton to Shoreham, an important seaport. The branch opened in 1840. Under the London Brighton and South Coast Railway the line...
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wagonway in 1795. Other 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge wagonways in England and Wales were also built in the early 19th century. Also during this time, numerous...
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Bica, and Lavra street funiculars. Authority to build the tramway was granted by the Great Orme Tramways Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. xxvii), and construction...
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Glasgow Corporation Tramways were formerly one of the largest urban tramway systems in Europe. Over 1000 municipally-owned trams served the city of Glasgow...
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The Giant's Causeway Tramway, operated by the Giant's Causeway, Portrush and Bush Valley Railway & Tramway Company Ltd, was a pioneering 3 ft (914 mm)...
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in the Battle of Worcester. It runs from Worcester via Bristol and Yeovil to Shoreham, West Sussex. All of the route is waymarked, using a logo with a...
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Claude Lane, founder of Modern Electric Tramways Ltd, which had previously operated in Eastbourne between 1954 and 1969. Fourteen tramcars are part of the...
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plates. The term tramway did not become almost exclusively associated with urban transport systems until after the passing of the Tramways Act 1870 (33 &...
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design of the London Road viaduct at Brighton, a viaduct at Shoreham-by-Sea, a bridge over the River Arun, and jointly in the design of a rebuilt London...
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of Brighton and Hove. One ran west–east inland from the coast along the line of the present Old Shoreham Road. After crossing the London to Brighton Way...
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Provincial Tramways Company The Plymouth, Devonport and District Tramways Company was established by an act of Parliament, the Plymouth, Devonport and District...
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freight line, and to this end it was built to standard gauge, with bull-head rails, rather than the tramway rails favoured by many British tramways. This allowed...
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Worthing and Brighton Leagues to fully merge Shoreham Herald, 3 April 2015 Season 1962–1963 Archived 23 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine Brighton, Worthing...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Glossop Tramways. Heath 1993. Marsden 2004. "Glossop Tramways". Glossop Heritage Trust. 23 September 2020. Archived...
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War. In 1882, Lightfoot sold the line to Isle of Man Tramways Ltd, later the Isle of Man Tramways & Electric Power Co. Ltd, which also owned the Manx Electric...
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Portsmouth Direct line (redirect from Guildford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham Railway Act 1846)
earthworks and bridges suitable for later doubling. The London and Brighton Railway had reached Shoreham-by-Sea (from Brighton) in 1844 and on 4 July the...
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Southend-on-Sea Corporation Tramways on the British Tramway Company Badges and Buttons website Southend-on-Sea Corporation Tramways ticket SCT61 Southend Corporation...
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has media related to Leeds City Tramways. Photos of Leeds trams from 1953 Leeds City Tramways at the British Tramway Company Badges and Buttons website...
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Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Croydon, in South London, England, between 1900 and 1933. Croydon Corporation Tramways took over the...
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