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    Luton Corporation Tramways served the town of Luton in Bedfordshire from 21 February 1908 until 16 April 1932. In 1904, Luton Corporation applied for...
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  • commissioned in 1901. Luton power station supplied electricity to Luton Corporation Tramways from the opening of the system in 1908 until its closure in 1932...
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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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  • were killed, ten were injured.: pp28-29  On 28 December 1916, a Luton Corporation Tramways tram ran away and derailed at the junction of Old Bedford Road...
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    Birkenhead Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Birkenhead between 1901 and 1937. In 1860, Birkenhead started the first street tramway in Britain...
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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 England...
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    Newcastle Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Newcastle upon Tyne between 1901 and 1950. Services began on 16 December 1901. A fleet of...
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    Liverpool Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Liverpool between 1898 and 1957. At the peak of Britain’s first-generation tramways, it was...
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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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    Corporation Tramways (YCT) provided an electric tramway and trolleybus service in York between 1910 and 1935. In 1909, the City of York Corporation purchased...
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  • Edinburgh Corporation Tramways was a Scottish tram network that formerly served the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. The city used four-wheeled double-decked...
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  • of the tramways was 4 ft (1,219 mm). In 1880 the Bradford Corporation had gained parliamentary approval under the Bradford Corporation Tramways Order to...
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    Reading Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Reading in the English county of Berkshire between 1901 and 1939. The tramway is one of the...
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    National Tramway Museum at Crich. The National Tramway Museum at Crich in Derbyshire holds eight Sheffield trams. Sheffield Corporation Tramways car 15...
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    Chester Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Chester between 1903 and 1930. Chester Town Council seemed less than enthusiastic to purchase...
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    Belfast Corporation Tramways was an operator of tram, trolleybus and bus services in Belfast from 1905 to 1973. Belfast Corporation Tramways began on 1...
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    Newport Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Newport between 1894 and 1937. Newport Corporation took over the Newport Tramways Company on...
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  • Colchester Corporation Tramways served the town of Colchester in Essex from 28 July 1904 until 8 December 1929. In 1901, Colchester Corporation authorised...
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    Cardiff Corporation Tramways was a company that operated an electric tramway service in Cardiff between 1902 and 1950. Horse trams had run in the city...
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  • into the carriageway and that the tramways were shared with other road users. Costs of maintenance of the tramway and its immediate neighbouring road...
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  • Darwen Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Darwen between 1899 and 1946. The Corporation took over the services operated by the Blackburn...
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    Between 1901 and 1949 Manchester Corporation Tramways (known as Manchester Corporation Transport Department from 1929 onwards) was the municipal operator...
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    Wolverhampton Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Wolverhampton between 1902 and 1928. On 1 May 1900, for the sum of £26,750, Wolverhampton...
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  • Retrieved 3 November 2014. Turner, Keith (2009). Directory of British Tramways. Volume 2. Stroud: The History Press. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-0-7524-4233-4...
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    Rochdale Corporation Tramways operated an electric tramway service in Rochdale between 1902 and 1932. In 1898, Rochdale Town Council adopted a resolution...
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  • Kirkcaldy Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Kirkcaldy between 1903 and 1931. Services started on 28 February 1903. From 25 August 1906...
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  • Rawtenstall Corporation Tramways operated a passenger tramway service in Rawtenstall between 1908 and 1932. In January 1908 the newly formed Rawtenstall...
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    Sunderland Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Sunderland (then part of County Durham) between 1900 and 1954. In 1900 Sunderland Corporation bought...
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    Northampton Corporation Tramways operated the tramway service in Northampton between 1901 and 1934. The company was purchased from the Northampton Street...
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