• Tramways Act is a stock short titles used in India, New Zealand and the United Kingdom for legislation relating to tramways. The Indian Tramways Act, 1886...
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    by the Tramways (Ireland) Amendment Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 102). The next relevant legislation was the special act, the Dublin Tramways Act 1871 (34...
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    was the last city tramway in Great Britain (prior to the construction of new systems in the 1990s). The Glasgow Street Tramways Act 1870 was enacted by...
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    esplanade. The Ryde Pier Tramways Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. cccxlvi) authorised the Ryde Pier Company to extend the tramway to the Isle of Wight Railway's...
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    subsidiary of The Provincial Tramways Company The Plymouth, Devonport and District Tramways Company was established by an act of Parliament, the Plymouth...
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  • Folkestone, Hythe and Sandgate Tramways operated a tramway service in Hythe, Kent between 1891 and 1921. The tramway was associated with the efforts...
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    Hastings and District Electric Tramways operated a tramway service in Hastings between 1905 and 1929. The tramway opened in two sections which operated...
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    two tramway companies in the London area, Metropolitan Electric Tramways and South Metropolitan Electric Tramways. The London United Tramways Act 1930...
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    build the tramway was granted by the Great Orme Tramways Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. xxvii), and construction started in 1901. The tramway was opened...
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    agreement with the Calcutta Tramways Company and the Calcutta Tramways Act of 1951 was enacted. The government assumed the tramways, reserving the right to...
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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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    crossings) from there to Portishead. An act of Parliament, the Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon and Portishead Tramways Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. clxxxii) authorising...
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    usually operated on the legal foundation of the BOStrab, the Tramways Act of Germany. Tramways served as the primary means of urban transport in Germany...
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    this Act. The Tramways Act 1870, section 2 "Police News". The Times. 27 May 1861. "Street Tramways". The Times. 26 May 1869. Text of the Tramways Act 1870...
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    Railway Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. cli), the Ellesmere to Chirk portion was abandoned. A further act of Parliament, the Glyn Valley Tramway Act 1870 (33...
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    the original act which authorised the "haling or drawing" of waggons by "men, horses, or otherwise" and owed nothing to the Tramways Act 1870 (33 & 34...
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    Tramway Company was incorporated under the Oxford Tramways Order (1879) in accordance with the Tramways Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 78). Its initial capital...
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    1878 c. li Preston Tramways Act 1878 c. lii Scottish Union and National Insurance Company's Act 1878 c. liii Hull Street Tramways Act 1878 c. liv Manchester...
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    Grimsby Street Tramways bought some from the Gosport and Fareham system. Grimsby Corporation exercised their rights under the Tramways Act 1870 (33 & 34...
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    The Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 43) was a development of several earlier acts that was designed to facilitate the...
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    Line. Tramways (Carriage of Goods) Act 1911 No 22: "An Act to authorise the carriage of goods upon tramways ; to amend the Government Railways Act, 1901;...
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    operators in 1891, that is: The Dublin Tramways Company The North Dublin Street Tramways Company The Dublin Central Tramways Company Dublin's first electric...
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  • Middleton Tramways. Castleton, Rochdale, Lancashire: Manchester Transport Museum Society. p. 19. Bett, Wingate H.; Gillham, John C. (1976). The Tramways of South-East...
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    Navigation Act 1814 (54 Geo. 3. c. ccxxxi) Sutton, Southcoates and Drypool Gas Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. xii) North Metropolitan Tramways Act 1870 (33...
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    Assurance Companies Act 1870 Life Assurance Companies Act 1871 Tramways Act 1870 Galashiels Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 85) Public Schools Act 1868 Great Basses...
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  • discontinued due to poor financial returns. Tramways saw a revival in the city with the opening of the Madras Electric Tramways in 1895, connecting the docks and...
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    are heavy rail commuter lines, the Setagaya Line is governed under the Tramways Act (軌道法, kidou-hou) of the Japanese government. Despite this, the entire...
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    agreement with the Calcutta Tramways Company, and the Calcutta Tramways Act of 1951 was enacted. The government assumed the tramways, reserving the right to...
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  • Metropolitan Tramways and Omnibus Company Limited. The company hoped to construct horse tramways in the northern suburbs of London. The proposed tramways were...
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    South Lancashire Tramways was a system of electric tramways in south Lancashire authorised by the South Lancashire Tramways Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c....
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