The South Staffordshire and Birmingham District Steam Tramways Company which became the South Staffordshire Tramways Company operated a tramway service...
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North Staffordshire Tramways operated a steam tramway service from 1881 to 1898 in the Staffordshire Potteries area. The North Staffordshire Tramways Company...
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Birmingham Corporation Tramways operated a network of tramways in Birmingham from 1904 until 1953. It was the largest narrow-gauge tramway network in the UK...
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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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Corporation Tramways were all converted to overhead power. The South Staffordshire Tramways Company closed on 1 April 1924, and the Company took over services...
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Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Walsall between 1904 and 1930. Faced with a likely takeover of the South Staffordshire Tramways Company by British...
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Railway operated a passenger and freight tramway service between Amblecote and Kinver, in South Staffordshire, between 1901 and 1930. The Kinver Light...
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The Dudley, Stourbridge and District Electric Tramways Company operated an electric tramway service between Dudley and Stourbridge and also other lines...
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Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Company was an electricity generating and supply organisation that operated in the West Midlands and South Wales....
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c. 43) Gas and Water Works Facilities Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 70) Tramways Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 78) Leith Harbour and Docks Act 1875 (38 & 39...
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Tydfil Electric Tramways Swansea Swansea and Mumbles Railway Wrexham and District Electric Tramways In Scotland Airdrie and Coatbridge Tramways Greenock and...
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tramway systems in the United Kingdom. Blackpool Edinburgh South London East London Manchester Nottingham Sheffield Tyne and Wear West Midlands South...
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Rhondda Tramways Company operated a tramway service in Rhondda, Wales, between 1904 and 1934. The Pontypridd and Rhondda Valley Tramway Company had built...
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Lincoln Tramways Company operated a horse-drawn tramway service in Lincoln, England, between 1882 and 1905. The tramway company was established in 1880...
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Liverpool Tramways Company was operated horse-drawn tramway services in Liverpool from 1869 to 1898. In 1868 the Liverpool Tramway Company obtained permission...
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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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Princes Park and the Crumbles. Lane established Modern Electric Tramways Ltd as the parent company for the new venture. By 1957 it was clear that the new line...
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Railway: 2 miles (3 km) Swansea Improvements and Tramways Company: 18 miles (29 km) Wantage Tramway: 2 miles (3 km) Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway:...
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Traction Company acquired four separate companies: North Staffordshire Tramways Company Limited - 6¾ route miles Longton Corporation Tramways - 1½ route...
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The York Tramways Company and its successor the City of York Tramways Company provided a horse-drawn tramway service in York between 1881 and 1909. The...
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(1,067 mm) gauge (see table below). Trains portal Silkstone Waggonway, South Yorkshire: Survey Report (PDF). Vol. 1. Yorkshire Archaeological Trust....
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However, it withdrew and the new tramway opened, operated by South Shields Corporation Tramways. The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis...
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it was taken over by the North Staffordshire Tramways Company. "Staffordshire Potteries Street Railway". Staffordshire Advertiser. England. 26 October...
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Derby Tramways Company operated horse-drawn tramway services in Derby, England from 1880 to 1904. The registration of the Derby Tramways Company took place...
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Swansea and Mumbles Railway (redirect from South Wales Transport Act 1959)
were obtained, although a dispute between the Swansea Improvements & Tramways Company (which owned the locomotives) and the line's then owner, John Dickson...
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Scarborough Tramways Act 1902 to operate tramways in the town. The Scarborough Tramways Company was formed under this Act to build and work the tramways. The...
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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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also includes tramways. Nearly all tram services in Britain ended in the 1950s and early 1960s, leaving just Blackpool Corporation Tramways, although some...
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precluded from operating tramways but were empowered to construct them and lease the lines to an individual operating company. Tracks were constructed...
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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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