Torquay Tramways operated electric street trams in Torquay, Devon, England, from 1907. They were initially powered by the unusual Dolter stud-contact electrification...
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(Dolter) Torquay Tramways (Dolter) Wolverhampton Corporation Tramways (Lorain) plus some vehicles from the Wolverhampton District Electric Tramways Company...
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the preceding decades, Torquay was granted borough status in 1892. Torquay Tramways operated electric street trams from 1907. They were initially powered...
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which were built as homes for Singer's sons Washington and Mortimer. Torquay Tramways were extended into Paignton in 1911, but the network was closed in...
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service of open top trams was introduced by the Torquay Tramways in 1907 on a network around Torquay that included Beacon Quay, St Marychurch and Babbacombe...
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Devon General (section Torquay–Chelston Car Company)
in south Devon in 1919 with two bus routes from Exeter to Torquay. In 1922 Torquay Tramways bought the company for £36,000, although it was operated as...
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year. All the Torquay buses were sold to Harrogate Road car company just before Torquay Tramways opened in April 1907, but the Torquay Road car Co took...
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and a few second hand tramcars from the now closed Exeter Tramway Company and Torquay Tramways allowed the oldest of the Plymouth cars to be withdrawn....
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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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Brothers, Brush and Strachan. Outside of London, six K-types were sold to Torquay Tramways for feeder services to tram routes. A further twelve were bought by...
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Tram (redirect from Steam tramway)
Allen. 1989. "The Tramways of Brazil: A 130-Year Survey" (ISBN 0-9622348-1-8). New York: Bonde Press. Morrison, Allen. 1992. The Tramways of Chile: 1858–1978...
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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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Torquay, in competition with recently extended Torquay Tramways; the land opposite the station is still used as a bus station. The line from Torquay was...
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Ilkeston Corporation Tramways (defunct) Little Eaton Gangway (defunct) Devon Tramways in Exeter (defunct) Torquay Tramways (defunct) Tramways in Plymouth (defunct)...
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to the Torquay Tramways and two were converted to standard gauge (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)) for the Gravesend and Northfleet Electric Tramways. Despite...
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4 Edw. 7. c. cciii 15 August 1904 Torquay Tramways Act 1904 4 Edw. 7. c. cciv 15 August 1904 Tyneside Tramways and Tramroads Act 1904 (repealed) 4...
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in South Devon in 1919 with two bus routes from Exeter to Torquay. In 1922, Torquay Tramways purchased the company, although it was operated as a subsidiary...
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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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number 24. This vehicle was formerly a double deck Dunfermline and District Tramways car which was both re-gauged and extensively modified to become a single...
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layout, anticipating pilot fatigue on long flights. Torquay Tramways replaced the tram from Torquay to Paignton with a bus service. The rest of the network...
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standard gauge, with bull-head rails, rather than the tramway rails favoured by many British tramways. This allowed standard goods wagons to run along it...
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October 1914, the Plymouth Tramways Department took control of the tramways in these places too. The Devonport and District Tramways was sold to the Corporation...
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Seaton Tramway. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021. "The History of Modern Electric Tramways & Seaton Tramway". Seaton...
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Babbacombe Cliff Railway (category Torquay)
bell is rung 30 and 15 minutes before closing. In February 1923, the Torquay Tramway Company commissioned Waygood-Otis Ltd with the engineering and construction...
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Trams in London (redirect from Tramways in London)
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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collection to the public as Primley Zoological Gardens. Employees of the Torquay Tramway Company were amongst the first to visit the site prior to its official...
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network called Supertram. The Sheffield horse tramway was created under the Tramways Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 78), with powers granted in July 1872. The first...
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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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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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United, an English football club Southend United, an English football club Torquay United, an English football club Western United FC, an Australian football...
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