Chester Tramways Company

Chester Tramways Company
Operation
Locale Chester
Open 10 June 1878
Close 1 January 1902
Status Closed
Infrastructure
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Propulsion system(s) Horse
Statistics
Route length 2.38 miles (3.83 km)

Chester Tramways Company operated an horse-drawn tramway service in Chester between 1878 and 1901.[1]

History

Services started on 10 June 1878 with a route from Chester railway station and the Castle. This was extended to Curzon Street, Saltney on 21 June 1879.

The company was required by the Chester Tramways Act, 41 & 42 Vict. c. clxxiv, 1878, to pay to the Dee Bridge Commissioners an annual sum for the use of Grosvenor Bridge. The Improvement Act of 1884 gave the Company the option of either contributing £1,000 towards freeing the tolls, or paying £85 per annum to Chester Corporation until 1899[2]

Closure

Under the Chester Corporation Act of 1901, the council took up its option to purchase the assets of the company. It did this for a cost of £18,000 (equivalent to £1,762,354 in 2015),[3] and services continued as Chester Corporation Tramways.

References

  1. The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
  2. The London Gazette, 19 November 1880, 5848
  3. UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
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