Wolverhampton Tramways Company

Wolverhampton Tramways Company
Operation
Locale Wolverhampton
Open 1 May 1878
Close 1 May 1900
Status Closed
Infrastructure
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Propulsion system(s) Horse
Depot(s) Darlington Street
Statistics
Route length 8.69 miles (13.99 km)

Wolverhampton Tramways Company operated a tramway service in Wolverhampton between 1878 and 1900.[1]

History

The Wolverhampton Tramways Order of 1877 authorised the Wolverhampton Tramways Company to construct a horse-drawn tramway in Wolverhampton.

The company developed three routes from Queen Street in Wolverhampton

In 1881 the company ran a steam tram built by Hughes's Locomotive & Tramway Engine Works of Loughborough, but this experiment was abandoned in the same year.

Closure

On 1 May 1900, Wolverhampton Corporation purchased those sections of the tramway that lay within its boundary and services were modernised as Wolverhampton Corporation Tramways.

References

  1. The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
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