Barking Town Urban District Council Light Railways

Barking Town Urban District Council Light Railways
Operation
Locale	Barking
Open	1 December 1903
Close	16 February 1929
Status	Closed
Infrastructure
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Propulsion system	Electric
Statistics
Route length	2.83 miles (4.55 km)[ where? ]

Barking Town Urban District Council Light Railways operated a passenger tramway service in Barking between 1903 and 1929. ^[1]

History

Barking Town Urban District Council opened services on this tramway on 1 December 1903. With a total of 2.8 route miles^{[ where? ]}, this was one of the shortest tramway operations in Britain.

The depot was located at TQ 4439 8198

Fleet

• 1-3 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1903
• 4-5 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1903 (withdrawn in 1926)
• 6-7 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1903
• 8 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1911 (sold to Ilford Urban District Council Tramways in 1915)
• 9 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1911 (sold to East Ham Corporation Tramways in 1915)
• 10 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1912 (sold to Ilford Urban District Council Tramways in 1914)

Closure

On 16 February 1929 the last services were replaced by buses.

References

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