Kidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway Company

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Kidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway Company

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Map of the Kidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway
Operation
Locale Kidderminster, Stourport-on-Severn
Open 28 May 1898
Close 2 April 1929
Status Closed
Infrastructure
Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Propulsion system(s) Electric
Statistics
Route length 4.6 miles (7.4 km)

The Kidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway Company operated an electric tramway service between Kidderminster and Stourport-on-Severn between 1898 and 1929. [1]

Kidderminster town and civil parish in Wyre Forest, Worcestershire, England

Kidderminster is a town in Worcestershire, England, 17 miles (27 km) south-west of Birmingham and 15 miles (24 km) north of Worcester. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 55,530. The town is twinned with Husum, Germany.

Stourport-on-Severn town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England

Stourport-on-Severn, often shortened to Stourport, is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of North Worcestershire, England, a few miles to the south of Kidderminster and down stream on the River Severn from Bewdley. Stourport lies on the River Severn, and at the time of the 2011 census had a population of 20,292.

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History

The tramway was authorised by the Kidderminster & Stourport Electric Tramway Act of 1896. The company was established as a subsidiary of the British Electric Traction group.

British Electric Traction

British Electric Traction Company Limited, renamed BET plc in 1985, was a large British industrial conglomerate. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but was acquired by Rentokil in 1996, and the merged company is now known as Rentokil Initial.

A Kidderminster company George Law was responsible for the construction at a cost of £23,314 [2] (equivalent to £2,383,400in 2016). [3] The depot and generating station were constructed off New Road, Kidderminster; a single track laid along two routes; and four bridges were widened.

The system was notable at the start for having vestibuled cars with windscreens to protect the driver, whereas most other systems, the driver was exposed to the elements.

Closure

The system closed on 2 April 1929.

See also

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References

  1. The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
  2. Black Country tramways Vol 2 . J.S.Webb, 1976 p168
  3. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 6 November 2017.