Lanarkshire Tramways

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Lanarkshire Tramways
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Lanarkshire Tramways No 53 preserved at Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life
Operation
Locale Hamilton, Motherwell, Wishaw
Open22 July 1903
Close14 February 1931
StatusClosed
Infrastructure
Track gauge 4 ft 7+3⁄4 in (1,416 mm)
Propulsion system(s)Electric
Statistics
Route length 28.43 miles (45.75 km)

The Lanarkshire Tramways was a tramway between Hamilton, Motherwell, and Wishaw from 1903 to 1931. [1]

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History

Hamilton, Motherwell and Wishaw Tramways Act 1900
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title An Act for incorporating and conferring powers on the Hamilton Motherwell and Wishaw Tramways Company and for other purposes.
Citation 63 & 64 Vict. c. cxxi
Dates
Royal assent 30 July 1900
Text of statute as originally enacted
Lanarkshire Tramways Order Confirmation Act 1903
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1899 relating to the Lanarkshire Tramways.
Citation 3 Edw. 7. c. cliii
Dates
Royal assent 11 August 1903
Other legislation
Relates to
Text of statute as originally enacted

The tramway was authorised by the Hamilton, Motherwell and Wishaw Tramways Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. cxxi). Services started on 22 July 1903, the company taking the shorter name 'Lanarkshire Tramways' by the Lanarkshire Tramways Order Confirmation Act 1903 (3 Edw. 7. c. cliii).

Lanarkshire Tramways Order Confirmation Act 1908
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1899 relating to Lanarkshire Tramways.
Citation 8 Edw. 7. c. cxviii
Dates
Royal assent 1 August 1908
Other legislation
Relates to
Lanarkshire Tramways Order Confirmation Act 1920
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, relating to Lanarkshire Tramways.
Citation 10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. clxxi
Dates
Royal assent 23 December 1920
Other legislation
Relates to

An extension was opened on 20 January 1907 which provided a connection with Glasgow Corporation Tramways.

Closure

Lanarkshire Traction Order Confirmation Act 1929
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1899 relating to Lanarkshire Traction.
Citation 20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. xxxiv
Dates
Royal assent 20 December 1929
Other legislation
Relates to
Text of statute as originally enacted

The tramway ceased operation on 14 February 1931, the company having changed its name the previous year to the Lanarkshire Traction Company by the Lanarkshire Traction Order Confirmation Act 1929 (20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. xxxiv).

One tram survived into preservation, No 53, and is currently at the Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life.

References

  1. ↑ Directory of British Tramways, Volume 3. Keith Turner. ISBN   978 0 7524 4239 6
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