Liverpool Tramways Company

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Liverpool Tramways Company
Operation
Locale Liverpool
Open 1 November 1869
Close 16 November 1898
Status Closed
Infrastructure
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Propulsion system(s) Horse
Statistics
Route length 60.75 miles (97.77 km)
remains of lines on Tithebarn street Tram Lines, Tithe Barn Street 1.JPG
remains of lines on Tithebarn street

The Liverpool Tramways Company was operated horse-drawn tramway services in Liverpool from 1869 to 1898.

Liverpool City and Metropolitan borough in England

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500. Its metropolitan area is the fifth-largest in the UK, with a population of 2.24 million in 2011. The local authority is Liverpool City Council, the most populous local government district in the metropolitan county of Merseyside and the largest in the Liverpool City Region.

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History

In 1868 the Liverpool Tramway Company obtained permission to construct an Inner Circle line and lines to Walton and Dingle. Services started at 08.00 on 1 November 1869.

By the end of 1875, the network of lines had reached 60.75 miles of tramway. Services were provided through a stable of 2,894 horses and 207 tramcars.

The Liverpool Tramways Company merged with the Liverpool Road and Railway Omnibus Company in 1876 to form the Liverpool United Tramways and Omnibus Company. [1] In 1897, Liverpool Corporation acquired the company and services were continued by Liverpool Corporation Tramways.

Liverpool Corporation Tramways

Liverpool Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Liverpool between 1898 and 1957.

Surviving relics

Horse car 43 is held at Wirral Tramway awaiting restoration.

Wirral Tramway

Wirral Tramway is a heritage tramway opened in 1995 by the Wirral Borough Council and Hamilton Quarter partnership and was operated by Blackpool Transport Services until 2005 when the council took over the licence to run the tramway.

See also

Merseytram

Merseytram was a proposed light rail system for Merseyside, England. Originally proposed in 2001, forming part of the Merseyside Local Transport Plan, it was to consist of three lines, connecting the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley with central Liverpool. The project was postponed due to funding problems before eventually being formally closed down by Merseytravel in October 2013.

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References

  1. The Golden Age of Buses, Charles Klappe