| Paisley District Tramways Company | |
|---|---|
 Tramcar 68 from 1919 at the National Tramway Museum | |
| Operation | |
| Locale | Paisley |
| Open | 17 September 1903 |
| Close | 1 August 1924 |
| Status | Closed |
| Infrastructure | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 7+3⁄4 in (1,416 mm) |
| Propulsion system(s) | Electric |
| Statistics | |
| Route length | 18.75 miles (30.18 km) |
Paisley District Tramways Company operated a tramway service in Paisley between 1903 and 1923. [1]
Paisley District Tramways Company took over the Paisley Tramways Company on 17 September 1903 and undertook a programme of modernisation and electrification. The first electric tramway services started on 13 June 1904.
There were depots at:
The company was taken over by Glasgow Corporation Tramways on 1 August 1923, which continued to operate trams in Paisley until the late 1950s.
Paisley 68 survived and became Glasgow 1068; it is preserved at the National Tramway Museum in Crich, Derbyshire. Paisley 17 (Glasgow 1017) also survived and runs at the Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire.
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