Peterborough Tramways

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Peterborough Electric Traction Company
Operation
Locale Peterborough
Open 24 January 1903
Close 15 November 1930
Status Closed
Infrastructure
Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Propulsion system(s) Electric
Depot(s) Lincoln Road, Peterborough
Statistics
Route length 5.31 miles (8.55 km)

Peterborough Tramways served the city of Peterborough from 24 January 1903 until 15 November 1930. [1]

Peterborough City and unitary authority in England

Peterborough is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 196,640 in 2015. Historically part of Northamptonshire, it is 75 miles (121 km) north of London, on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea 30 miles (48 km) to the north-east. The railway station is an important stop on the East Coast Main Line between London and Edinburgh. The city is also 70 miles (110 km) east of Birmingham, 38 miles (61 km) east of Leicester, 81 miles (130 km) south of Kingston upon Hull and 65 miles (105 km) west of Norwich.

Contents

Infrastructure

From its southmost limit, the Market Place (grid reference TL 19208 98667 ), the network had three routes:

The depot was located on the east side of Lincoln Road at grid reference TF 18827 00418 . Millfield Bus Depot now occupies the site.

Tramcars

The fleet, in a livery of lake-brown and cream (later holly green and cream), consisted of:

Brush Electrical Machines

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Closure

The system's owners started to introduce motorbuses in 1913 to supplement the trams. Ultimately Peterborough's electric tram system was superseded by a motorbus system which was an original component of the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company. [1]

First Norfolk & Suffolk

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Turner, Keith (1996). The Directory of British Tramways. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   1-85260-549-9.

See also

List of town tramway systems in the United Kingdom

Coordinates: 52°35′19″N0°14′51″W / 52.5886°N 0.2474°W / 52.5886; -0.2474