Stockton and District Tramways Company

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Stockton and District Tramways Company
Operation
Locale Stockton-on-TeesNorton
Open1881
Close1896
StatusClosed
Infrastructure
Track gauge 4 ft (1,219 mm)
Propulsion systemSteam
Statistics
Route length 6.28 miles (10.11 km)
Steam tram No. 6, built by Merryweather in 1881 Stockton and District Tramways.jpg
Steam tram No. 6, built by Merryweather in 1881

The Stockton and District Tramways Company operated a steam tramway service between Stockton-on-Tees and Norton between 1881 [1] and 1896. [2]

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History

The Stockton and District Tramways Company was a short lived tramway operator, surviving for only 3 years. In 1893 it took over the services operated by the Stockton and Darlington Steam Tramway Company which had run into financial difficulty.

Closure

It was unable to make the tramway pay and in 1896 it sold out to the Imperial Tramways Company. Steam services continued for a few months until the route was closed for modernisation, to later re-open as the Middlesbrough, Stockton and Thornaby Electric Tramways Company.

References

  1. "Stockton Tramways". Tramway Systems of the British Isles.
  2. The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.