Sunderland District Electric Tramways

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Sunderland District Electric Tramways

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Map of the route of the Sunderland District Electric Tramways
Operation
Locale Grangetown, Ryhope, Philadelphia, Hetton-le-Hole
Open 10 Jun 1905
Close 12 Jul 1925
Status Closed
Infrastructure
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Propulsion system(s) Electric
Depot(s) Philadelphia
Statistics
Route length 14.28 miles (22.98 km)

The Sunderland District Electric Tramways operated an electric tramway service from Grangetown to Easington Lane between 1905 and 1925. [1]

Easington Lane human settlement in United Kingdom

Easington Lane is a village located in North East England between Houghton-le-Spring and Easington Village, in the parish of Hetton. It is the southernmost point of the City of Sunderland and Tyne and Wear.

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History

The company was registered on 5 November 1903. [2] Construction took nearly 18 months and the system was ready for opening on 10 June 1905. The main route of the tramway ran from Grangetown via Herrington to Easington Lane, with branches to Fencehouses and Penshaw.

Herrington area of Sunderland, UK

Herrington is an area in the south of Sunderland, formerly in County Durham in North East England.

Fencehouses village in the United Kingdom

Fencehouses, or Fence Houses, is a small village within the parish of Houghton-le-Spring, on the edge of the City of Sunderland, England for the South with the North under the control of Durham County Council as part of County Durham.

Penshaw village in United Kingdom

The village of Penshaw, formerly known as Painshaw or Pensher, is an area of the metropolitan district of the City of Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. Historically in County Durham, it derives its name from the Cumbric pen, meaning 'hill' or 'summit' and *cerr/*carr - 'stone, hard surface'. The original form of the name was Pencher.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Electricity Supply Company built a power plant at Philadelphia, behind the Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries power station. The tram depot was located next to it and could house eighteen trams.

Philadelphia, Tyne and Wear village in United Kingdom

Philadelphia is a village in Tyne and Wear, England. It lies on the A182 road between Newbottle and Shiney Row.

On 3 January 1921 through running started between the Sunderland Corporation Tramways system at Grangetown.

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Fleet

Closure

The company disposed of some trams in 1924 to Bolton Corporation Tramways. The remaining trams were sold in 1925, sixteen to Grimsby Corporation Tramways and others to Manchester Corporation Tramways. The tramway system closed on 15 July 1925 and the company was renamed as the Sunderland District Omnibus Company, running a fleet of blue buses.

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The Grimsby District Light Railway (GDLR) was one of three standard gauge railways, all part of the Great Central Railway, promoted by the latter to connect the wider world to Immingham Dock which it built in the early Twentieth Century on an almost uninhabited, greenfield site on the south bank of the Humber, England.

Between 1901 and 1949 Manchester Corporation Tramways was the municipal operator of electric tram services in Manchester, England At its peak in 1928 the organisation carried 328 million passengers, on 953 trams, via 46 routes, along 292 miles (470 km) of track.

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References

  1. The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
  2. The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908