Horse tram services started 19 August 1872
Electric traction from 13 October 1898 until 4 September 1962
Tramway abandonment's started in 1926, with major route closures from 1956 onwards
Trolleybuses introduced 3 April 1949 - Abandoned 27 May 1967
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Time to catch the last tram home
[Drawing by Ian Stewart RIP]
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Technical Information for this Web Site
By January 2021, many of the pages on this web site had not been updated for several years and unfortunately had garnered many broken links over
time with some information that was no longer relevant. A major overhaul of this site was very necessary and brought with it some new features; and these are mentioned below.
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Retirement of Flash Player
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Your Webmaster doesn't know how many hours has been put in to research and create this web site, but it is conservatively considered to be
around a thousand hours. Then there is the yearly hosting and domain name registration fees to be paid of around £70 per year, which has come out of my back pocket.
If only there was a way to collect a few pennies from each visitor to buy a pint every now and then, that would go down really well!
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Welcome Message Feature on the Home Page
The Welcome message on the Home Page includes a randomly generated tram route for a visitor to board. A typical example being
. A different route is shown when the Home Page, or this one, is viewed.
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There is a counter on our Home Page that increments each time the page is viewed; it would be great to see passenger numbers rising with your help!
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