This was the first electric tramway to close in Britain. There was a shortage of spares for its German-manufactured Siemens and Halske overhead equipment during the First World War.[2]
sheerness, district, tramways, operated, tramway, service, sheerness, between, 1903, 1917, operationlocalesheernessopen9, april, 1903close7, july, 1917statusclosedinfrastructuretrack, gauge3, propulsion, system, electricstatisticsroute, length2, miles, content. The Sheerness and District Tramways operated a tramway service in Sheerness between 1903 and 1917 1 Sheerness and District TramwaysOperationLocaleSheernessOpen9 April 1903Close7 July 1917StatusClosedInfrastructureTrack gauge3 ft 6 in 1 067 mm Propulsion system s ElectricStatisticsRoute length2 47 miles 3 98 km Contents 1 History 2 Closure 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe system opened on 9 April 1903 with a depot located at TQ 9314 7348 near Sheerness East railway station There were 12 tramcars obtained from Brush Electrical Engineering Company of Loughborough In 1904 tramcars 9 12 were sold to the City of Birmingham Tramways Company Ltd Closure editThis was the first electric tramway to close in Britain There was a shortage of spares for its German manufactured Siemens and Halske overhead equipment during the First World War 2 Tramcars 1 to 8 were sold to Darlington Corporation Light Railways in 1917 References edit The Golden Age of Tramways Published by Taylor and Francis Chronology of Sheerness in the lifetime of the Sheerness Heritage Centre SheernessHeritageCentre com Retrieved 29 April 2007 External links editSheerness and District Tramways at the British Tramway Company Badges and Buttons website nbsp This UK Tram related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sheerness and District Tramways amp oldid 997449660, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
