Dudley and Stourbridge Steam Tramways Company

The Dudley and Stourbridge Steam Tramways Company operated a steam tramway service between Dudley and Stourbridge between 1884 and 1899.^[1]

History

The tramway was authorised by the Dudley, Stourbridge and Kingswinford Tramways Order of 1881. The line to Kingswinford was not approved.

It opened on 21 May 1884 running from the London and North Western Railway Dudley railway station through Brierley Hill and Amblecote to Stourbridge.

Fleet

Locomotives:

• 1-8 Kitson and Company 1884
• 9 Kitson and Company 1885
• 10 Kitson and Company 1891
• 11 Kitson and Company 1895
• 12 Kitson and Company 1896

Eight passenger vehicles were ordered from the Starbuck Car and Wagon Company in 1884. On closure, five of these were transferred to the Birmingham and Midland Tramways Company.

Closure

The company was purchased by British Electric Traction^[2] on 2 April 1898, and converted to electric traction. The last steam tram ran on 25 July 1899 and the operation was taken over by a new company, the Dudley, Stourbridge and District Electric Traction Company.

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