Leeds Tramways Company
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leeds Tramways Company operated a tramway service in Leeds between 1871 and 1894.[1]
History
The Leeds Tramways Order 1871 authorised the Leeds Tramways Company to construct tramway lines in Leeds. The first route opened on 16 September 1871 from Boar Lane to Oak Inn, Headingley.
With subsequently built additional routes and extensions the total length of the network increased to just over 14 miles (22.5 km).
A successful experiment with steam traction took place in 1882, and from this time onwards until the end of services the company operated a mixture of horse drawn and steam services.
William Turton
William Turton pioneered the use of horse-drawn tramways and was the founding director of the company.[2]
Closure
Leeds Corporation purchased the tramway company in 1893 for the sum of £112,225 with the aim of modernising it and extending it, which it did under the control of Leeds Corporation Tramways. It took direct control of operations in 1894.
See also
- Leeds Tramway
- Leeds Supertram
- Trolleybuses in Leeds
- Transport in Leeds
- History of Leeds
References
- v
- t
- e
- Aberdare
- Barmouth Junction & Arthog
- Cardiff Corporation
- Cardiff Company
- Cardiff District and Penarth Harbour
- Fairbourne
- Glyn Valley
- Great Orme
- Harlech
- Llandudno & Colwyn Bay
- Llanelly
- Llanelly and District Electric
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Neath & District
- Neath Corporation
- Newport Company
- Newport Corporation
- Oystermouth
- Pontypridd and Rhondda Valley
- Pontypridd Urban District
- Pwllheli & Llanbedrog
- Pwllheli Corporation
- Rhondda
- Swansea & Mumbles
- Swansea Improvements
- Swansea Constitution Hill Incline
- Wrexham District
- Wrexham & District Electric
- Aberdeen District
- Aberdeen Corporation
- Aberdeen Suburban
- Airdrie & Coatbridge
- Ayr
- Carstairs House
- Cruden Bay Hotel
- Dumbarton
- Dundee & District
- Dundee Corporation
- Dundee, Broughty Ferry & District
- Dunfermline
- Edinburgh Street
- Edinburgh & District
- Edinburgh Northern
- Edinburgh Corporation
- Falkirk
- Glasgow Company
- Glasgow Corporation
- Glasgow & Ibrox
- Greenock & Port Glasgow
- Inchture
- Kilmarnock
- Kirkcaldy
- Lanarkshire
- Leith
- Musselburgh
- Paisley
- Paisley District
- Perth & District
- Perth Corporation
- Rothesay & Ettrick Bay
- Stirling & Bridge of Allan
- Vale of Clyde
- Wemyss
- Scottish Tramway and Transport Society
and suppliers
- British Thompson-Houston
- Brush Electrical Engineering Company
- Dick, Kerr & Co.
- Electric Railway and Tramway Carriage Works
- English Electric
- Thomas Green & Son
- Hurst Nelson
- Kitson and Company
- Lancaster Carriage and Wagon Works
- Maley & Taunton
- Manlove, Alliott & Co. Ltd.
- Merryweather & Sons
- Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- G.F. Milnes & Co.
- Milnes Voss
- Starbuck Car and Wagon Company
- United Electric Car Company
- William Wilkinson
companies
- Balfour Beatty
- Birmingham and Midland Tramways Joint Committee
- British Electric Traction
- British Thomson-Houston
- National Electric Construction Company
- New General Traction Company
- Imperial Tramways Company
- Patent Cable Tramways Corporation
- Provincial Tramways Company
This UK Tram-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e