Paisley District Tramways Company

4 ft 7+3⁄4 in (1,416 mm)Propulsion system(s)ElectricStatisticsRoute length18.75 miles (30.18 km)

Paisley District Tramways Company operated a tramway service in Paisley between 1903 and 1923.^[1]

History

Paisley District Tramways Company took over the Paisley Tramways Company on 17 September 1903 and undertook a programme of modernisation and electrification. The first electric tramway services started on 13 June 1904.

There were depots at:

Aurs Road, Barrhead
Main Road, Elderslie
Paisley Road, Renfrew

Takeover

The company was taken over by Glasgow Corporation Tramways on 1 August 1923, which continued to operate trams in Paisley until the late 1950s.

Paisley District Tramways Company tramcar 68 survived and is preserved in the National Tramway Museum, Paisley 17 (Glasgow 1017) survived and runs at Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life.

References

^ The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.

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England

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West Midlands	Birmingham City Birmingham & Aston Birmingham Corporation Burton-upon-Trent Burton & Ashby Coventry Dudley & Stourbridge Steam Dudley, Stourbridge & District Electric Dudley, Sedgley and Wolverhampton Kidderminster & Stourport Kinver Leamington & Warwick North Staffordshire Potteries South Staffordshire & Birmingham District Steam South Staffordshire Company Staffordshire Potteries Street Railway Walsall Wolverhampton District Electric Wolverhampton Corporation Wolverhampton Company Worcester Electric Worcester
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