Paisley District Tramways Company
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File:Paisley District Tram (1919) at Crich Tramway Museum, Derbyshire - geograph.org.uk - 628909.jpg
Tramcar 68 from 1919 at the National Tramway Museum
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Locale | Paisley |
Open | 17 September 1903 |
Close | 1 August 1924 |
Status | Closed |
Infrastructure | |
Track gauge | 4 ft 7 3⁄4 in (1,416 mm) |
Propulsion system(s) | Electric |
Statistics | |
Route length | 18.75 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.
References
- ↑ The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
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