Paisley District Tramways Company

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Paisley District Tramways Company
File:Paisley District Tram (1919) at Crich Tramway Museum, Derbyshire - geograph.org.uk - 628909.jpg
Tramcar 68 from 1919 at the National Tramway Museum
Operation
Locale Paisley
Open 17 September 1903
Close 1 August 1924
Status Closed
Infrastructure
Track gauge 4 ft 7 34 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

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


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