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In the following year of 1897, the Oldham, Ashton and Hyde and District Tramway Company was established to facilitate electric trams across these regions. In 1899, the first electric tram service was operational from the Oldham, Ashton and Hyde and District Tramway Company. One of the routes, operated between Ashton-Under-Lyne - Hyde - Denton ...
When Ashton Corporation decided to replace the trams on its share of this tramway with trolleybuses, it asked Oldham Corporation to do the same. Oldham Corporation agreed, and acquired two trolleybuses, being Oldham's share of a combined order for ten.
The Ashton-under-Lyne trolleybus system once served the market town of Ashton-under-Lyne, now in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, north west England. Opened on 26 February 1925 ( 1925-02-26 ) , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] the Ashton system gradually replaced the Ashton-under-Lyne tramway network .
Ashton-under-Lyne is a tram stop serving Ashton-under-Lyne on Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system, it is the terminus of the system's East Manchester Line (EML). It is located beside Ashton-under-Lyne bus station , and a few minutes walk away from Ashton-under-Lyne railway station , forming an Ashton travel hub.
In 1930, the corporation considered converting the tram routes to Ashton, Hindley, Orrell and Standish but decided against the idea. By early 1931, the tram service had ceased and been replaced by motor buses, but the tram tracks to the start of the trolleybus route had to be retained to allow the trolleybuses to access the depot.
The company continued to operate horse tram services from Manchester to Hollinwood, Ashton, and Stalybridge until 31 March 1903, [11] the last horse-drawn tramcars in Manchester. [12] The company was liquidated in 1903, and its assets, amounting to £1,167,965 (about £158 million as of 2025) [5] were distributed to its shareholders.
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The first section converted from tram to trolleybus was the Atherton to Ashton-in-Makerfield section which opened on 3 August 1930. The remainder of the system was converted thus: Ashton-in-Makerfield to Haydock 21 June 1931; Atherton to Farnworth 19 August 1931; Leigh (Spinning Jenny Street) to Bolton 17 December 1933.