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In 1953 and 1954, with the impending closure of Liverpool's tram system (in 1957), 46 of that city's relatively modern streamlined bogie trams were purchased by Glasgow Corporation to replace some of the ageing Standard cars. The acquired cars had been built in 1936-37 and were contemporaries of Glasgow's own Coronation trams, with which they ...
The last tram in the city ran on 4 September 1962; 250,000 people lined the streets to watch. It was the last city tram network in Britain until 1992. In the mid 1990s there emerged a plan to create a Strathclyde Tram Project, which would have seen the reintroduction of trams to Glasgow.
Service No 9 was the final route on which trams were run in the city. The last regular tram ran on 1 September 1962. On 2, 3 and 4 September, a special tram service was operated between Auchenshuggle and Anderston Cross on which souvenir tickets were sold. This proved attractive to those who wished to take a final sentimental journey.
This is a list of town tramway systems in the United Kingdom divided by constituent country and by regions of England.It includes all tram systems, past and present. Most of the tram systems operated on 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge (SG) or 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) track, although there were a small number of other gauges used.
The act further stipulated that a private company be given the operating lease of the tram-lines for a period of 22 years. [3] The St George's Cross to Eglinton Toll tram line was opened on 19 August 1872 with a horse-drawn service by the Glasgow Tramway and Omnibus Company. [4] [5]
The majority of Glasgow's trolleybuses were double-deck vehicles, painted in Glasgow Corporation's orange, green and cream livery (though in a different style from the buses and trams). The destination blinds on the trolleybuses used white letters on a green background (unlike the trams and buses, with more conventional white lettering on a ...
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 68 survived and became Glasgow 1068; it is preserved at the National Tramway Museum in Crich , Derbyshire .
Tram 73 was Aberdeen's last double deck tram with an upper-deck balcony; it was stored for two years until lack of resources led to its scrapping in 1956. The closure of Scotland's last tramway (Glasgow in 1962) led to the Society preserving several tramcars, including some in working order at the National Tramway Museum at Crich , near Matlock ...