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A Manchester tram, c. 1902. Between 1901 and 1949 Manchester Corporation Tramways (known as Manchester Corporation Transport Department from 1929 onwards [1]) was the municipal operator of electric tram services in Manchester, England. At its peak in 1928, the organisation carried 328 million passengers on 953 trams, via 46 routes, along 292 ...
By 1930, Manchester's tram network had grown to 163 miles (262 km) route miles, making it the third largest tram system in the United Kingdom. After World War II, electric trolleybuses and motor buses began to be favoured by local authorities as a cheaper transport alternative, and by 1949 the last Manchester tram line was closed. Trolleybuses ...
Manchester's first tram age began in 1877 with the first horse-drawn trams of Manchester Suburban Tramways Company. Electric traction was introduced in 1901, and the municipal Manchester Corporation Tramways expanded across the city. By 1930, Manchester's tram network had grown to 163 route miles (262 km), making it the third-largest tram ...
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.
In 1929 the name was changed to Manchester Corporation Transport Department to reflect the changing to motor buses; In 1938 the first trolleybus routes are opened, replacing trams [1] In 1949, the last tram routes (to Stockport) were closed [1] In mid-1966 the name of this public operation was changed to Manchester City Transport.
The museum is housed in a former Manchester Corporation Transport bus depot, to the rear of a former electric tram shed on Queens Road, built in 1901. The museum building itself was added later and consists of two distinct halves, a dedicated bus garage completed in 1928, which now serves as the museum entrance area and upper hall, and a lower ...
The failure of the Tameside regions to set-up a combined electric tram system in 1899, was later achieved through the present-day Metrolink which interconnects many of the 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester. The old tram network of the 1900s in Ashton-under-Lyne is no longer operational with the old tramlines now replaced with tarmacked roads.
The company's first tram service, which was also a first for Manchester, ran on 17 May 1877. [1] The MSTC was merged with the Manchester Carriage Company in 1880 to form the Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company. [2] The initial board of directors comprised Daniel Busby, William Turton, John Greenwood (1818-86), and Benjamin Whitworth. [3]