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Belfast Corporation converted the Falls Road tram service to trolleybuses in 1938. [2] The Corporation regarded this as successful and a decision to eliminate the tram system was made in 1939. [3] Trolleybuses continued to be introduced during the 1940s. The last trams ran in 1954 and, following a policy change, were replaced by diesel buses. [4]
In 1905, the Belfast Corporation took over and electrified the city's tram network. [2] The trams were partially replaced by trolleybuses from 1938, and finally replaced by buses in 1954. [2] Recent developments have been proposed in the Belfast Metropolitan Transport Plan, launched by the Minister for Regional Development in November 2004. It ...
The initial tramway services were constructed by the Belfast Tramways Company. On 10 August 1872 they were taken over by the Belfast Street Tramways Company. The initial track gauge was 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm). [2] The depots were on Sandy Row, Lisburn Road, Mount Pottinger, Knock, Antrim Road and Falls Road.
The Belfast trolleybus system served the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the only trolleybus system built in Ireland. Opened on 28 March 1938 (), it gradually replaced the city’s tramway network. The Belfast system was the second largest trolleybus system in the United Kingdom, after the London system. It had a total of 17 routes ...
A Citybus Bristol RE branded for the Citylink service on Great Victoria Street, 1976.. Bus services began in Belfast under the Belfast Corporation Transport Department. For a time in the early 1950s, these buses ran alongside both the tram and trolleybus networks run by the corporation until these networks were eventually abandoned, [1] and like most mainland operators, Belfast Corporation ran ...
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 tramway was authorised by the Cavehill and Whitewell Tramway Order of 1881. Track-laying started on 23 January 1882, [2] an inspection was undertaken by Major General Charles Scrope Hutchinson on 16 June 1882, and he declared it fit for traffic. The line was opened on 1 July 1882 [3] with just one steam engine, ordered from Kitson and Company.
Blackpool Tramway: 4.7 17 km (11 mi) 39 3 Electric 29 September 1885 [1] [2] Edinburgh: Edinburgh Trams: 10.1 18 km (11.5 mi) 23 1 Electric 31 May 2014 [3] Extension opened 7 June 2023 South London: Tramlink, formerly Croydon Tramlink: 20 27 km (17 mi) 39 4 Electric 10 May 2000 [2] [4] [5] Greater Manchester: Metrolink: 42 103 km (64 mi) 99 8 ...
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