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Tramway line built and two cars purchased, but public service was not started. [37]: 58 Fort Collins Municipal Railway: Fort Collins: Electric December 29, 1907. December 29, 1984 June 30, 1951 Heritage streetcar service opened December 29, 1984, [39] using the same name as the former system. Grand Junction Street Railway [38]: 238–240
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 ...
The Melbourne tram network is the longest tram system by route length. The New Orleans streetcar system was one of the first in the world and it is the oldest system still in operation. The following is a list of cities that have current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars ), or light rail systems as part of their ...
By 1930, Manchester's tram network had grown to 163 route miles (262 km), 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 were ...
The North American English use of the term "trolley" instead of "tram" for a street railway vehicle derives from the work that Sprague did in Richmond and quickly spread elsewhere. Los Angeles built the largest electric tramway system in the world, which grew to over 1600 km of track. A horse-drawn tramway was commenced in L.A. in 1872.
The city's second horse-powered tramway was a network of 8.6 km (5.3 mi) long with two branches and used a track gauge of 610 mm (24 inches). Mayagüez Tramway Company Accumulator (storage battery) 1915 18 Jan 1927 This city's electric battery-powered tramway was 2.4 km (3.3 mi) long and used a track gauge of 1000 mm (39 inches).
Cornbrook tram stop, a major interchange on the Metrolink network. Since opening in 1992, the Manchester Metrolink light-rail/tram system has grown to a network of 99 tram stops. The system opened on 6 April 1992 with 10 tram stops from Manchester Victoria station to Bury, beginning Phase 1 of the network's
All trams removed by 1952, but a much smaller modern tramway network, London Tram, reintroduced in 2000. 1952 SFMTA: USA 489 [12] Length in 1921. Manchester Corporation Tramways: UK 470 [13] Length could relate to all track in current Greater Manchester including neighbouring operators (but with much inter-running/shared routes). [14]