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  2. Glasgow Corporation Tramways - Wikipedia

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    Glasgow trams in 1962, shortly before final withdrawal of services (Cunarder on the left, Coronation in middle row) The tram system was gradually phased out between 1949 and 1962 (in favour of trolley and diesel-powered buses), with the final trams operating on 4 September 1962.

  3. Glasgow Tramway and Omnibus Company - Wikipedia

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    The Glasgow Tramway and Omnibus Company operated a horse-drawn tramway service in Glasgow between 1872 and 1894. [1] The tram system was then taken into municipal ownership, becoming Glasgow Corporation Tramways .

  4. Transport in Glasgow - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Trolleybuses in Glasgow - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. List of town tramway systems in the United Kingdom

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    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.

  7. Glasgow Subway - Wikipedia

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    The Glasgow Subway is an underground light metro system in Glasgow, Scotland. Opened on 14 December 1896, it is the third-oldest underground rail transit system in the world after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro. [2] It is also one of the very few railways in the world with a track running gauge of 4 ft (1,219 mm).

  8. Clyde Fastlink - Wikipedia

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    Clyde Fastlink is a high frequency bus rapid transit system in Glasgow, Scotland.The system was designed to provide greater connectivity and faster journey times between Glasgow City Centre and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Govan, as well as to several other key developments along the north and south banks of the Clyde Waterfront.

  9. List of largest tram and light rail transit systems ever

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    Trams in Sydney: Australia 291 [21] 1961 [21] San Diego Electric Railway: USA 266 1949 Trams in Melbourne: Australia 256 Current largest tram system by route length. Glasgow Corporation Tramways: UK 227.51 1962 Trams in Brisbane: Australia 199 1969 Cologne Stadtbahn: Germany 194.8 Trams in Milan: Italy 181.8 [22] Data as of 2017. The network ...

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