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The operation was not commercially successful, and in 1884 the company applied to the Board of Trade to operate steam tramway locomotives. The Dudley, Sedgley and Wolverhampton Tramways Order of 1884 granted permission but required the widening of the roadway on two narrow sections of route.
The Dudley to Stourbridge section was the most popular. Of the 64,073 passengers carried on the Monday, 31,000 travelled between Dudley and Stourbridge [ 6 ] with trams running every 5 minutes. On 1 July 1904 ownership was transferred to the Birmingham and Midland Tramways Joint Committee, a subsidiary of British Electric Traction .
The tramway was authorised by the Dudley, Stourbridge and Kingswinford Tramways Order of 1881. The line to Kingswinford was not approved. It opened on 21 May 1884 running from the London and North Western Railway Dudley railway station through Brierley Hill and Amblecote to Stourbridge.
Walsall Corporation Tramways took over the section of the system between Willenhall and Darlaston on 1 October 1925, and, on 31 August 1928, the former South Staffordshire routes were transferred to the Dudley, Stourbridge and District Electric Traction Company. Wolverhampton Corporation purchased the rest of the Company assets and the company ...
This is a route-map template for the West Midlands Metro#Wednesbury – Merry Hill extension, proposed tram line extension. For a key to symbols, see {{ railway line legend }} . For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap .
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.
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The Kinver Light Railway was a subsidiary of British Electric Traction.They acquired the Dudley and Stourbridge Steam Tramways Company in April 1898 and applied to the Light Railway Commissioners (in preference to the Tramways Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 78)) for permission to build a tramway from Amblecote to Kinver.