Status Closed Propulsion system(s) Electric Open 26 July 1899 Locale Dudley, Stourbridge | Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Route length 21.24 miles (34.18 km) Close 1 March 1930 | |
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Depot(s) Stourbridge Road, Amblecote | ||
The Dudley, Stourbridge and District Electric Tramways Company operated an electric tramway service between Dudley and Stourbridge and also other lines in the neighbourhood between 1899 and 1930.
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History
On 2 April 1898 the Dudley and Stourbridge Steam Tramways Company was purchased by British Electric Traction
A programme of modernisation was undertaken and the service was converted for electric traction. The first electric service ran on 26 July 1899.
Extensions were opened as follows:
On 29 September 1902, the company took over ownership of the Kinver Light Railway for the sum of £60,000 (equivalent to £5,874,513 in 2015).
On 1 July 1904 ownership was transferred to the Birmingham and Midland Tramways Joint Committee, a subsidiary of British Electric Traction.
On 1 April 1924 the company took over some of the routes of the South Staffordshire Tramways Company.
The depot was situated in Amblecote on corner of Stourbridge Road and Collis Street. It was 4 track shed opened in October 1905. It was expanded with an additional 2 tracks in 1908, and a further track was added around 1914. It closed in May 1926 and used as a tram store until 1930.
Closure
Route closures occurred on the following dates:
Survivals
Four vehicles are known to have survived: