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Pontypridd Urban District Council Tramways

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Locale
  
Pontypridd

Close
  
30 August 1931

Track gauge
  
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)

Open
  
31 October 1904

Status
  
Closed

Propulsion system(s)
  
Electric

Pontypridd Urban District Council Tramway operated a tramway service in Pontypridd between 1904 and 1931.

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History

Pontypridd Urban District Council took over the lines of the Pontypridd and Rhondda Valley Tramways within its area, and undertook a programme of modernisation and electrification. The first electric tramway services started on 5 March 1904.

The route of the line went from Pontypridd town centre to Treforest railway station. There was a branch line connecting to Cilfynydd, which was worked as a single route via Pontypridd.

From July 1919 until December 1927 there was through running onto the neighbouring system of the Rhondda Tramways Company.

Closure

Services ceased on 30 August 1931.

References

Pontypridd Urban District Council Tramways Wikipedia


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