Wemyss and District Tramways Company

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Status Closed Propulsion system(s) Electric Open 25 August 1906 Depot(s) Aberhill, Methil, Fife		Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Route length 7.45 miles (11.99 km) Close 30 January 1932 Locale Leven, Kirkcaldy

Wemyss and District Tramways operated a tramway service between Leven and Kirkcaldy between 1906 and 1932.

History

The Wemyss Tramway Order of 1905 authorised the construction of this tramway. It was financed by the Wemyss Coal Company, owned by Randolph Wemyss.

Services started on 25 August 1906, and it had running powers to the Kirkcaldy Corporation Tramways system. The depot was located in Aberhill.

The mainline of the tramway joined Leven, Methil, Buckhaven, East Wemyss, West Wemyss, Coaltown of Wemyss, Dysart and Kirkcaldy.

The company was acquired by Balfour Beatty in 1922.

1-13 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1906

14-17 Milnes Voss 1907

18-19 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1925

20-21 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1928 (second hand from the Potteries Electric Traction Company)

22-29 ex Kirkcaldy Corporation Tramways

Services were closed on 30 January 1932.

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