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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

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

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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.

Fleet

  • 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

    • Closure

    Services were closed on 30 January 1932.

    References

    Wemyss and District Tramways Company Wikipedia
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