Status Closed Depot(s) Darlington Street Open 1 May 1878 Locale Wolverhampton | Propulsion system(s) Horse Route length 8.69 miles (13.99 km) Close 1 May 1900 | |
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in) | ||
Wolverhampton Tramways Company operated a tramway service in Wolverhampton between 1878 and 1900.
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History
The Wolverhampton Tramways Order of 1877 authorised the Wolverhampton Tramways Company to construct a horse-drawn tramway in Wolverhampton.
The company developed three routes from Queen Street in Wolverhampton
In 1881 the company ran a steam tram built by Hughes's Locomotive & Tramway Engine Works of Loughborough, but this experiment was abandoned in the same year.
Closure
On 1 May 1900, Wolverhampton Corporation purchased those sections of the tramway that lay within its boundary and services were modernised as Wolverhampton Corporation Tramways.
References
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