Barking Town Urban District Council Light Railways
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Barking Town Urban District Council Light Railways operated a passenger tramway service in Barking between 1903 and 1929.[1]
History
Barking Town Urban District Council opened services on this tramway on 1 December 1903. With a total of 2.8 route miles[where?], this was one of the shortest tramway operations in Britain.
The depot was located at TQ 4439 8198
Fleet
- 1-3 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1903
- 4-5 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1903 (withdrawn in 1926)
- 6-7 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1903
- 8 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1911 (sold to Ilford Urban District Council Tramways in 1915)
- 9 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1911 (sold to East Ham Corporation Tramways in 1915)
- 10 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1912 (sold to Ilford Urban District Council Tramways in 1914)
Closure
On 16 February 1929 the last services were replaced by buses.
References
- ^ The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
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