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Birmingham Corporation Tramways
Birmingham Corporation Tram in 1953, shortly before the service was scrapped.
Operation
Locale
Birmingham
Open
4 January 1904
Close
4 July 1953
Status
Closed
Infrastructure
Track gauge
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Propulsion system(s)
Electric
Electrification
(600 V DC)
Statistics
Route length
80.5 miles (129.6 km)
Birmingham Corporation Tramways operated a network of tramways in Birmingham from 1904 until 1953. It was the largest narrow-gauge tramway network in the UK, and was built to a gauge of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm). It was the fourth largest tramway network in the UK behind London, Glasgow and Manchester.
There were a total of 843 trams (with a maximum of 825 in service at any one time), 20 depots, 45 main routes and a total route length of 80+1⁄2 miles (129.6 km).[1]
Birmingham Corporation built all the tramways and leased the track to various companies.
Birmingham was a pioneer in the development of reserved trackways which served the suburban areas as the city grew in the 1920s and 1930s.
^Birmingham City Transport, Malcolm, etc. Keeley, Transport Pub. Co 1978 ISBN 0-903839-18-0
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