Liverpool Corporation Tram at Woodside, Birkenhead
Operation
Locale
Liverpool
Open
16 November 1898
Close
14 September 1957
Status
Closed
Infrastructure
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Propulsion system(s)
Electric
Statistics
Route length
90 miles (140 km)
Liverpool Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Liverpool between 1898 and 1957.[1]
At the peak of Britain’s first-generation tramways, it was possible to travel by tram all the way from Pier Head at Liverpool to the Pennines in Rochdale by tram.
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^The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
^Waller, Peter (7 November 2022). Lost Tramways of England: Bolton, SLT, Wigan & St Helens: 15. Graffeg Limited. ISBN 978-1-80258-225-3.
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