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Liverpool Corporation Tramways
Liverpool Corporation Tram at Woodside, Birkenhead
Operation
LocaleLiverpool
Open16 November 1898
Close14 September 1957
StatusClosed
Infrastructure
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Propulsion system(s)Electric
Statistics
Route length90 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.

[2]

  1. ^ The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
  2. ^ 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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