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Swanage Pier Tramway
Overview
HeadquartersSwanage
LocaleDorset, England
Dates of operationc.1858–1930s
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) (until 1897).
2 ft 6 in (762 mm).

The Swanage Pier Tramway was a narrow gauge tramway in the port town of Swanage, in the English county of Dorset. It opened about 1858 and closed in the 1930s.

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