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The Swansea & Mumbles Railway
Locale
Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales
Terminus
Swansea The Mount Swansea Victoria
Map
Commercial operations
Built by
Oystermouth Tramroad Company
Original gauge
4 ft (1,219 mm) to 1855 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge since
Preserved operations
Operated by
Swansea & Mumbles Railway
Stations
7
Length
5.50 miles (8.85 km)
Preserved gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
1804
Track laying approved
1807
Line began service
1855
Converted to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
1877
Replaced with steam power
1893
Route extended south
1929
Electric trams in service
1960
Purchased & closed by South Wales Transport
The Swansea and Mumbles Railway was the venue for the world's first passenger horsecar railway service,[1] located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.
Originally built under an act of Parliament of 1804 to move limestone from the quarries of Mumbles to Swansea and to the markets beyond, it carried the world's first fare-paying railway passengers under an agreement effective from 25 March 1807. It later moved from horse power to steam locomotion, and was finally converted to electric power, using the largest tram cars ever built for service in Britain, before closing in January 1960, in favour of motor buses.[1]
At the time of the railway's closure, it was claimed to have been the world's longest serving railway, although this distinction has to be qualified because other railways which were used solely for goods traffic (e.g. the Middleton Railway in Leeds, Yorkshire, dating from 1758) had been operating for longer.
^ abBBC – South West Wales Swansea – Mumbles Railway 1807 to 1960
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