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Tyneside Tramways and Tramroads Company
Map of the route of the Tyneside Tramways and Tramroads Company
Operation
Locale
  • Gosforth
  • Wallsend
  • North Shields
Open4 September 1902 (1902-09-04)
Close6 April 1930 (1930-04-06)
StatusClosed
Owner(s)British Electric Traction
Infrastructure
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Propulsion system(s)Electric
Statistics
Route length10.99 miles (17.69 km)

Tyneside Tramways and Tramroads Company operated an electric tramway service in Gosforth, Wallsend and North Shields between 1902 and 1930.[1]

  1. ^ Klapper, Charles F. (1961). The Golden Age of Tramways. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. OCLC 154126028.

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