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Ayr Corporation Tramways
Ayr Corporation Tramways operated an electric tramway service in Ayr between 1901 and 1931.The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis. History Ayr Corporation Tramways opened for public service on 26 September 1901. The depot was located in Alderston Avenue, Ayr (grid reference ). The line ran from Alloway Alloway ( gd, Allmhaigh, ) is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland, located on the River Doon. It is best known as the birthplace of Robert Burns and the setting for his poem "Tam o' Shanter". Tobias Bachope, the mason responsible for the cons ... to Prestwick. In 1928 two tramcars were obtained from the Dumbarton Burgh and County Tramways. These survived the closure of the Ayr system in 1931 and were transferred to South Shields Corporation Tramways. The system was taken over on 30 December 1931 by the Scottish Motor Traction Company and closed the following day. References External links Ayr Corporation Tramways at British Tramway Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alloway
Alloway ( gd, Allmhaigh, ) is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland, located on the River Doon. It is best known as the birthplace of Robert Burns and the setting for his poem "Tam o' Shanter". Tobias Bachope, the mason responsible for the construction of Hopetoun House, Craigiehall, and Kinross House, also hailed from Alloway. Some historic parts of the village make up a conservation area. The village and surrounding areas were incorporated into the Royal Burgh of Ayr in 1935, and the extended village is now a suburb of Ayr. Robert Burns The birthplace of Robert Burns, known as "Burns Cottage", is located in Alloway, now adjacent to a museum containing original manuscripts of his poetry. A nineteenth century memorial to Burns, designed by Thomas Hamilton, is located at the foot of the village next to the present church. The nearby, ruined Alloway Auld Kirk and the Brig o' Doon are featured in the poem '' Tam o' Shanter'', and are presently tourist attractions. Burns's fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prestwick
Prestwick ( gd, Preastabhaig) is a town in South Ayrshire on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland about southwest of Glasgow. It adjoins the larger town of Ayr to the south on the Firth of Clyde coast, the centre of which is about south, and the small village of Monkton, Ayrshire, Monkton to the north. It had a population of 14,901 at the 2011 census. The town is served by Glasgow Prestwick Airport, which serves many European destinations as well as transatlantic and other international cargo flights. The town was the first home of The Open Championship, the Open Golf Championship, which was played on the Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick Old Course from 1860 to 1872. History Prestwick's name comes from the Old English for, ''priest's farm'': ''preost'' meaning "priest" and ''wic'' meaning "farm". The town was originally an outlying farm of a religious house. George T. Flom suggested that the name was of Old Norse origin. In this case, it would mean "priest's bay". From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumbarton Burgh And County Tramways
Dumbarton Burgh and County Tramways provided a tramway service in Dumbarton from 1907 to 1928.The golden age of tramways. Charles Frederick Klapper, Routledge & Paul, 1961 History The Dumbarton Burgh and Country Tramway were constructed by Dick, Kerr & Co. After initially being operated by the Electric Supply Corporation, it was transferred to the Dumbarton Burgh and County Tramways Company. It ran from Dalmuir West through Dumbarton to Balloch, with a branch to Barloan Toll, and a branch to Jamestown. Despite the connection with Glasgow Corporation Tramways at Dalmuir West, through running was not agreed. Closure The last tramway service ran on 3 March 1928, and two tramcars were transferred to Ayr Corporation Tramways Ayr Corporation Tramways operated an electric tramway service in Ayr between 1901 and 1931.The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis. History Ayr Corporation Tramways opened for public service on 26 September 1901. The de ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Shields Corporation Tramways
South Shields Corporation Tramways operated an electric tramway service in South Shields between 1906 and 1946.The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis. History South Shields Corporation Tramways took over the horse-drawn tramway network owned by the South Shields Tramways Company in 1906 and after a programme of modernisation and electrification, opened for service on 30 March 1906 The corporation obtained agreement with the neighbouring Jarrow and District Electric Tramway for through running, and accepted Jarrow tramcars on its own network. This arrangement lasted until the Jarrow Tramway closed in 1929. Fleet *1-10 Hurst Nelson 1906 *11-20 United Electric Car Company 1906 *21-35 United Electric Car Company 1907 *36-40 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1913 *41-45 English Electric 1921 *29 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1906 for the Jarrow and District Electric Tramway No 5 obtained second hand in 1929 *48 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Motor Traction
Scottish Motor Traction (SMT) was founded in Edinburgh in 1905 by William Johnston Thomson. It operated buses in much of central Scotland. Aside from its traditional bus operations, it operated an air taxi service with a De Havilland Fox Moth between 18 July and 31 October 1932 and for many years owned Dryburgh Abbey Hotel. Following legislation, which allowed railway companies to invest in bus operators, the London & North Eastern Railway and London, Midland & Scottish Railway took a major stake in SMT in 1929. In 1930, following the takeover of another operator, SMT started its Edinburgh to London express coach service. SMT also acquired control of Walter Alexander & Sons bus services and coachbuilding operations, the Alexander family joining the SMT board. SMT grew partly through the acquisition of smaller companies. Operations were decentralised to local areas, such as Central SMT in Lanarkshire, and Western SMT in south-west Scotland (both with red buses), whilst the east of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tram Transport In Scotland
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are called tramways or simply trams/streetcars. Many recently built tramways use the contemporary term light rail. The vehicles are called streetcars or trolleys (not to be confused with trolleybus) in North America and trams or tramcars elsewhere. The first two terms are often used interchangeably in the United States, with ''trolley'' being the preferred term in the eastern US and ''streetcar'' in the western US. ''Streetcar'' or ''tramway'' are preferred in Canada. In parts of the United States, internally powered buses made to resemble a streetcar are often referred to as "trolleys". To avoid further confusion with trolley buses, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) refers to them as " trolley-replica buses". In the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
