Gloucester Tramways Company operated a horse-drawn tramway service in

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between 1879 and 1904.

History

In 1877, when The Gloucester Tramways Company submitted details of a system to the City Council. Gloucester Tramways Company was a subsidiary of the

Imperial Tramways Company The Imperial Tramways Company Ltd (1878 to 1930) was created to bring under common management a number of street tramways. Originally based in London, its headquarters moved to Bristol in 1892 and from then on it shared its senior management with ...

. The Company obtained an order under the Tramways Act on 8 April 1878. Track laying started on 16 September 1878. By 24 May 1879, the system was ready for inspection by the Railway Inspector, Colonel Hutchinson.Gloucester Journal, 24 May 1879 The depots were located off Bristol Road at its junction with Lysons Road at , and off India Road at .

Services

The company provided services on 3 routes: *The Fleece in at Wotton along London Road, Northgate Street to The Cross, then Southgate Street to Theresa Place on Bristol Road. *St. Nicholas Church in Westgate Street to The Cross, then Eastgate Street, Lower Barton Street to India Road. *Kingsholm on Denmark Road, via Northgate Street to The Cross, then to The Royal Infirmary on Southgate Street.

Closure

On 30 September 1902 the Corporation bought out the Tramways Company The purchase price was finally agreed at £26,000 (). The sale included the India Road and Bristol Road depots, 100 horses, 14 tram cars, 8 horse buses, and 6 charabancs. The Council established a new company, the

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, for the purpose of modernising the tramway.

References

External links

Gloucester Tramways at the British Tramway Company Badges and Buttons website.
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