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The Kidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway Company operated an electric tramway service between Kidderminster and
Stourport-on-Severn Stourport-on-Severn, often shortened to Stourport, is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of North Worcestershire, England, a few miles to the south of Kidderminster and downstream on the River Severn from Bewdley. At the 2011 ce ...
between 1898 and 1929.


History

The tramway was authorised by the Kidderminster & Stourport Electric Tramway Act of 1896. The company was established as a subsidiary of the British Electric Traction group. A Kidderminster company George Law was responsible for the construction at a cost of £23,314Black Country tramways Vol 2 . J.S.Webb, 1976 p168 (). The depot and generating station were constructed off New Road, Kidderminster; a single track laid along two routes; and four bridges were widened. The system was notable at the start for having vestibuled cars with windscreens to protect the driver, whereas most other systems, the driver was exposed to the elements.


Closure

The system closed on 2 April 1929.


See also

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Kinver Light Railway The Kinver Light Railway operated a passenger and freight tramway service between Amblecote and Kinver, in South Staffordshire, between 1901 and 1930. History The Kinver Light Railway was a subsidiary of British Electric Traction. They acquire ...
(1901–1930) another contemporary local route operated by British Electric Traction group


References

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