New St Helens and District Tramways and St Helens Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in
St Helens between 1897 and 1936.
[The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.]
History
St Helens Corporation took over the St Helens and District Tramways Company on 1 April 1897. The operation of the tramway was leased back to the former company.
New St Helens and District Tramways
On 4 November 1898 the operating company changed its name to the New St Helens and District Tramways.
The Corporation undertook a modernisation and electrification programme and the first electric services started on 20 July 1899.
In 1902 extensions to the system included connections with the
South Lancashire Tramways
South Lancashire Tramways was a system of electric Tram, tramways in south Lancashire authorised by the South Lancashire Tramways Act of 1900. The ''South Lancashire Tramways Company'' was authorised by the act to build over of track to serve t ...
system at Haydock. and the Liverpool and Prescot Light Railway, at Brooks Bridge.
St Helens Corporation Tramways
The corporation took over operation of the services on 1 October 1919.
Closure
The tramway closed on 31 March 1936.
See also
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St Helens power station
St Helens power station supplied electricity to the Borough of St Helens and the surrounding area from 1896 to the late 1960s. The power station was developed by the St Helens Corporation which operated it up to the nationalisation of the British ...
References
Tram transport in England
History of St Helens, Merseyside
Transport in St Helens, Merseyside
Historic transport in Merseyside
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