Burton upon Trent Corporation Tramways was a tramway service in
Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a market town in the borough of East Staffordshire in the county of Staffordshire, England, close to the border with Derbyshire. In 2011, it had a population of 72,299. The ...
between 1903 and 1929.
[Klapper, C. (1961) ''The Golden Age of Tramways''. Published by Taylor and Francis.]
The tramway opened on 3 August 1903. In 1906 the
Burton and Ashby Light Railway was opened and its cars used the Burton Corporation tracks as far as the junction of Bearwood Hill Road and High Bank Road where they moved onto their own tracks.
The system comprised four routes going out from Station Street to Horninglow, Branston Road, Stapenhill, and Winshill.
The depot was in Horninglow Road.
The initial 20 tramcars were built by the
Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Works of Preston. A further four cars were obtained in 1919.
The system was closed on 31 December 1929.
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