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The Isle of Thanet Electric Tramways and Lighting Company operated a tramway service between
On 27 May 1905 car 47 failed to take a bend and came off the tracks into a grocer's shop in Bellevue Road, Ramsgate, seriously
injuring the driver, conductor and the grocer's 7-year-old daughter.
On 3 August 1905, car 41, during a routine descent of the precipitous, and adverse camber leading down Madeira Walk hill into Ramsgate harbour, suddenly careered out of control, jumping the tracks, causing it to crash straight through the railings, so that it then dropped over the cliff edge adjacent. Providentially, only a few passengers were travelling on car 41 that day, and they came out of the ordeal unscathed, but the driver, who was new to the job, sustained some injury.
Margate Museum Factsheet: The Isle of Thanet Tramway System 1901–1937
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Margate
Margate is a seaside town on the north coast of Kent in south-east England. The town is estimated to be 1.5 miles long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay and Westbrook.
The town has been a significan ...
and Ramsgate
Ramsgate is a seaside town in the district of Thanet in east Kent, England. It was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century. In 2001 it had a population of about 40,000. In 2011, according to the Census, there was a populati ...
between 1901 and 1937.
History
Services started on 4 April 1901 on a route which ran from Canterbury Road, Margate, viaCliftonville
Cliftonville is a coastal area of the town of Margate, situated to the east of the main town, in the Thanet district of Kent, South East England, United Kingdom. It also contains the area known as Palm Bay.
The original Palm Bay estate was ...
, High Street Broadstairs
Broadstairs is a coastal town on the Isle of Thanet in the Thanet district of east Kent, England, about east of London. It is part of the civil parish of Broadstairs and St Peter's, which includes St Peter's, and had a population in 2011 o ...
, Dumpton Park Drive, to a terminus at Ramsgate Town railway station.
The main depot for the tramway was located at (at the foot of Northdown Hill where it has a junction with Westover Road, Northdown Road and what is now Dane Valley Road).
Electric power was supplied by Thanet power station adjacent to the tram depot.
A smaller depot was located at at the terminus in Westbrook.
Fleet
The initial livery was maroon and cream. *1-40 St. Louis Car Company 1901. *41-50 G.F. Milnes & Co. 1901 *51-60 British Electric Car Company 1903Accidents
On 27 May 1905 car 47 failed to take a bend and came off the tracks into a grocer's shop in Bellevue Road, Ramsgate, seriously
injuring the driver, conductor and the grocer's 7-year-old daughter.
On 3 August 1905, car 41, during a routine descent of the precipitous, and adverse camber leading down Madeira Walk hill into Ramsgate harbour, suddenly careered out of control, jumping the tracks, causing it to crash straight through the railings, so that it then dropped over the cliff edge adjacent. Providentially, only a few passengers were travelling on car 41 that day, and they came out of the ordeal unscathed, but the driver, who was new to the job, sustained some injury.
Closure
The tramway service closed on 27 March 1937 but the company continued to supply electrical power to the district for domestic and commercial consumption.References
External links
Margate Museum Factsheet: The Isle of Thanet Tramway System 1901–1937
{{Historic UK Trams Tram transport in England Margate Ramsgate 3 ft 6 in gauge railways in England