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#efefef">Infrastructure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge" title="Track gauge">Track gauge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">4 ft</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,219 mm</span>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Propulsion system(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Steam</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Network_length_(transport)#Route_length" title="Network length (transport)">Route length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">5.75 miles (9.25 km)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>North Staffordshire Tramways</b> operated a steam tramway service from 1881 to 1898 in the <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Potteries" title="Staffordshire Potteries">Staffordshire Potteries</a> area. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Staffordshire_Tramways_Company&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The North Staffordshire Tramways Company Limited was formed on 4 December 1878.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDibdin195938_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDibdin195938-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Stoke-on-Trent, Fenton, Longton and District Tramways Order</i> of 1879 was sanctioned by the Tramways Order Confirmation Act of 11 August 1879 to build four routes of tramway. The company acquired the assets of the <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Potteries_Street_Railway_Company" title="Staffordshire Potteries Street Railway Company">Staffordshire Potteries Street Railway Company</a> on 2 March 1880 and continued to operate it between <a href="/wiki/Hanley" title="Hanley">Hanley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Burslem" title="Burslem">Burslem</a> until it rebuilt it in 1882. </p><p>The North Staffordshire Tramways Order of 1880 sanctioned the building of five additional routes. Both acts of parliament sanctioned the use of steam engines, and this was the company's selected method of motive power. </p><p>The first routes to be constructed ran from Stoke centre to Longton Market Place via Fenton, with branches along Longton High Street and Trentham Road.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDibdin195938_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDibdin195938-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These were inspected by Major General <a href="/wiki/Charles_Scrope_Hutchinson" title="Charles Scrope Hutchinson">Charles Scrope Hutchinson</a> of the Board of Trade on 4 January 1881.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However some issues must have been found as it required a further inspection which happened on 22 April 1881.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company did not have authority under the Act of Parliament to operate steam engines on the branch lines and the approved Longton terminus of the Stoke route at Bank House was not even at the Market Place.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDibdin195938_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDibdin195938-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company was also in dispute with the <a href="/wiki/North_Staffordshire_Railway" title="North Staffordshire Railway">North Staffordshire Railway</a> Company in relation to the rebuilding of canal bridges in Hanley and Stoke. The tramway company had provided the girders, but an impasse was reached. It was only with the intervention of Major General <a href="/wiki/Charles_Scrope_Hutchinson" title="Charles Scrope Hutchinson">Charles Scrope Hutchinson</a> in August 1881 who found in favour of the tramway company that the deadlock was broken. </p><p>The line from Stoke to <a href="/wiki/Hanley" title="Hanley">Hanley</a> was inspected by Major-General Hutchinson of the Board of Trade on 19 December 1881 and opened for public service on 21 December 1881.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It closed a few days later for work required at Hanley, and opened again at the end of January 1882.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From Hanley to Burslem the change of gauge from <span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span>) <span class="nowrap">standard gauge</span> to <span class="nowrap">4 ft</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,219 mm</span>) meant that for a short while in 1882 the horse tram line ran at the side of the road whilst the steam tram line was in the middle of the road waiting for Board of Trade sanction. Horse drawn tramcars were replaced by steam around June 1882.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDibdin195945_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDibdin195945-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company obtained a number of steam engines by Merryweather and also Manning Wardle. However, these proved to heavy for the rails, weighing in around 13 to 15 tons each. They were also costly to operate at around 14d per mile, with a daily working of 67½ miles per engine. At the company's annual meeting for the 31 December 1882, the shareholders agreed to obtain 15 Wilkinson type engines which weighed in at 8 tons with an operating cost of 8d per mile. </p><p>By 1892 the company was running over 5¾ route miles comprising one main route from Longton-Fenton-Stoke-Hanley-Burslem with a one-mile cross-town route in Stoke.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDibdin195951_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDibdin195951-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fleet">Fleet</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Staffordshire_Tramways_Company&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Fleet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original list of locomotives is recorded by H.A. Whitcombe.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDibdin195947_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDibdin195947-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:50px">No </th> <th style="width:50px">Date </th> <th style="width:300px">Manufacturer </th> <th style="width:200px">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1-2 </td> <td>1880 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manning_Wardle" title="Manning Wardle">Manning, Wardle and Co, Leeds</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-4 </td> <td>1881 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Merryweather_%26_Sons" title="Merryweather & Sons">Merryweather & Sons</a>, London </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>1881 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beyer,_Peacock_and_Company" title="Beyer, Peacock and Company">Beyer, Peacock and Company</a>, Manchester </td> <td>Combined steam car </td></tr> <tr> <td>6-9 </td> <td>1881 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manning_Wardle" title="Manning Wardle">Manning, Wardle and Co, Leeds</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10-11 </td> <td>1882 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Merryweather_%26_Sons" title="Merryweather & Sons">Merryweather & Sons</a>, London </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12-13 </td> <td>1882 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manning_Wardle" title="Manning Wardle">Manning, Wardle and Co, Leeds</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Closure">Closure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Staffordshire_Tramways_Company&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Closure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1895 the licence to operate steam engines expired, and the Board of Trade inspection recommended conversion to another method of propulsion. The <a href="/wiki/Potteries_Electric_Traction_Company" title="Potteries Electric Traction Company">Potteries Electric Traction Company</a> was formed by <a href="/wiki/British_Electric_Traction" title="British Electric Traction">British Electric Traction</a> to take over the assets of the North Staffordshire Tramways Company. 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style="width:1%">East</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Street_Tramways" title="Cambridge Street Tramways">Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colchester_Corporation_Tramways" title="Colchester Corporation Tramways">Colchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Yarmouth_Corporation_Tramways" title="Great Yarmouth Corporation Tramways">Great Yarmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Corporation_Tramways" title="Ipswich Corporation Tramways">Ipswich Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Tramway" title="Ipswich Tramway">Ipswich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowestoft_Corporation_Tramways" title="Lowestoft Corporation Tramways">Lowestoft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Corporation_Tramways" title="Luton Corporation Tramways">Luton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwich_Electric_Tramways" title="Norwich Electric Tramways">Norwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_Tramways" title="Peterborough Tramways">Peterborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southend-on-Sea_Corporation_Tramways" class="mw-redirect" title="Southend-on-Sea Corporation Tramways">Southend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisbech_and_Upwell_Tramway" title="Wisbech and Upwell Tramway">Wisbech & Upwell</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">East Midlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alford_and_Sutton_Tramway" title="Alford and Sutton Tramway">Alford & Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_tramway" title="Chesterfield tramway">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby_Corporation_Tramways" title="Derby Corporation Tramways">Derby Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby_Tramways_Company" title="Derby Tramways Company">Derby Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glossop_Tramway" title="Glossop Tramway">Glossop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilkeston_Corporation_Tramways" title="Ilkeston Corporation Tramways">Ilkeston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Tramways_Company" title="Lincoln Tramways Company">Lincoln Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Corporation_Tramways" title="Lincoln Corporation Tramways">Lincoln Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Tramways_Company" title="Leicester Tramways Company">Leicester Tramways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Corporation_Tramways" title="Leicester Corporation Tramways">Leicester Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansfield_and_District_Light_Railways" title="Mansfield and District Light Railways">Mansfield & District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matlock_Cable_Tramway" title="Matlock Cable Tramway">Matlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Corporation_Tramways" title="Northampton Corporation Tramways">Northampton Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Street_Tramways" title="Northampton Street Tramways">Northampton Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Corporation_Tramways" title="Nottingham Corporation Tramways">Nottingham Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_%26_District_Tramways_Company" title="Nottingham & District Tramways Company">Nottingham & District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottinghamshire_and_Derbyshire_Tramways_Company" title="Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Company">Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">London</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barking_Town_Urban_District_Council_Light_Railways" title="Barking Town Urban District Council Light Railways">Barking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_Corporation_Tramways" title="Croydon Corporation Tramways">Croydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsway_tramway_subway" title="Kingsway tramway subway">Kingsway</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trams_in_London" title="Trams in London">London</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Ham_Corporation_Tramways" title="East Ham Corporation Tramways">East Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erith_Urban_District_Council_Tramways" title="Erith Urban District Council Tramways">Erith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilford_Urban_District_Council_Tramways" title="Ilford Urban District Council Tramways">Ilford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyton_Urban_District_Council_Tramways" title="Leyton Urban District Council Tramways">Leyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_County_Council_Tramways" title="London County Council Tramways">London County Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_United_Tramways" title="London United Tramways">London United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walthamstow_Urban_District_Council_Light_Railways" title="Walthamstow Urban District Council Light Railways">Walthamstow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_Corporation_Tramways" title="West Ham Corporation Tramways">West Ham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North East</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darlington_Corporation_Light_Railways" title="Darlington Corporation Light Railways">Darlington Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlington_Street_Railroad_Company" title="Darlington Street Railroad Company">Darlington Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gateshead_and_District_Tramways_Company" title="Gateshead and District Tramways Company">Gateshead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_Electric_Tramways" title="Hartlepool Electric Tramways">Hartlepool Electric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartlepools_Steam_Tramways_Company" title="Hartlepools Steam Tramways Company">Hartlepools Steam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarrow_and_District_Electric_Tramway" title="Jarrow and District Electric Tramway">Jarrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_and_Stockton_Tramways_Company" title="Middlesbrough and Stockton Tramways Company">Middlesbrough & Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_Corporation_Tramways" title="Middlesbrough Corporation Tramways">Middlesbrough Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough,_Stockton_and_Thornaby_Electric_Tramways_Company" title="Middlesbrough, Stockton and Thornaby Electric Tramways Company">Middlesbrough, Stockton & Thornaby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Corporation_Tramways" title="Newcastle Corporation Tramways">Newcastle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Shields_Corporation_Tramways" title="South Shields Corporation Tramways">South Shields Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Shields_Tramways" title="South Shields Tramways">South Shields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockton_and_Darlington_Steam_Tramway_Company" title="Stockton and Darlington Steam Tramway Company">Stockton & Darlington Steam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockton_and_District_Tramways_Company" title="Stockton and District Tramways Company">Stockton & District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_Tramways_Company" title="Sunderland Tramways Company">Sunderland Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_Corporation_Tramways" title="Sunderland Corporation Tramways">Sunderland Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_District_Electric_Tramways" title="Sunderland District Electric Tramways">Sunderland District Electric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tynemouth_and_District_Tramways" title="Tynemouth and District Tramways">Tynemouth & District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tynemouth_and_District_Electric_Traction_Company" title="Tynemouth and District Electric Traction Company">Tynemouth & District Electric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyneside_Tramways_and_Tramroads_Company" title="Tyneside Tramways and Tramroads Company">Tyneside</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accrington_Corporation_Tramways" title="Accrington Corporation Tramways">Accrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accrington_Corporation_Steam_Tramways_Company" title="Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company">Accrington Steam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrow-in-Furness_Tramways_Company" title="Barrow-in-Furness Tramways Company">Barrow-in-Furness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birkenhead_Corporation_Tramways" title="Birkenhead Corporation Tramways">Birkenhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_and_Over_Darwen_Tramways_Company" title="Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramways Company">Blackburn & Over Darwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Corporation_Tramways" title="Blackburn Corporation Tramways">Blackburn Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_and_Fleetwood_Tramroad" title="Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad">Blackpool & Fleetwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Electric_Tramway_Company" title="Blackpool Electric Tramway Company">Blackpool Electric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_tramway" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackpool tramway">Blackpool Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Corporation_Tramways" title="Bolton Corporation Tramways">Bolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnley_Corporation_Tramways" title="Burnley Corporation Tramways">Burnley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bury_Corporation_Tramways" title="Bury Corporation Tramways">Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Carlisle_Electric_Tramways" title="City of Carlisle Electric Tramways">Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Corporation_Tramways" title="Chester Corporation Tramways">Chester Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Tramways_Company" title="Chester Tramways Company">Chester Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colne_and_Trawden_Light_Railway_Company" title="Colne and Trawden Light Railway Company">Colne & Trawden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darwen_Corporation_Tramways" title="Darwen Corporation Tramways">Darwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heaton_Park#Heaton_Park_Tramway" title="Heaton Park">Heaton Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_Corporation_Tramways" title="Lancaster Corporation Tramways">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Corporation_Tramways" title="Liverpool Corporation Tramways">Liverpool Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Tramways_Company" title="Liverpool Tramways Company">Liverpool Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lytham_St._Annes_Corporation_Tramways" class="mw-redirect" title="Lytham St. Annes Corporation Tramways">Lytham St Annes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Corporation_Tramways" title="Manchester Corporation Tramways">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morecambe_Tramways" title="Morecambe Tramways">Morecambe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_Corporation_Tramways" title="Nelson Corporation Tramways">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Swan_Tramway" title="Old Swan Tramway">Old Swan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_Corporation_Tramways" title="Preston Corporation Tramways">Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rawtenstall_Corporation_Tramways" title="Rawtenstall Corporation Tramways">Rawtenstall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochdale_Corporation_Tramways" title="Rochdale Corporation Tramways">Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Lancashire_Tramways" title="South Lancashire Tramways">South Lancashire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southport_Corporation_Tramways" title="Southport Corporation Tramways">Southport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Helens_Corporation_Tramways" title="St Helens Corporation Tramways">St Helens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockport_Corporation_Tramways" title="Stockport Corporation Tramways">Stockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SHMD_Joint_Board" title="SHMD Joint Board">Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley & Dukinfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallasey_Corporation_Tramways" title="Wallasey Corporation Tramways">Wallasey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrington_Corporation_Tramways" title="Warrington Corporation Tramways">Warrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Corporation_Tramways" title="Wigan Corporation Tramways">Wigan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South East</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_Corporation_Tramways" title="Brighton Corporation Tramways">Brighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_and_Shoreham_Tramways" title="Brighton and Shoreham Tramways">Brighton & Shoreham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brill_Tramway" title="Brill Tramway">Brill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham_and_District_Light_Railways_Company" title="Chatham and District Light Railways Company">Chatham & District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover_Corporation_Tramways" title="Dover Corporation Tramways">Dover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folkestone,_Hythe_and_Sandgate_Tramways" title="Folkestone, Hythe and Sandgate Tramways">Folkestone, Hythe & Sandgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravesend_and_Northfleet_Electric_Tramways" title="Gravesend and Northfleet Electric Tramways">Gravesend & Northfleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravesend,_Rosherville_and_Northfleet_Tramways" title="Gravesend, Rosherville and Northfleet Tramways">Gravesend, Rosherville & Northfleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_and_District_Electric_Tramways" title="Hastings and District Electric Tramways">Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Thanet_Electric_Tramways_and_Lighting_Company" title="Isle of Thanet Electric Tramways and Lighting Company">Isle of Thanet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maidstone_Corporation_Tramways" title="Maidstone Corporation Tramways">Maidstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Oxford_Tramways_Company" title="City of Oxford Tramways Company">Oxford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsdown_and_Horndean_Light_Railway" title="Portsdown and Horndean Light Railway">Portsdown & Horndean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Corporation_Transport" title="Portsmouth Corporation Transport">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading_Corporation_Tramways" title="Reading Corporation Tramways">Reading Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading_Tramways_Company" title="Reading Tramways Company">Reading Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryde_Pier_Tramway" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryde Pier Tramway">Ryde Pier Tramway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheerness_and_District_Tramways" title="Sheerness and District Tramways">Sheerness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_Corporation_Tramways" title="Southampton Corporation Tramways">Southampton Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_Tramways_Company" title="Southampton Tramways Company">Southampton Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wantage_Tramway" title="Wantage Tramway">Wantage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverton_and_Stony_Stratford_Tramway" title="Wolverton and Stony Stratford Tramway">Wolverton & Stony Stratford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bath_Tramways" title="Bath Tramways">Bath Tramways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_Corporation_Tramways" title="Bournemouth Corporation Tramways">Bournemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Tramways" title="Bristol Tramways">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camborne_and_Redruth_Tramways" title="Camborne and Redruth Tramways">Camborne & Redruth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_and_District_Light_Railway" title="Cheltenham and District Light Railway">Cheltenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devonport_and_District_Tramways" class="mw-redirect" title="Devonport and District Tramways">Devonport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_Corporation_Tramways" class="mw-redirect" title="Exeter Corporation Tramways">Exeter Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_Tramway_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Exeter Tramway Company">Exeter Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester_Corporation_Tramways" title="Gloucester Corporation Tramways">Gloucester Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester_Tramways_Company" title="Gloucester Tramways Company">Gloucester Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Corporation_Tramways" class="mw-redirect" title="Plymouth Corporation Tramways">Plymouth Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_Devonport_and_District_Tramways" class="mw-redirect" title="Plymouth, Devonport and District Tramways">Plymouth, Devonport & District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_Stonehouse_and_Devonport_Tramways" class="mw-redirect" title="Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport Tramways">Plymouth, Stonehouse & Devonport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poole_and_District_Electric_Tramways" title="Poole and District Electric Tramways">Poole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaton_Tramway" title="Seaton Tramway">Seaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Corporation_Tramways" title="Swindon Corporation Tramways">Swindon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taunton_Tramway" title="Taunton Tramway">Taunton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torquay_Tramways" title="Torquay Tramways">Torquay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weston-super-Mare_Tramways" title="Weston-super-Mare Tramways">Weston-super-Mare</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">West Midlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Birmingham_Tramways_Company_Ltd" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Birmingham Tramways Company Ltd">Birmingham City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_and_Aston_Tramways_Company" title="Birmingham and Aston Tramways Company">Birmingham & Aston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Corporation_Tramways" title="Birmingham Corporation Tramways">Birmingham Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_upon_Trent_Corporation_Tramways" title="Burton upon Trent Corporation Tramways">Burton-upon-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_and_Ashby_Light_Railway" title="Burton and Ashby Light Railway">Burton & Ashby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_Corporation_Tramways" title="Coventry Corporation Tramways">Coventry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_and_Stourbridge_Steam_Tramways_Company" title="Dudley and Stourbridge Steam Tramways Company">Dudley & Stourbridge Steam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley,_Stourbridge_and_District_Electric_Traction_Company" title="Dudley, Stourbridge and District Electric Traction Company">Dudley, Stourbridge & District Electric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley,_Sedgley_and_Wolverhampton_Tramways_Company" title="Dudley, Sedgley and Wolverhampton Tramways Company">Dudley, Sedgley and Wolverhampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_and_Stourport_Electric_Tramway_Company" title="Kidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway Company">Kidderminster & Stourport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinver_Light_Railway" title="Kinver Light Railway">Kinver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leamington_%26_Warwick_Tramways_%26_Omnibus_Company" title="Leamington & Warwick Tramways & Omnibus Company">Leamington & Warwick</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">North Staffordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potteries_Electric_Traction_Company" title="Potteries Electric Traction Company">Potteries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Staffordshire_and_Birmingham_District_Steam_Tramways_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="South Staffordshire and Birmingham District Steam Tramways Company">South Staffordshire & Birmingham District Steam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Staffordshire_Tramways_Company" title="South Staffordshire Tramways Company">South Staffordshire Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Potteries_Street_Railway_Company" title="Staffordshire Potteries Street Railway Company">Staffordshire Potteries Street Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walsall_Corporation_Tramways" title="Walsall Corporation Tramways">Walsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_District_Electric_Tramways_Company" title="Wolverhampton District Electric Tramways Company">Wolverhampton District Electric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Corporation_Tramways" title="Wolverhampton Corporation Tramways">Wolverhampton Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Tramways_Company" title="Wolverhampton Tramways Company">Wolverhampton Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester_Electric_Traction_Company" title="Worcester Electric Traction Company">Worcester Electric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester_Tramways_Company" title="Worcester Tramways Company">Worcester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Yorkshire and<br />the Humber</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barnsley_and_District_Tramway" title="Barnsley and District Tramway">Barnsley & District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_Corporation_Tramways" title="Bradford Corporation Tramways">Bradford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dearne_District_Light_Railway" title="Dearne District Light Railway">Dearne District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Tramway" title="Doncaster Tramway">Doncaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimsby_and_Immingham_Electric_Railway" title="Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway">Grimsby & Immingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Grimsby_Street_Tramways" title="Great Grimsby Street Tramways">Grimsby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halifax_Corporation_Tramways" title="Halifax Corporation Tramways">Halifax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Corporation_Tramways" title="Huddersfield Corporation Tramways">Huddersfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Kingston_upon_Hull" title="Trams in Kingston upon Hull">Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keighley_Tramways" title="Keighley Tramways">Keighley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_Tramways_Company" title="Leeds Tramways Company">Leeds Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_Tramway" class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds Tramway">Leeds Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexborough_and_Swinton_Tramway" title="Mexborough and Swinton Tramway">Mexborough & Swinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_Tramway" title="Rotherham Tramway">Rotherham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scarborough_funiculars" title="Scarborough funiculars">Scarborough funiculars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scarborough_Tramways_Company" title="Scarborough Tramways Company">Scarborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Tramway" title="Sheffield Tramway">Sheffield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_(West_Riding)_Electric_Tramways#Wakefield_and_District_Light_Railway" title="Yorkshire (West Riding) Electric Tramways">Wakefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_Corporation_Tramways" title="York Corporation Tramways">York Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_Tramways_Company" title="York Tramways Company">York Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_(Woollen_District)_Electric_Tramways" title="Yorkshire (Woollen District) Electric Tramways">Yorkshire (Woollen District)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_(West_Riding)_Electric_Tramways" title="Yorkshire (West Riding) Electric Tramways">Yorkshire (West Riding)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_town_tramway_systems_in_the_United_Kingdom#Wales" title="List of town tramway systems in the United Kingdom">Wales</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberdare_Urban_District_Council_Tramways" title="Aberdare Urban District Council Tramways">Aberdare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barmouth_Junction_and_Arthog_Tramway" title="Barmouth Junction and Arthog Tramway">Barmouth Junction & Arthog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Corporation_Tramways" title="Cardiff Corporation Tramways">Cardiff Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Tramways_Company" title="Cardiff Tramways Company">Cardiff Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_District_and_Penarth_Harbour_Tramways" title="Cardiff District and Penarth Harbour Tramways">Cardiff District and Penarth Harbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairbourne_Railway" title="Fairbourne Railway">Fairbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glyn_Valley_Tramway" title="Glyn Valley Tramway">Glyn Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Orme_Tramway" title="Great Orme Tramway">Great Orme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlech_Tramway" title="Harlech Tramway">Harlech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llandudno_and_Colwyn_Bay_Electric_Railway" title="Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway">Llandudno & Colwyn Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llanelly_Tramways" title="Llanelly Tramways">Llanelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llanelly_and_District_Electric_Tramways" title="Llanelly and District Electric Tramways">Llanelly and District Electric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Tydfil_Electric_Tramways" title="Merthyr Tydfil Electric Tramways">Merthyr Tydfil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neath_and_District_Tramways_Company" title="Neath and District Tramways Company">Neath & District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neath_Corporation_Tramways" title="Neath Corporation Tramways">Neath Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Newport_Tramways_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Newport Tramways Company (page does not exist)">Newport Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_Corporation_Tramways" title="Newport Corporation Tramways">Newport Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oystermouth_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Oystermouth Railway">Oystermouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_and_Rhondda_Valley_Tramway" title="Pontypridd and Rhondda Valley Tramway">Pontypridd and Rhondda Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_Urban_District_Council_Tramways" title="Pontypridd Urban District Council Tramways">Pontypridd Urban District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pwllheli_and_Llanbedrog_Tramway" title="Pwllheli and Llanbedrog Tramway">Pwllheli & Llanbedrog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pwllheli_Corporation_Tramways" title="Pwllheli Corporation Tramways">Pwllheli Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhondda_Tramways_Company" title="Rhondda Tramways Company">Rhondda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_and_Mumbles_Railway" title="Swansea and Mumbles Railway">Swansea & Mumbles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_Improvements_and_Tramway_Company" title="Swansea Improvements and Tramway Company">Swansea Improvements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_Constitution_Hill_Incline_Tramway" title="Swansea Constitution Hill Incline Tramway">Swansea Constitution Hill Incline</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wrexham_District_Tramways&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wrexham District Tramways (page does not exist)">Wrexham District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrexham_and_District_Electric_Tramways" title="Wrexham and District Electric Tramways">Wrexham & District Electric</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_town_tramway_systems_in_the_United_Kingdom#Scotland" title="List of town tramway systems in the United Kingdom">Scotland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_District_Tramways" title="Aberdeen District Tramways">Aberdeen District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Corporation_Tramways" title="Aberdeen Corporation Tramways">Aberdeen Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Suburban_Tramways" title="Aberdeen Suburban Tramways">Aberdeen Suburban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_and_Coatbridge_Tramways" title="Airdrie and Coatbridge Tramways">Airdrie & Coatbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayr_Corporation_Tramways" title="Ayr Corporation Tramways">Ayr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carstairs_House_Tramway" title="Carstairs House Tramway">Carstairs House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruden_Bay_Hotel_Tramway" title="Cruden Bay Hotel Tramway">Cruden Bay Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumbarton_Burgh_and_County_Tramways" title="Dumbarton Burgh and County Tramways">Dumbarton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_and_District_Tramways" title="Dundee and District Tramways">Dundee & District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_Corporation_Tramways" title="Dundee Corporation Tramways">Dundee Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee,_Broughty_Ferry_and_District_Tramways" title="Dundee, Broughty Ferry and District Tramways">Dundee, Broughty Ferry & District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_and_District_Tramways" title="Dunfermline and District Tramways">Dunfermline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Street_Tramways" title="Edinburgh Street Tramways">Edinburgh Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_and_District_Tramways" title="Edinburgh and District Tramways">Edinburgh & District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Northern_Tramways" title="Edinburgh Northern Tramways">Edinburgh Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Corporation_Tramways" title="Edinburgh Corporation Tramways">Edinburgh Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falkirk_and_District_Tramways" title="Falkirk and District Tramways">Falkirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Tramway_and_Omnibus_Company" title="Glasgow Tramway and Omnibus Company">Glasgow Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Corporation_Tramways" title="Glasgow Corporation Tramways">Glasgow Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_and_Ibrox_Tramway" title="Glasgow and Ibrox Tramway">Glasgow & Ibrox</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenock_and_Port_Glasgow_Tramways&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greenock and Port Glasgow Tramways (page does not exist)">Greenock & Port Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inchture_Tramway" title="Inchture Tramway">Inchture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock_Corporation_Tramways" title="Kilmarnock Corporation Tramways">Kilmarnock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirkcaldy_Corporation_Tramways" title="Kirkcaldy Corporation Tramways">Kirkcaldy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanarkshire_Tramways" title="Lanarkshire Tramways">Lanarkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leith_Corporation_Tramways" title="Leith Corporation Tramways">Leith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musselburgh_and_District_Electric_Light_and_Traction_Company" title="Musselburgh and District Electric Light and Traction Company">Musselburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_Tramways_Company" title="Paisley Tramways Company">Paisley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_District_Tramways_Company" title="Paisley District Tramways Company">Paisley District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth_and_District_Tramways" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth and District Tramways">Perth & District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth_Corporation_Tramways" title="Perth Corporation Tramways">Perth Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rothesay_and_Ettrick_Bay_Light_Railway" title="Rothesay and Ettrick Bay Light Railway">Rothesay & Ettrick Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stirling_and_Bridge_of_Allan_Tramways" title="Stirling and Bridge of Allan Tramways">Stirling & Bridge of Allan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vale_of_Clyde_Tramways&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vale of Clyde Tramways (page does not exist)">Vale of Clyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wemyss_and_District_Tramways_Company" title="Wemyss and District Tramways Company">Wemyss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Tramway_and_Transport_Society" title="Scottish Tramway and Transport Society">Scottish Tramway and Transport Society</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_town_tramway_systems_in_the_United_Kingdom#Northern_Ireland" title="List of town tramway systems in the United Kingdom">Northern Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Corporation_Tramways" title="Belfast Corporation Tramways">Belfast Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Street_Tramways" title="Belfast Street Tramways">Belfast Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bessbrook_and_Newry_Tramway" title="Bessbrook and Newry Tramway">Bessbrook & Newry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavehill_and_Whitewell_Tramway" title="Cavehill and Whitewell Tramway">Cavehill & Whitewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Derry_Tramways" title="City of Derry Tramways">City of Derry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castlederg_and_Victoria_Bridge_Tramway" title="Castlederg and Victoria Bridge Tramway">Castlederg & Victoria Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clogher_Valley_Railway" title="Clogher Valley Railway">Clogher Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giant%27s_Causeway_Tramway" title="Giant's Causeway Tramway">Giant's Causeway, Portrush & Bush Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenanne_Loughgilly_Tramway" title="Glenanne Loughgilly Tramway">Glenanne & Loughgilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portstewart_Tramway" title="Portstewart Tramway">Portstewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrenpoint_and_Rostrevor_Tramway" title="Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Tramway">Warrenpoint & Rostrevor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_town_tramway_systems_in_Europe#Isle_of_Man" title="List of town tramway systems in Europe">Isle of Man</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Bay_Horse_Tramway" title="Douglas Bay Horse Tramway">Douglas Bay Horse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Southern_Electric_Tramway" title="Douglas Southern Electric Tramway">Douglas Southern Electric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manx_Electric_Railway" title="Manx Electric Railway">Manx Electric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snaefell_Mountain_Railway" title="Snaefell Mountain Railway">Snaefell Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Douglas_Cable_Tramway" title="Upper Douglas Cable Tramway">Upper Douglas Cable</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manufacturers<br />and suppliers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Thompson-Houston" class="mw-redirect" title="British Thompson-Houston">British Thompson-Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brush_Electrical_Engineering_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Brush Electrical Engineering Company">Brush Electrical Engineering Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick,_Kerr_%26_Co." title="Dick, Kerr & Co.">Dick, Kerr & Co.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Railway_and_Tramway_Carriage_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="Electric Railway and Tramway Carriage Works">Electric Railway and Tramway Carriage Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Electric" title="English Electric">English Electric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Green_%26_Son" title="Thomas Green & Son">Thomas Green & Son</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurst_Nelson" title="Hurst Nelson">Hurst Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitson_and_Company" title="Kitson and Company">Kitson and Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_Carriage_and_Wagon_Works" title="Lancaster Carriage and Wagon Works">Lancaster Carriage and Wagon Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maley_%26_Taunton" title="Maley & Taunton">Maley & Taunton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manlove,_Alliott_%26_Co._Ltd." title="Manlove, Alliott & Co. Ltd.">Manlove, Alliott & Co. Ltd.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merryweather_%26_Sons" title="Merryweather & Sons">Merryweather & Sons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_Railway_Carriage_and_Wagon_Company" title="Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company">Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G.F._Milnes_%26_Co." title="G.F. Milnes & Co.">G.F. Milnes & Co.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milnes_Voss" class="mw-redirect" title="Milnes Voss">Milnes Voss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starbuck_Car_and_Wagon_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Starbuck Car and Wagon Company">Starbuck Car and Wagon Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Electric_Car_Company" title="United Electric Car Company">United Electric Car Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tram_engine#Builders" title="Tram engine">William Wilkinson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Group holding<br />companies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balfour_Beatty" title="Balfour Beatty">Balfour Beatty</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Birmingham_and_Midland_Tramways_Joint_Committee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Birmingham and Midland Tramways Joint Committee (page does not exist)">Birmingham and Midland Tramways Joint Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Electric_Traction" title="British Electric Traction">British Electric Traction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Thomson-Houston" title="British Thomson-Houston">British Thomson-Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Electric_Construction_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Electric Construction Company (page does not exist)">National Electric Construction Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_General_Traction_Company" title="New General Traction Company">New General Traction Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Tramways_Company" title="Imperial Tramways Company">Imperial Tramways Company</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patent_Cable_Tramways_Corporation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Patent Cable Tramways Corporation (page does not exist)">Patent Cable Tramways Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provincial_Tramways_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Provincial Tramways Company">Provincial Tramways Company</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Trade fairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>International Tramways and Light Railways Exhibition <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_International_Tramways_and_Light_Railways_Exhibition" title="First International Tramways and Light Railways Exhibition">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_International_Tramways_and_Light_Railways_Exhibition" title="Second International Tramways and Light Railways Exhibition">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_International_Electric_Tramway_and_Railway_Exhibition" title="Third International Electric Tramway and Railway Exhibition">Third</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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