Stockport Corporation Tramways (original) (raw)
Stockport Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Stockport, England, between 1901 and 1951. It was preceded by a horse tramway from Levenshulme to Stockport, which opened in 1880, and was ultimately run by the Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company. A second independent horse tramway opened in 1890, running to Hazel Grove. In 1899 the Corporation bought the first line, electrified it, and leased it back to the operating company. Their powers to buy the Stockport and Hazel Grove Tramway, authorised by the same Act of Parliament, were not exercised until 1905.
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| dbo:abstract | Stockport Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Stockport, England, between 1901 and 1951. It was preceded by a horse tramway from Levenshulme to Stockport, which opened in 1880, and was ultimately run by the Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company. A second independent horse tramway opened in 1890, running to Hazel Grove. In 1899 the Corporation bought the first line, electrified it, and leased it back to the operating company. Their powers to buy the Stockport and Hazel Grove Tramway, authorised by the same Act of Parliament, were not exercised until 1905. A second Act obtained in 1900 allowed them to build and operate their own lines, and a network developed fairly quickly. The system was connected to two neighbouring systems, with through running onto the Oldham, Ashton and Hyde Tramway from 1 January 1903, and onto the Manchester Corporation Tramways network from 1908. The fleet of tramcars steadily increased, with the Corporation owning a total of 87 double deck electric tramcars through the life of the system. A small section of the network was closed in 1931, but the rest survived the Second World War, and was progressively closed in 1950 and 1951. The Corporation also ran a small trolleybus line, using three vehicles which collected current from the overhead lines using the German Lloyd-Kohler system, the only use of this system in Britain. The route opened in 1913, but the onset of the First World War made obtaining spare parts from Germany impossible, and it ran intermittently, due to maintenance problems. It was replaced by motor buses in 1920. Through running allowed long journeys to be made by tram, with the route from Hazel Grove to Seaforth Sands near Liverpool being 51.5 miles (82.9 km). One lady is known to have travelled between Liverpool and Stockport for pleasure on several occasions, although it took almost a whole day to reach her destination. At least one tram was sold off after withdrawal, and the lower saloon of tramcar number 5 was recovered from a field, where it had been used as a hen house, in 1971. It has been restored by the Stockport 5 Tramway Trust, and now runs on the Heaton Park Tramway, a tramway museum in Heaton Park, Manchester. (en) |
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| dbp:caption | Stockport tram No.5, dating from 1901, is preserved at the Heaton Park Tramway. (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Stockport Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Stockport, England, between 1901 and 1951. It was preceded by a horse tramway from Levenshulme to Stockport, which opened in 1880, and was ultimately run by the Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company. A second independent horse tramway opened in 1890, running to Hazel Grove. In 1899 the Corporation bought the first line, electrified it, and leased it back to the operating company. Their powers to buy the Stockport and Hazel Grove Tramway, authorised by the same Act of Parliament, were not exercised until 1905. (en) |
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