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A History of the County of Stafford
… one of the first towns in the country to have electric trams; the public service was opened at the beginning of … to Hednesford in Cannock. In 1928 buses began to replace trams, and the last tram ran in 1933, on the Bloxwich route. …
A History of the County of Essex
… Road. The line was completed to Victoria in 1969. Horse trams were operated in Lea Bridge Road in the 1880s by the … to Elephant and Castle. 10 In 1933 Walthamstow's trams and buses were taken over by the London Passenger … Transport board. 11 In 19367 trolley buses replaced trams, 12 and in their turn were replaced by diesel buses in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Tramways and Omnibus Co. Ltd. which restricted the trams to a service between Birmingham and Handsworth, thus … by Birmingham and Midland Tramways Ltd. in 1885. The steam trams on those two routes ceased to operate in 1893, and the … and a horsevehicle hire business. He introduced horse trams, and a line was built along Paradise Street to connect …
A History of the County of Essex
… made on the same line in 1881. 17 Battery-powered electric trams were used on regular services between Stratford and … from Stratford Broadway to West Ham Lane. In 193740 the trams were replaced by trolley buses, which remained in use … by 1906 and were rapidly extended. 19 In 1933 West Ham's trams and buses were taken over by the London Passenger …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Park station opened in 1908. Although competition from trams and buses caused a sharp decline in the number of … (electric) came into effect, transferring the Harrow Road trams to the Metropolitan Electric Tramways Co. (M.E.T.), … and on to Wembley in 1908. Under the same scheme electric trams were introduced in 1904 between Edgware and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the provision of transport, by rail as by buses and trams, that decided the success or failure of building … and Edgware Road was crowded with competing buses and trams. The population increased steadily. In 1871 Kilburn was …