Scotland
Location | Name of System | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen | Aberdeen District Tramways | Horse | 1874 | 1900 | |
Aberdeen Corporation Tramways | Electric | 23 December 1899 | 3 May 1958 | replaced by motor buses | |
Aberdeen - Bankhead and Aberdeen - Bieldside | Aberdeen Suburban Tramways | Electric | 23 June 1904 | 9 June 1927 | replaced by Aberdeen Corporation motor buses |
Ayr | Ayr Corporation Tramways | Electric | 26 September 1901 | 31 December 1931 | replaced by Western SMT motor buses |
Carstairs West | Carstairs House Tramway | Electric | 6 February 1886 | 1905 | first permanent electric railway in Scotland |
Horse | 1905 | 1935 | |||
Cruden Bay | Cruden Bay Hotel Tramway | Electric | 1899 | 31 October 1932 | Great North of Scotland Railway tramway linking Cruden Bay Hotel to railway station, replaced by a Rolls Royce car |
Dumbarton | Dumbarton Burgh and County Tramways | Electric | 20 February 1907 | 3 March 1928 | defunct, replaced by competitors' motor buses |
Dundee | Dundee and District Tramways | Horse | 30 August 1877 | 12 July 1900 | |
Steam | 1885 | 15 May 1902 | |||
Dundee Corporation Tramways | Electric | 13 July 1900 | 20 October 1956 | replaced by motor buses | |
Dundee - Broughty Ferry | Dundee, Broughty Ferry and District Tramways | Electric | 27 October 1905 | 16 May 1931 | replaced by Dundee Corporation motor buses |
Dunfermline | Dunfermline and District Tramways | Electric | 2 November 1909 | 15 July 1937 | replaced by Walter Alexander & Sons buses |
Edinburgh | Edinburgh Street Tramways | Horse | 6 November 1871 | 23 October 1904 | |
Steam | 23 April 1881 | 27 October 1882 | previous operations in 1876, 1877 and 1880. | ||
Edinburgh Northern Tramways | Cable | 28 January 1888 | 23 June 1923 | ||
Edinburgh Corporation Tramways | Electric | 8 June 1910 | 16 November 1956 | replaced by buses. For planned new tramway see Edinburgh Trams. | |
Leith | Leith Corporation Tramways | Horse | 16 November 1871 | 24 August 1907 | |
Electric | 18 May 1905 | 20 November 1920 | absorbed by Edinburgh Corporation Tramways 1920, last trams ran in Leith 11 March 1956. | ||
Musselburgh | Musselburgh and District Electric Light and Traction Company | Electric | 12 December 1904 | 15 February 1928 | absorbed by Edinburgh Corporation Tramways 1928, last trams ran in Musselburgh 1954 |
Falkirk | Falkirk and District Tramways | Electric | 21 October 1905 | 21 July 1936 | replaced by Walter Alexander & Sons motor buses |
Glasgow | Glasgow Tramway and Omnibus Company | Horse | 19 August 1872 | 1898 | |
Steam | 1877 | ? | |||
Glasgow Corporation Tramways | Electric | 13 October 1898 | 31 August 1962 | replaced by motor buses and trolleybuses . | |
Govan | Horse | 1873 | 1877 | ||
Steam | August 1877 | 1901 | |||
Electric | 10 August 1901 | 1912 | operated by Glasgow Corporation, Burgh of Govan amalgamated with Glasgow in 1912 | ||
Airdrie and Coatbridge | Airdrie and Coatbridge Tramways | Electric | 18 February 1904 | 31 December 1921. | absorbed by Glasgow Corporation Tramways 1921, last trams ran in Coatbridge 3 November 1956 |
Paisley | Paisley Tramways Company | Horse | 30 December 1885 | 21 November 1903 | |
Paisley District Tramways Company | Electric | 13 June 1904 | 1 August 1923 | absorbed by Glasgow Corporation Tramways 1923, last trams ran in Paisley 11 May 1957 | |
Greenock | Greenock & Port Glasgow Tramway Co. | Horse | 7 June 1873 | 1901 | |
Electric | 1901 | 15 July 1929 | replaced by motor buses | ||
Inchture | Inchture Village Tram | Horse | 1895 | 1916 | Caledonian Railway horse tramway linking village to railway station |
Kilmarnock | Kilmarnock Corporation Tramways | Electric | 10 December 1904 | 3 May 1926 | replaced by motor buses |
Kirkcaldy | Kirkcaldy Corporation Tramways | Electric | 28 February 1903 | 15 May 1931 | replaced by Walter Alexander & Sons motor buses |
Kirkcaldy to Leven | Wemyss and District Tramways Company | Electric | 25 August 1906 | 30 January 1932 | replaced by motor buses |
Motherwell and Hamilton area | Lanarkshire Tramways | Electric | 22 July 1903 | 14 February 1931 | replaced by motor buses |
Perth | Perth and District Tramways | Horse | 17 September 1895 | 7 October 1903 | |
Perth Corporation Tramways | Electric | 31 October 1905 | 19 January 1929 | replaced by Walter Alexander & Sons motor buses | |
Rothesay | Rothesay and Ettrick Bay Light Railway | Horse | 1881 | 1902 | |
Electric | 19 August 1902 | 30 September 1936 | replaced by motor buses | ||
Stirling | Stirling and Bridge of Allan Tramways | Horse | 27 July 1874 | 20 May 1920 | replaced by Scottish General Omnibus Co. motor buses |
Read more about this topic: List Of Town Tramway Systems In The United Kingdom
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