Rotherham Tramway
| Rotherham Tramways | |
|---|---|
standard gauge | |
| Propulsion system(s) | Electric |
| Statistics | |
| Route length | 11.55 miles (18.59 km) |
The Rotherham Tramway was a tramway system serving the West Riding town of Rotherham. Service began on 31 January 1903 and ended on 13 November 1949.[1]
The network of six lines spread across the town and was linked to the tramway networks of
Rotherham tramways ran on six lines joining in the town's centre and serving Thrybergh, Silverwood Colliery and Broom Road to the East, Canklow and Sheffield to the South, Kimberworth to the West and Rawmarsh to the North.
The line to Sheffield was Rotherham's busiest as it served the main steel producing area of
An extension of the line to Broom Top to Maltby was opened for trolleybuses in 1912, this being the third trolleybus line in Great Britain. Trolleybuses were permitted to reach the town centre in 1924 along with trams. Tram routes to Rawmarsh Road, Broom Road, Kimberworth and Thrybergh were converted to trolleybuses in 1929 and 1931. The line to Canklow was converted to motorbuses in 1934.
Double-decker trolleybuses were built from the single-deck fleet from 1955. Twenty-three of these were sold in Spain with the last trolleybus running in 1965.
Trams returned to Rotherham in October 2018 when the
References
- ^ The golden age of tramways, Taylor & Francis
- ^ Tramway heyday. James Joyce, 1964
- ^ Rotherham tram-train to launch this month Metro Report International 4 October 2018