Sheerness and District Tramways explained

Sheerness and District Tramways
Locale:	Sheerness
Open:	9 April 1903
Close:	7 July 1917
Status:	Closed
Propulsion System:	Electric

The Sheerness and District Tramways operated a tramway service in Sheerness between 1903 and 1917.^[1]

History

The system opened on 9 April 1903 with a depot located at near Sheerness East railway station. There were 12 tramcars obtained from Brush Electrical Engineering Company of Loughborough.

In 1904, tramcars 9-12 were sold to the City of Birmingham Tramways Company Ltd.

Closure

This was the first electric tramway to close in Britain. There was a shortage of spares for its German-manufactured Siemens and Halske overhead equipment during the First World War.^[2]

Tramcars 1 to 8 were sold to Darlington Corporation Light Railways in 1917.

External links

• Sheerness and District Tramways at the British Tramway Company Badges and Buttons website.

Notes and References

1. The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
2. Web site: Chronology of Sheerness in the lifetime of the Sheerness Heritage Centre . SheernessHeritageCentre.com . 2007-04-29 .