TRAM İN BİRMİNGHAM

TRAM IN BiRMiNGHAM
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Birmingham Corporation Tramways
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Birmingham Corporation Tramways

Birmingham Corporation Tram in 1953, shortly before the service was scrapped.
Operation
Locale Birmingham
Open 4 January 1904
Close 4 July 1953
Status Closed
Infrastructure
Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Propulsion system(s) Electric
Statistics
Route length 80.5 miles (129.6 km)

Map of the tram routes in 1930

Remains of tram track in Edmund Street, Birmingham
Birmingham Corporation Tramways operated a network of tramways in Birmingham from 1904 until 1953. It was the largest narrow-gauge tramway network in the UK, built to a gauge of 3 ft 6 inches. It was the largest tramway network in the UK after London, Glasgow and Manchester.

There were a total of 843 trams (with a maximum of 825 in service at any one time), 20 depots, 45 main routes and a total route length of 80 1⁄2 miles (129.6 km).[1]

Birmingham Corporation built all the tramways and leased the track to various companies.

Birmingham was a pioneer in the development of reserved trackways which served the suburban areas as the city grew in the 1920s and 1930s.


Model of a BCT tram, at the National Tramway Museum
HistoryEdit

4 January 1904 – commence tramway at Aston Road North
1 January 1907 – took over some City of Birmingham Tramways Company Ltd routes, (CBTC was a British Electric Traction controlled company) - majority of the company's routes having been owned by Birmingham Corporation from their inception.
1 July 1911 – took over the former cable tramway to Handsworth[2]
1 January 1912 – took over lines owned by Erdington Urban District Council, but operated by Birmingham Corporation Tramways, which subsequently passed into the hands of Birmingham Corporation following expansion of the city's boundaries in 1911.
1 January 1912 – took over City of Birmingham Tramways Company Ltd - remainder of the company's routes, ownership of which had passed to Birmingham Corporation from the local councils of Aston Manor, Handsworth, and King's Norton & Northfield, following expansion of the city boundaries in 1911.
1 April 1924 – took over operation of West Bromwich Corporation-owned lines previously leased to the Birmingham and Midland Tramways Joint Committee South Staffordshire Tramways Company, a British Electric Traction subsidiary
1 April 1928 – took over Birmingham and Midland Tramways Joint Committee Birmingham and District Power and Traction Co Ltd - main line to Dudley.
18 October 18 October 1927 – name changed to Birmingham Corporation Tramway and Omnibus Department.
9 November 1937 – name changed to Birmingham City Transport.
RoutesEdit


Tram no 395 seen preserved at Thinktank, Birmingham
Route Description Abandoned Short workings
2 Steelhouse Lane to Erdington 4 June 1953 59 Steelhouse Lane to Gravelly Hill, 60 Steelhouse Lane to Aston Cross, 64 Steelhouse Lane to High Street, Erdington
3 Martineau Street to Witton via Six Ways 11 September 1939
3x Martineau Street to Witton via Aston Cross 31 December 1949
4 Station Street to Stoney Lane 5 January 1937
5 Lozells to Gravelly Hill 30 September 1950
6 Martineau Street to Perry Barr 21 December 1949
7 Martineau Street to Nechells
8 Martineau Street to Alum Rock 30 September 1950 61 Martineau Street via the Gate Inn, Saltley to Pelham Arms (Sladefield Road)
10 Martineau Street to Washwood Heath 30 September 1950 9 Martineau Street to Ward End Fox & Goose Pub, 62 inward working of route 10
15 High Street to South Yardley 2 October 1948 13 High Street to Small Heath Park, 56 High Street to Hay Mills
16 Station Street to South Yardley 6 January 1934 14 Station Street to Small Heath Park, 57 Station Street to Hay Mills
17 High Street to Stratford Road (College Road) 5 January 1937 19 High Street to Stratford Road (St. John's Street), 58 High Street to Stoney Lane/Stratford Road, 82 High Street to Stratford Road (Fox Hollies Road/Highfields Road)
18 Station Street to Stratford Road 5 January 1937 21 Station Street to Stratford Road (College Road)
20 Station Street to Stratford Road (St. John's Road)
22 Station Street to Bolton Road 4 February 1930
23 Colmore Row to Handsworth 1 April 1939 28 Colmore Row to New Inns, Crocketts Lane, Handsworth
24 Colmore Row to Lozells via Wheeler Street (clockwise 25) 1 April 1939
25 Colmore Row to Lozells via Wheeler Street (anticlockwise 24) 7 August 1933
26 Colmore Row to Oxhill Road 1 April 1939 27 Colmore Row to Stafford Road, Soho Road, Handsworth
29 City to Bearwood via Dudley Road 30 September 1939 30 Edmund Street to Windmill Lane, Cape Hill, Smethwick, 55 Edmund Street to Dudley Road/Grove Lane
31 Edmund Street to Soho 30 September 1939
32 Edmund Street to Lodge Road 29 March 1947
33 Navigation Street to Ladywood 30 August 1947
34 Navigation Street to Bearwood via Hagley Road 9 August 1930
36 City to Cotteridge 5 May 1952 46 Navigation Street to Stirchley
37 City to Cannon Hill Park 1 October 1949
39 City to Alcester Lanes End 1 October 1949 38 Hill Street to High Street/Vicarage Road, Kings Heath via Balsall Heath, 49 Navigation Street to Mary Street/Park Road, Balsall Heath, 52 Hill Street to Station Road, Kings Heath via Balsall Heath, 66 Hill Street to Moseley via Balsall Heath
42 City to Alcester Lanes End 1 October 1949 43 High Street to Station Road, Kings Heath via Moseley Road, 48 High Street to High Street/Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, 67 Dale End to Moseley via Bradford Street
44 Dale End/Albert Street to Acocks Green 5 January 1937 91 High Street to Warwick Road, Tyseley
45 Dale End/Albert Street to Sparkbrook 5 January 1937
50 High Street to Moseley Road depot 1 October 1949 41 Navigation Street to Moseley Road Depot
51 Hill Street to Alcester Lane End 1 October 1949 40 Hill Street to High Street/Vicarage Road, Kings Heath via Leopold Street, 65 Hill Street to Moseley via Leopold Street
53 Navigation Street to Dogpool Lane
63 Steelhouse Lane to Fort Dunlop 4 July 1953
68 Villa Road to Soho Road, Lozells, Gravelly Hill and Erdington (Sundays only) 1923
70 Navigation Street to Rednal 5 July 1952 35 Navigation Street to Selly Oak, 54 Navigation Street to Pebble Mill Road, 69 Navigation Street to Northfield, 72 Navigation Street to Longbridge
71 Navigation Street to Rubery 5 July 1952
74 City to Dudley 1 April 1939 74 Livery Street to Carters Green, West Bromwich, 76 Colmore Road to Great Bridge, 77 Colmore Row to Spon Lane/High Street, West Bromwich
75 City to Wednesbury 1 April 1939
78 Steelhouse Lane to Short Heath 4 July 1953 1 Steelhouse Lane to Stockland Green
79 Steelhouse Lane to Pype Hayes Park 4 July 1953 63 Steelhouse Lane to Holly Lane/Tyburn Road
81 Villa Road to Soho Road, Lozells to Pype Hayes (Sundays only) 1930
84 City to Stechford 2 October 1948 12 High Street to Bordesley Green (Blake Street) via Deritend and Coventry Road
87 City to Dudley 30 September 1939 85 Edmund Street to Spon Lane, West Bromwich via Smethwick, 86 Edmund Street to Oldbury via Smethwick, 88 Windmill Lane to Spon Lane, West Bromwich via Smethwick
90 City to Stechford 2 October 1948 11 High Street to Bordesley Green (Blake Lane) via Fazeley Street
Depots and Works
Tramcar fleet
Statistics
Surviving artifacts and infrastructureEdit

Tramcars
Vehicle 107 (1906) under restoration at Aston Manor Road Transport Museum
Vehicle 395 (1911) rescued by City of Birmingham Museums and Galleries. Restored in 1953 and presented to Birmingham Science Museum. Now preserved in Thinktank, Birmingham
Shelters

Tramway shelter from Birmingham preserved at the Crich Tramway Museum
One preserved at Crich Tramway Museum (53.089842°N 1.485869°W)
Depots
Moseley Road Depot - Grade II listed.[5] (52.4543°N 1.8857°W)
Selly Oak Depot, Harborne Lane - now Storage Units. (52.44189°N 1.94268°W)
Witton Depot (52.511651°N 1.885399°W)
Silver Street, Kings Heath - now International Stock (52.43345°N 1.89402°W)
Miller Street - First Corporation built depot (52.49274°N 1.89348°W)
Highgate Road. Closed to trams 1937. Used for buses until the 1950s. (52.45872°N 1.87418°W)
Steam Tram coke yard, 1899 - Stratford Road/ College Road junction.
Track

Remains of tram track, Rednal Terminus
Edmund Street, Birmingham City Centre (52.48054°N 1.90348°W)
Rednal Terminus (52.384012°N 2.002013°W)
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References
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