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Gravesend and Northfleet Electric Tramways

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Services started on 2 August 1902 with a route from Galley Hill, Swanscombe to Denton. In 1903 New tram routes opened from Pelham Road to Perry Street, Windmill Street to Old Road and a connection to the Leather Bottle, Northfleet.
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Gravesend and Northfleet Electric Tramways at the British Tramway Company Badges and Buttons website.
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were taken over by the Gravesend and Northfleet Electric Tramways, a subsidiary of
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The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
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South Staffordshire & Birmingham District Steam
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Gravesend, Kent
Northfleet
Track gauge
Route length
Gravesend, Kent
Northfleet
Gravesend, Rosherville and Northfleet Tramways
British Electric Traction
TQ 6351 7358
Taunton Tramway
Gravesend and Northfleet Electric Tramways at the British Tramway Company Badges and Buttons website.
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Historic tramways in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man
England
Cambridge
Colchester
Great Yarmouth
Ipswich Corporation
Ipswich
Lowestoft
Luton
Norwich
Peterborough
Southend
Wisbech & Upwell
Alford & Sutton
Chesterfield

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