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The company was taken over by North
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The company started services in 1883 with horse-drawn tramway services. The depot was in Suez Street, North
Shields.
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This company was taken over by the North
Shields and Tynemouth District Tramways in 1897.
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in 1897 and it was modernised and electrified and opened as the
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The Golden Age of
Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
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Historic tramways in the United
Kingdom and the Isle of Man
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International
Tramways and Light Railways Exhibition
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171:Tynemouth and District Electric Traction Company
1834:Birmingham and Midland Tramways Joint Committee
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1655:Giant's Causeway, Portrush & Bush Valley
1741:Electric Railway and Tramway Carriage Works
1054:Dudley, Stourbridge & District Electric
761:Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley & Dukinfield
1786:Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
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827:Gravesend, Rosherville & Northfleet
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1849:National Electric Construction Company
1602:Scottish Tramway and Transport Society
1099:Staffordshire Potteries Street Railway
525:Middlesbrough, Stockton & Thornaby
1477:Dundee, Broughty Ferry & District
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1731:Brush Electrical Engineering Company
1294:Cardiff District and Penarth Harbour
973:Plymouth, Stonehouse & Devonport
1766:Lancaster Carriage and Wagon Works
968:Plymouth, Devonport & District
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1864:Patent Cable Tramways Corporation
1399:Swansea Constitution Hill Incline
1059:Dudley, Sedgley and Wolverhampton
575:Tynemouth & District Electric
1645:Castlederg & Victoria Bridge
817:Folkestone, Hythe & Sandgate
396:Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire
1776:Manlove, Alliott & Co. Ltd.
1409:Wrexham & District Electric
1109:Wolverhampton District Electric
897:Wolverton & Stony Stratford
545:Stockton & Darlington Steam
119:Tynemouth and District Tramways
21:Tynemouth and District Tramways
1936:3 ft gauge railways in England
1801:Starbuck Car and Wagon Company
1587:Stirling & Bridge of Allan
1329:Llanelly and District Electric
1279:Barmouth Junction & Arthog
1049:Dudley & Stourbridge Steam
165:The company was taken over by
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1364:Pontypridd and Rhondda Valley
1064:Kidderminster & Stourport
1854:New General Traction Company
1247:Yorkshire (Woollen District)
565:Sunderland District Electric
515:Middlesbrough & Stockton
1869:Provincial Tramways Company
1806:United Electric Car Company
1670:Warrenpoint & Rostrevor
1527:Greenock & Port Glasgow
1094:South Staffordshire Company
616:Blackburn & Over Darwen
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1931:Transport in Tyne and Wear
1582:Rothesay & Ettrick Bay
1319:Llandudno & Colwyn Bay
822:Gravesend & Northfleet
1921:Tram transport in England
1859:Imperial Tramways Company
1839:British Electric Traction
1693:Douglas Southern Electric
1660:Glenanne & Loughgilly
1374:Pwllheli & Llanbedrog
1369:Pontypridd Urban District
1114:Wolverhampton Corporation
626:Blackpool & Fleetwood
535:South Shields Corporation
520:Middlesbrough Corporation
391:Nottingham & District
167:British Electric Traction
111:2.58 miles (4.15 km)
1726:British Thompson-Houston
1635:Cavehill & Whitewell
1492:Edinburgh & District
1442:Airdrie & Coatbridge
1207:Mexborough & Swinton
1074:Leamington & Warwick
852:Portsdown & Horndean
570:Tynemouth & District
366:Mansfield & District
135:tramway service between
1844:British Thomson-Houston
1781:Merryweather & Sons
1252:Yorkshire (West Riding)
1167:Grimsby & Immingham
1147:Barnsley & District
882:Southampton Corporation
797:Brighton & Shoreham
550:Stockton & District
376:Northampton Corporation
143:between 1883 and 1900.
1751:Thomas Green & Son
1217:Scarborough funiculars
1029:Birmingham Corporation
1024:Birmingham & Aston
953:Gloucester Corporation
928:Camborne & Redruth
807:Chatham & District
560:Sunderland Corporation
485:Darlington Corporation
386:Nottingham Corporation
1791:G.F. Milnes & Co.
1630:Bessbrook & Newry
1502:Edinburgh Corporation
1467:Dundee & District
1389:Swansea & Mumbles
1119:Wolverhampton Company
691:Liverpool Corporation
636:Blackpool Corporation
621:Blackburn Corporation
454:London County Council
361:Leicester Corporation
1736:Dick, Kerr & Co.
1572:Perth & District
1432:Aberdeen Corporation
1394:Swansea Improvements
1379:Pwllheli Corporation
1339:Neath & District
963:Plymouth Corporation
300:Wisbech & Upwell
93:Propulsion system(s)
1771:Maley & Taunton
1708:Upper Douglas Cable
1620:Belfast Corporation
1522:Glasgow & Ibrox
1517:Glasgow Corporation
1354:Newport Corporation
1284:Cardiff Corporation
1079:North Staffordshire
887:Southampton Company
862:Reading Corporation
671:Colne & Trawden
661:Chester Corporation
500:Hartlepool Electric
351:Lincoln Corporation
316:Alford & Sutton
265:Ipswich Corporation
1761:Kitson and Company
1497:Edinburgh Northern
1472:Dundee Corporation
1124:Worcester Electric
1039:Burton & Ashby
958:Gloucester Company
943:Exeter Corporation
631:Blackpool Electric
555:Sunderland Company
381:Northampton Street
356:Leicester Tramways
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1811:William Wilkinson
1703:Snaefell Mountain
1688:Douglas Bay Horse
1577:Perth Corporation
1437:Aberdeen Suburban
1427:Aberdeen District
1344:Neath Corporation
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1202:Leeds Corporation
1034:Burton-upon-Trent
1003:Weston-super-Mare
872:Ryde Pier Tramway
696:Liverpool Company
606:Barrow-in-Furness
505:Hartlepools Steam
490:Darlington Street
326:Derby Corporation
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1746:English Electric
1612:Northern Ireland
1567:Paisley District
1487:Edinburgh Street
1457:Cruden Bay Hotel
1404:Wrexham District
1237:York Corporation
741:South Lancashire
601:Accrington Steam
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1796:Milnes Voss
1680:Isle of Man
1665:Portstewart
1557:Musselburgh
1547:Lanarkshire
1482:Dunfermline
1359:Oystermouth
1304:Glyn Valley
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918:Bournemouth
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681:Heaton Park
464:Walthamstow
129:914 mm
121:operated a
86:914 mm
75:Track gauge
1915:Categories
1537:Kilmarnock
1309:Great Orme
1299:Fairbourne
1140:the Humber
933:Cheltenham
906:South West
857:Portsmouth
785:South East
771:Warrington
706:Manchester
611:Birkenhead
596:Accrington
589:North West
478:North East
255:Colchester
177:References
101:Statistics
1926:Tynemouth
1822:companies
1542:Kirkcaldy
1462:Dumbarton
1232:Wakefield
1227:Sheffield
1212:Rotherham
1162:Doncaster
1129:Worcester
1084:Potteries
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877:Sheerness
842:Maidstone
756:Stockport
751:St Helens
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711:Morecambe
686:Lancaster
530:Newcastle
495:Gateshead
275:Lowestoft
250:Cambridge
141:Tynemouth
124:3 ft
81:3 ft
39:Tynemouth
26:Operation
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1274:Aberdare
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1152:Bradford
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792:Brighton
766:Wallasey
736:Rochdale
721:Old Swan
656:Carlisle
580:Tyneside
469:West Ham
434:East Ham
422:Kingsway
341:Ilkeston
295:Southend
1562:Paisley
1507:Falkirk
1384:Rhondda
1314:Harlech
1177:Halifax
1172:Grimsby
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998:Torquay
993:Taunton
988:Swindon
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892:Wantage
726:Preston
646:Burnley
417:Croydon
412:Barking
371:Matlock
336:Glossop
285:Norwich
270:Ipswich
235:England
161:Closure
147:History
1893:Second
1597:Wemyss
1069:Kinver
983:Seaton
847:Oxford
716:Nelson
676:Darwen
641:Bolton
510:Jarrow
449:Leyton
444:Ilford
427:London
405:London
64:Closed
61:Status
31:Locale
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1888:First
1552:Leith
1266:Wales
978:Poole
812:Dover
802:Brill
776:Wigan
439:Erith
280:Luton
53:Close
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651:Bury
243:East
139:and
117:The
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48:1883
45:Open
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