The first electric street tramway in Britain,…

September 1885 CE

The first electric street tramway in Britain, the Blackpool Tramway, is opened on September 29, 1885 using conduit collection along Blackpool Promenade.

This is today the only first-generation operational tramway in the UK since the closure of the Glasgow Corporation Tramways in 1962.

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Blackpool Lancashire United Kingdom View →

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