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York Tramways Company

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The York Tramways Company and its successor the City of York Tramways Company provided an horse-drawn tramway service in York between 1881 and 1909.[1]

City of York Tramways Company

Operation Locale Open Close Status York April 1881 27 February 1909 Closed Infrastructure 4 ft (1,219 mm) Horse Fulford Cross

History
The York Tramways Company was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1879. Construction started in July 1880 with a route to Fulford Village. The engineer was Joseph Kincaid.

Track gauge Propulsion system(s) Depot(s)

Statistics Initially the company hoped to operate a steam 3.1 miles (5.0 km) Route length tramway and Major General Charles Scrope Hutchinson from the Board of Trade approved the use of steam power. However, the steam experiment must have been unsuccessful as the company eventually gave up and maintained the service with horse cars.

Three routes were constructed from the city centre to Fulford Village, York railway station and Knavesmire. A new company, the City of York Tramways Company was formed in 1886. It was a subsidiary of the Imperial Tramways Company based in Bristol. It acquired the assets of the York Tramways Company for 14,500 (1,337,400 as of 2013).[2] By 1891 the company operated 10 tramcars with a stable of 37 horses.

Closure
The system was taken over by York Corporation Tramways on 27 February 1909.

References
1. ^ The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis. 2. ^ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2013), "What Were the British Earnings and Prices Then? (New Series) (http://www.measuringworth.org/ukearncpi/)" MeasuringWorth.

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