Electric Transport in the South West

The South West has had a wide range of electric transport projects – some ran successfully for many years, but some didn’t get off the ground at all.

Electric tram Redruth to Camborne

• Tramways
• Cliff Railways
• Trolleybuses
  • Bournemouth
• Articles
  • Overhead Wires
  • Dolter System
  • Bristol Tramways Power Stations
  • St Austell Model Tram
  • Falmouth – Swanpool Beach
• Uncompleted Projects in the South West
  • Falmouth Trolleybuses
  • Launceston Cliff Railway and other projects

According to TheTrams.co.uk, “There are eight tramway/light rail systems in the UK—in Croydon, London’s docklands, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Newcastle, Nottingham and Blackpool” – but they appear to have confined themselves to urban systems. For example they’ve omitted the Seaton Tramway.

More recently Edinburgh needs to be to the list of modern tramways, and there is also the proposed Bradford to Leeds interurban  tramway.

Further reading

If you’re interested in electric transport, these websites are well worth browsing:

• Leeds Transport Historical Society
• Local Transport History Library