Barking Town Urban District Council Light Railways

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Propulsion system(s)ElectricStatisticsRoute length2.83 miles (4.55 km)^[where?]

Barking Town Urban District Council Light Railways operated a passenger tramway service in Barking between 1903 and 1929.^[1]

History

Barking Town Urban District Council opened services on this tramway on 1 December 1903. With a total of 2.8 route miles^[where?], this was one of the shortest tramway operations in Britain.

The depot was located at TQ 4439 8198

Fleet

• 1-3 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1903
• 4-5 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1903 (withdrawn in 1926)
• 6-7 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1903
• 8 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1911 (sold to Ilford Urban District Council Tramways in 1915)
• 9 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1911 (sold to East Ham Corporation Tramways in 1915)
• 10 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1912 (sold to Ilford Urban District Council Tramways in 1914)

Closure

On 16 February 1929 the last services were replaced by buses.

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