Belfast Corporation Tramways

Belfast Corporation Tramways

Belfast Corporation Tramways formerly served the City of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Belfast's first trams operated in 1872 and were horse-drawn. The system was electrified, using overhead wires, in 1905. The system was municipally owned and operated.

Belfast's electric trams were originally painted red and cream. Some older, unmodernised trams retained this livery until the 1950s. In 1928 a new general manager was appointed: William Chamberlain, formerly of Leeds Corporation Tramways. Chamberlain introduced a new livery of dark blue and cream (although the former red and cream was readopted in the late 1940s). He was also responsible for the modernisation of many of the older tramcars and the construction of 50 new vehicles.

Chamberlain was succeeded by Robert McCreary in 1931, who introduced a further fleet of 50 streamlined trams in 1935 - the last trams to be built for Belfast. These trams gained also the nickname "McCreary". Colonel McCreary retired in 1951 and was succeeded by Joseph Mackle.

Belfast Corporation converted the Falls Road tram service to trolleybuses in 1938. The Corporation regarded this as successful and a decision to eliminate the tram system was taken in 1939. Trolleybuses continued to be introduced during the 1940s. The last trams ran in 1954 and, following a policy change, were replaced by diesel buses.

The trolleybuses were themselves replaced by diesel buses in 1968. The Belfast Corporation bus fleet was transferred to Citybus (now Metro (Belfast)) in the 1970s.

Bibliography

*M. Maybin, "A nostalgic look at Belfast Trams", Silver Link Publishing Ltd, Peterborough, 1994, ISBN 1 85794 030 X.

ee also

*Transport in Belfast
*Transport in Ireland
*National Tramway Museum
*Ulster Folk and Transport Museum


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