- Guernsey Railway
The Guernsey Railway opened as the Guernsey Steam Tramway on
6 June ,1879 with two steamtram engine s, more being added later. It was later converted to an electric tramway, which began working on20 February 1892 . The system closed on9 June 1934 . This leavesAlderney as the only Channel Island with a working railway.team trams
List of steam tram engines:
* arr. = date arrived in Guernsey
Electric trams
The line was electrified in 1892 by
Siemens . Apart from an experimental line inLeeds , it was the first street tramway in theBritish Isles to be supplied with current from an overhead wire.Activity since closure
Guernsey Railway Co Ltd continued in existence (as a bus operator) until 1980, when its operation was taken over by Guernseybus. [cite web| url=http://www.bristolsu.co.uk/Su/operatorshistory/guernseybus.htm| title=Guernsey Railway Company Limited & Guernseybus Limited, St Peter Port| ]
In 2004 there was a plan to run a heritage tram service and restore some original trams to operate it. The currentwhen|date=August 2008 status of this plan is not known. [cite web| url=http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/guernsey.html| title=Guernsey Tram Plan| date=2004-11-14| work=British Trams Online| ]
ources
* "The Railway Magazine", September 1934
* "100 Years of Public Transport - A Short History of the Guernsey Railway Co Ltd", by W J Carman, published by Guernsey Press c. 1978
* "Railways of the Channel Islands, A Pictorial Survey" compiled by C Judge, published by The Oakwood Press 1992, ISBN 0 85361 432 6External links
* [http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/guernsey.html British Trams Online]
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