Hull Street Tramways

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Hull Street Tramways was a tramway system serving the city of Hull in East Yorkshire, England.

Plan of the Hull Street Tramways.

Hull Tramways' 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) line followed five main roads out of town. Two routes went West, two East and the fifth to the North. Several local routes filled the Northwest of the city, linking two larger lines. A short route linked the city centre and Corporation Pier.

The tramway network of lines was 21 miles long, all of which was electrified and only a few yards were single tracked. Routes to Holderness Road, Beverley Road, Spring Bank, Anlaby Road and Hessle Road were on reserved sleeper track. Extension projects existed but never materialised; the route to Hessle Road was to extended to Hessle Village and a deviation of the route to Ings Road built towards Stoneferry. The latter was partially built but never opened.

Tramway operation were slowed down by seven level crossings with the LNER. In 1925, the LNER, the Corporation and the Ministry of Transport proposed to eliminate these level crossing at a price of £1¼ million. Unfortunately, work only saw fruition in the 1960s when some freight railway lines closed and road bridges built.

The Hull Street Tramways possessed a fleet of 179 four-wheel double-decker which were all enclosed.

The route to Corporation Pier was changed to motor bus operation in 1931 as well as the Hedon Road route in 1932. In 1934, all routes outside of the Hull municipal boundaries were to the East Yorkshire Motor Services with both routes to Anlaby and Hessle roads shortened. Remaining routes were converted to trolleybus operation between 1937 and 1945 with the last trolleybus running in 1964.

[edit] See also

• Tramcars of the Hull Street Tramways

[edit] References

• The Tramways of South Yorkshire and Humberside by W.H. Bett and J.C. Gilham

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