Edinburgh

Horse-drawn Tramcars

Edinburgh's Last Horse-drawn Tram  -  24 August 1907 ©

1907

Last horse-drawn tramcar

Edinburgh's Last Horse-drawn tram  -  at Tollcross  -  24 August 1907 ©

1907

Last horse-drawn tramcar
at Tollcross

Photograph by T P Lugton in the Poulton series  -  Horse-drawn tram at Portobello High Street ©

1875-1902

Portobello High Street

©

1890

Newington and
Craigmillar Park

 

1956

The end of an era in Edinburgh

Trams are replaced by buses

The Last Edinburgh Tram  -  16 November 1956 ©

The Last Tram

Edinburgh's Last Tram  -  1956  -  zoom-in ©

The Last Tram

Edinburgh's Last Tram  -  1956 ©

The Last Tram

Edinburgh's Last Tram,  1956:     Conductor +Drivers       Recollections

 

Edinburgh Street Tramways Co

Horse Tramcar

No 23

  Restored and Photographed

2012

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Edinburgh Street Tramway Copany  -  Horse-drawn Tram  -  Restored 2012 ©

Front View + Horse

Edinburgh Street Tramway Copany  -  Horse-drawn Tram  -  Restored 2012 ©

Lower Deck

Edinburgh Street Tramway Copany  -  Horse-drawn Tram  -  Restored 2012 ©

On a Flat Truck + horse

Edinburgh Street Tramway Copany  -  Horse-drawn Tram  -  Restored 2012 ©

Rear view + Horse

 

Edinburgh Street Tramways Co

Horse Tramcar

No 23

Open Weekend ar Lathalmond Vintage Bus Museum

 2013

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Edinburgh Street Tramway Copany  -  Horse-drawn Tram  -  Restored 2012  -Seen here at Lathalmond Vintage Bus Museum, August 2013 ©

Discovery and Restoration
 of the Horse Tram

Edinburgh Street Tramway Copany  -  Horse-drawn Tram  -  Restored 2012  -Seen here at Lathalmond Vintage Bus Museum, August 2013 ©

Crest

Edinburgh Street Tramway Copany  -  Horse-drawn Tram  -  Restored 2012  -Seen here at Lathalmond Vintage Bus Museum, August 2013 ©

Lower Deck Advert

Edinburgh Street Tramway Copany  -  Horse-drawn Tram  -  Restored 2012  -Seen here at Lathalmond Vintage Bus Museum, August 2013 ©

Front + Offside View

Edinburgh Street Tramway Copany  -  Horse-drawn Tram  -  Restored 2012  -Seen here at Lathalmond Vintage Bus Museum, August 2013 ©

Front View

Edinburgh Street Tramway Copany  -  Horse-drawn Tram  -  Restored 2012  -Seen here at Lathalmond Vintage Bus Museum, August 2013 ©

Front + Nearside Viewe

Edinburgh Street Tramway Copany  -  Horse-drawn Tram  -  Restored 2012  -Seen here at Lathalmond Vintage Bus Museum, August 2013 ©

Lower Deck, from the Platform

Edinburgh Street Tramway Copany  -  Horse-drawn Tram  -  Restored 2012  -Seen here at Lathalmond Vintage Bus Museum, August 2013 ©

Lower Deck, from the Doorway

Edinburgh Street Tramway Copany  -  Horse-drawn Tram  -  Restored 2012  -Seen here at Lathalmond Vintage Bus Museum, August 2013 ©

Upper Deck
and surrounding Exhibits

Edinburgh Street Tramway Copany  -  Horse-drawn Tram  -  Restored 2012  -Seen here at Lathalmond Vintage Bus Museum, August 2013 ©

Side View
showing the painted coachwork

 

Edinburgh Trams

First and Last dates

 

Nov
1871

Jan
1888

1907

Jun
1922

23Jun
1923

16 Nov
1956

2014

Horse

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Cable

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

Electric

 

 

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

New Electric

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes?

One route ran electric trams earlier - the Craiglockhart route from 1910.

Cable cars ran at 11.75mph on the Portobello route and 7.75mph on other routes.

Edinburgh Street Tramway Co operated horse-trams in Edinburgh and Leith.
These were acquired by Edinburgh Corporation in 1893 and Leith Corporation in 1904

Edinburgh Corporation handed over the running of horse-trams in 1893 and cable-trams in 1898 to Dick Kerr & Co.  Edinburgh Corporation took over again from1919.

Portobello was absorbed into Edinburgh in 1898.

Musselburgh Electric Tramways operated electric trams to Joppa in 1904 + Port Seton 1909

Leith Trams

First and Last dates

 

 

1871

1905

1909

1920

Leith amalgamated with Edinburgh in 1920

Horse

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Electric

Yes

Yes

Yes

Source: The Last Trams, Edinburgh (J L Stevenson):  Publ. Moorfoot Publishing, Edin, 1986.  ISBN 0 906606 11X

 

 

First and Last Trams

in and around Edinburgh

These are the dates that some of the tram companies in and around Edinburgh operated:

Edinburgh Street Tramways Co

Horse 1871-1904
Edinburgh Corporation (worked  by Edin & Dist) Horse 1893-1907
Edinburgh Northern Tramways Co Cable 1888-1897
Edinburgh Corporation ( by Edin & Dist, 1893-1919) Cable 1898-1923
Edinburgh Corporation Electric 1922-1956

 

Leith Corporation Horse 1904-1905
Leith Corporation Electric 1905-1920

 

Musselburgh & District E L & T Co Ltd Electric 1904-1931

 

Falkirk & District Tramways Co Electric 1905-1936

 

Stirling & Bridge of Alan Tramways Co Ltd Horse 1874-1920

 

Dunfermline & District Tramways Co Electric 1909-1937

 

Kirkcaldy Corporation Electric 1903-1931

 

Wemyss & District Tramways Co Ltd Electric 1906-1932

 

Perth & District Tramways Co Ltd Horse 1895-1905
Perth Corporation Electric 1905-1929

 

Dundee & District Tramways Co Ltd Horse + Steam 1877-1902
Dundee Corporation Trams Electric 1900-1956
Dundee Corporation Electricity Works Electric 1908-1961
Dundee Broughty Ferry & District Tramways Co Ltd Electric 1905-1931

 

Source:  The Tramways of Eastern Scotland (JC Gillham + RJS Wiseman).  Publ. Light Rail Transit Association
The table on page 61 of this book gives far more details than are included above.

 

 

  

 

 

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