Rhondda Tramways Company

Rhondda Tramways Company
Operation
Locale Rhondda
Open 31 October 1904
Close 1 February 1934
Status Closed
Infrastructure
Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Propulsion system(s) Electric
Statistics
Route length 20.92 miles (33.67 km)

Rhondda Tramways Company operated a tramway service in Rhondda between 1904 and 1934.[1]

History

Rhondda Urban District Council took over the lines of the Pontypridd and Rhondda Valley Tramways within its area, and undertook a programme of modernisation and electrification. The Rhondda Tramways Company was a subsidiary of the National Electric Construction Company, and the first electric tramway services started on 11 July 1908.

From July 1919 until December 1927 there was through running onto the neighbouring system of the Pontypridd Urban District Council Tramways.

Closure

Services ceased on 1 February 1934 and in June the company changed its name to Rhondda Transport Company.

References

  1. The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.


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