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CENTRAL BRISTOL
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS
| CA | Colston Av. | LUS | Lower Union St. |
| CR | Cheltenham Rd. | RS | Rupert St. |
| LMS | Lower Maudlin St. |
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DISCONTINUATION DATES OF STREETCAR TRACKS BETWEEN 7 MAY 1938 AND 11 APR. 1941 [affected route indicators in parantheses]:
- 1938 May 7: Tramway Centre - Durdham Downs - Westbury-upon-Trym [1,2,3]; Clifton Suspension Bridge - Hotwell Rd. - Tramway Centre [9]
- 1938 Sept. 3: Ashley Rd. - Staple Hill [3,7,14]; Stapleton Rd. [3,14]; Baldwin St. / Old City - Bristol Bridge - Victoria St. - Wells Rd. - Knowle [8,9,10,15]; St. Philip's Bridge [15]
- 1939 July 15: Tramway Centre - Rupert St. - Horfield - Filton [4,5,6,7,13,14]; Old Market St. - Merchant St. [3,13,14]; Zetland Rd. Junction - Durdham Downs [4]
- 1941 Jan. 3: Bristol Bridge - Ashton Gate / Bedminster Down [11,12]
- 1941 Apr. 11: Old Market St. - St. George - Kingswood / Hanham [13,15,16]
TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Bristol Tramways Co. & Bristol Corporation
| 1 | Tramways Centre - Colston St. - Park Row - Queen’s Rd. - White Ladies Rd. - Durdham Downs |
| 2 | Tramways Centre - Colston St. - Park Row - Queen’s Rd. - White Ladies Rd. - Durdham Downs - Westbury Rd. - Westbury-upon-Trym |
| 3 | Eastville - Stapleton Rd. - West St. - Old Market St. - Lower Castle St. - Broad Weir - Merchant St. - Broad Mead - Lower Union St. - Lower Maudlin St. - Upper Maudlin St. - Park Row - Queen’s Rd. - White Ladies Rd. - Durdham Downs |
| 4 | Tramways Centre - Colston Av. - Rupert St. - The Bearpit - Stokes Croft - Cheltenham Rd. - Redland - Durdham Downs |
| 5 | Tramways Centre - Colston Av. - Rupert St. - The Bearpit - Stokes Croft - Cheltenham Rd. - Gloucester Rd. - Horfield Barracks |
| 6 | Tramways Centre - Colston Av. - Rupert St. - The Bearpit - Stokes Croft - Cheltenham Rd. - Gloucester Rd. - Horfield Barracks - Filton Rd. - Filton |
| 7 | Tramways Centre - Colston Av. - Rupert St. - The Bearpit - Stokes Croft - Ashley Rd. - Eastville - Fishponds Rd. - Fishponds |
| 8 | Tramway Centre - Baldwin St. - Bristol Bridge - Victoria St. - Temple Meads Station |
| 9 | Clifton Suspension Bridge - Hotwell Rd. - Deanery Rd. - Tramway Centre - Baldwin St. - Bristol Bridge - Victoria St. - Temple Meads Station - Bath Rd. - Brislington |
| 10 | Old City - Bristol Bridge - Victoria St. - Temple Meads Station - Bath Rd. - Wells Rd. - Knowle |
| 11 | Bristol Bridge - Redcliffe Hill - East St. - North St. - Ashton Rd. - Ashton Gate |
| 12 | Bristol Bridge - Redcliffe Hill - East St. - West St. - Bedminster Down |
| 13 | Tramways Centre - Colston Av. - Rupert St. - Lower Union St. - Broad Mead - Merchant St. - Broad Weir - Lower Castle St. - Old Market St. - West St. - Lawrence Hill - Church Rd. - St. George`- Two Mile Hill Rd. - Kingswood |
| 14 | Elton Rd. - Cheltenham Rd. - Stokes Croft - Merchant St. - Broad Weir - Lower Castle St. - West St. - Stapleton Rd. - Eastville - Fishponds Rd. - Fishponds - Staplehill Rd. - Staple Hill |
| 15 | Knowle - Wells St. - Bath Rd. - Victoria St. - St. Philip’s Br. - Old Market St. - West St. - Lawrence Hill - Church Rd. - St. George - Summer Hill Rd. - Nag’s Head Hill - Hanham |
| 16 | Old Market St. - West St. - Lawrence Hill - Church Rd. - St. George |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: 50 km.
HISTORY
Tramways
- Horse tramway: 9 Aug. 1875 - 22 Dec. 1900.
- Steam tramway: 18 Nov. 1880 - 4 Nov. 1881.
- Electric tramway: 14 Oct. 1895 [first in the United Kingdom] - 11 Apr. 1941.
GAUGE
- Horse tramway: 1435 mm.
- Steam tramway: 1435 mm.
- Electric tramway: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Appleby, J.B. Bristol's trams remembered: Their story 1865-1941. Bristol: Author, 1969.
- Walker, C.S.N. "Some notes on the Bristol tramway system", The Modern Tramway, Feb. 1944 (7:74), p.15-16.
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