Colne and Trawden Light Railway
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 Decommissioned and largely dismantled tram track
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 Route of the Burnley, Nelson and Colne Tramways
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| Route length: | 11 km | ||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1219 mm | ||||||||||||||||
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The Colne and Trawden Light Railway Company operated from 1903 to 1934 an eleven-kilometer long narrow gauge - tram with a gauge of 4 feet (1219 mm) between Colne and Trawden in Lancashire , England .
Construction and operation
The construction and operation of the narrow gauge railway was authorized in the Colne and Trawden Light Railway Order of 1901. It was built and operated by Greenwood & Batley of Leeds . Nuttal & Co were contractual partners for the construction of the tracks, RW Blackwell for the construction of the overhead line.
Construction began on May 19, 1903 when the Mayor of Colne, Alderman Varley, broke ground. Operation began on November 28, 1903 on the first section of the line. The route was then lengthened in sections until the route reached Zion Chapel on Lane House Lane in Trawden in December 1905. In late December 1904, a branch to Laneshawbridge was opened. The network was connected to that of the Nelson Corporation Tramways .
The Colne Corporation bought the entire operation and facilities on March 24, 1914, after which it was renamed Colne Corporation Light Railways .
Rail vehicles
The company owned and operated the following electrically powered rail vehicles:
| No. | Manufacturer | Installation |
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| 1-6 | GF Milnes & Co. | 1903 |
| 7-9 | Brush Electrical Machines , Loughborough | 1903 |
| 10-12 | Milnes Voss | 1906 |
| 13 | United Electric Car Company | 1914 |
| 14-16 | Brush Electrical Machines, Loughborough | 1926 |
Shutdown
The tram was taken out of service on January 6, 1934. The trams were estimated to have traveled more than 4,582,000 miles and carried 57.5 million passengers in the years of operation.
Individual evidence
- ^ The Golden Age of Tramways. Taylor and Francis (Eds.).
- ^ JS King: The Light Railways of Colne. Tramway Review, Volume 9, No. 72, Winter 1972.
- ^ Colne's New Light Railway . In: Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser , May 20, 1903.
- ↑ The Light Railways of Colne, JS King, Tramway Review, Volume 9, No. 73, Spring 1973.
Coordinates: 53 ° 50 ′ 29.4 " N , 2 ° 8 ′ 2" W.