Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Tramway

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Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Tramway
The tram in Rostrevor
The tram in Rostrevor
Route of the Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Tramway
The closed cars were colloquially
"butter coolers" and open "toast racks" called
Route length: 5.3 km
Gauge : 914 mm ( English 3-foot track )

The Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Tramway was from 1877 to 1915, a narrow gauge - Pferdebahn with a track width of 3 feet (914 mm) between Warrenpoint and Rostrevor in County Down , Northern Ireland .

history

The Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Tramway offered passengers a ride from the covered platform at the train station from Warrenpoint to Rostrevor. The company was founded in 1875 and became the first tramway in Ireland to operate in 1877. Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey was a promoter of the Tramway. He sold the tram in 1884 for £ 4,000 (i.e. £ 376,033 or € 452,544 in 2015) Bernard Reilly was the tram's manager in 1910.

Fares

Fares in 1890 were as follows:

  • First class easy 6d (i.e. £ 2.48 or € 2.98 in 2015)
  • First class round trip 9d (i.e. £ 3.72 or € 4.47 in 2015)
  • Third grade easy 4d (i.e. £ 1.65 or € 1.98 in 2015)
  • Third class round trip 6 d (i.e. £ 2.48 or € 2.98 in 2015)

Expansion plans

Plans to acquire the tram, electrify it and expand it to Newcastle , County Down , were announced in 1908, but never implemented.

Shutdown

In early 1915 a storm washed away part of the railway line and operations did not resume.

Web links

Commons : Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Tramway  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sean (Jack) Crawford: Morne Rambles , A Cuisle na nGael Supplement, 1994. Reproduced in: Jack Crawford: The last of the horse trams .
  2. ^ The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
  3. ^ The British architect: a journal of architecture and the accessory arts, Volume 21, 1884.
  4. ↑ a b UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
  5. ^ Belfast and Ulster Towns Directory for 1910.
  6. ↑ Ireland (Part I.): Northern counties, including Dublin and neighborhood. Mountford John Byrde Baddeley. Dulau, 1890.

Coordinates: 54 ° 5 '34.2 "  N , 6 ° 11' 24.1"  W.