Sunderland Tramways Company

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Propulsion system(s)HorseStatisticsRoute length6.41 miles (10.32 km)

The Sunderland Tramways Company operated a tramway service in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear between 1879 and 1901.^[1]

History

Horse-drawn tramway services started on 28 April 1879, running from Monkwearmouth to Roker. Additional lines south of the river were completed by June 1879.^[2] In 1880 an experiment was made with steam locomotives, but this came to nothing, and horse power remained until the company terminated services in 1901.

During the lifetime of the company, the tramcar fleet reached a maximum of 33 vehicles.

Closure

The Corporation purchased the company in 1900 for the sum of £35,000, and commenced a programme of modernisation and electrification. The tramway re-opened as Sunderland Corporation Tramways.

References

^ The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
^ "Fond memories of the golden days of the tram - Sunderland Echo". www.sunderlandecho.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2014.

Historic tramways in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man

England

East	Cambridge Colchester Great Yarmouth Ipswich Corporation Ipswich Lowestoft Luton Norwich Peterborough Southend Wisbech & Upwell
East Midlands	Alford & Sutton Chesterfield Derby Corporation Derby Company Glossop Ilkeston Lincoln Company Lincoln Corporation Leicester Tramways Leicester Corporation Mansfield & District Matlock Northampton Corporation Northampton Street Nottingham Corporation Nottingham & District Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire
London	Barking Croydon Kingsway London East Ham Erith Ilford Leyton London County Council London United Walthamstow West Ham
North East	Darlington Corporation Darlington Street Gateshead Hartlepool Electric Hartlepools Steam Jarrow Middlesbrough & Stockton Middlesbrough Corporation Middlesbrough, Stockton & Thornaby Newcastle South Shields Corporation South Shields Stockton & Darlington Steam Stockton & District Sunderland Company Sunderland Corporation Sunderland District Electric Tynemouth & District Tynemouth & District Electric Tyneside
North West	Accrington Accrington Steam Barrow-in-Furness Birkenhead Blackburn & Over Darwen Blackburn Corporation Blackpool & Fleetwood Blackpool Electric Blackpool Corporation Bolton Burnley Bury Carlisle Chester Corporation Chester Company Colne & Trawden Darwen Heaton Park Lancaster Liverpool Corporation Liverpool Company Lytham St Annes Manchester Morecambe Nelson Old Swan Preston Rawtenstall Rochdale South Lancashire Southport St Helens Stockport Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley & Dukinfield Wallasey Warrington Wigan
South East	Brighton Brighton & Shoreham Brill Chatham & District Dover Folkestone, Hythe & Sandgate Gravesend & Northfleet Gravesend, Rosherville & Northfleet Hastings Isle of Thanet Maidstone Oxford Portsdown & Horndean Portsmouth Reading Corporation Reading Company Ryde Pier Tramway Sheerness Southampton Corporation Southampton Company Wantage Wolverton & Stony Stratford
South West	Bath Tramways Bournemouth Bristol Camborne & Redruth Cheltenham Devonport Exeter Corporation Exeter Company Gloucester Corporation Gloucester Company Plymouth Corporation Plymouth, Devonport & District Plymouth, Stonehouse & Devonport Poole Seaton Swindon Taunton Torquay Weston-super-Mare
West Midlands	Birmingham City Birmingham & Aston Birmingham Corporation Burton-upon-Trent Burton & Ashby Coventry Dudley & Stourbridge Steam Dudley, Stourbridge & District Electric Dudley, Sedgley and Wolverhampton Kidderminster & Stourport Kinver Leamington & Warwick North Staffordshire Potteries South Staffordshire & Birmingham District Steam South Staffordshire Company Staffordshire Potteries Street Railway Walsall Wolverhampton District Electric Wolverhampton Corporation Wolverhampton Company Worcester Electric Worcester
Yorkshire and the Humber	Barnsley & District Bradford Dearne District Doncaster Grimsby & Immingham Grimsby Halifax Huddersfield Hull Keighley Leeds Company Leeds Corporation Mexborough & Swinton Rotherham Scarborough funiculars Scarborough Sheffield Wakefield York Corporation York Company Yorkshire (Woollen District) Yorkshire (West Riding)