Ipswich Tramway

Ipswich Tramway
Horsecar No. 3 outside Derby Road Station
Operation
Locale	Ipswich
Open	13 October 1880
Close	6 June 1903
Status	Closed
Infrastructure
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Propulsion system(s)	Horse
Statistics
Route length	4.25 miles (6.84 km)

Ipswich Tramway operated a horse-drawn tramway service in Ipswich between 1880 and 1903.[1]

History

Ipswich's horse tramway started services on 13 October 1880 from a depot located at the junction of Quadling Street and New Cardinal Street.[2] It was operated and owned by Simon Armstrong Graham. The line ran from Cornhill in the town centre, via Princes Street, to Ipswich railway station. There was a branch line to Brooks Hall, via Portman Road and Norwich Road.

Ipswich Tramways Act 1881
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to incorporate the Ipswich Tramways Company, and to authorise the acquisition by them of Tramways in the borough of Ipswich, and to empower them to construct new Tramways; and for other purposes.
Citation	44 & 45 Vict. c. cix
Dates
Royal assent	18 July 1881
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Ipswich Tramway Company took ownership in 1881, under the Ipswich Tramways Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. cix). An extension to the system was constructed between Cornhill and Brooks Hall, via Westgate Street and St Matthews Street. In 1884 there was a further extension from Cornhill to Derby Road railway station.

Closure

The company was bought by Ipswich Corporation on 1 November 1901 who modernised and electrified the service and it restructured the organisation as Ipswich Corporation Tramways on 23 November 1903.[2]

References

1. The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
2. Turner, Keith (1996). The Directory of British Tramways. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-549-9.