Bermondsey Trams & Buses
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:31 pm
How many of you remember the Trams in Bermondsey? Route 68 Greenwich to Waterloo Station or perhaps Route 70 Greenwich to London Bridge / Tooley Street and before that the Horse tram that served Southwark Park Road and Galleywall Road but that is even before my time.
Today we look at the tram as part of our bygone history like the leather trade, but what of the relics of this bygone era? What is left for us to see and what can we still find? Alas the relics are few and far between but they are there, so do you know of any?
Trams were inroduced to the aea in about 1861 and were horse drawn and each vehicle was serviced by some 11 horses throughout the working day and together they covered some 60 miles a day. There was class distinction between the horse drawn bus and tram - the bus being for the middle class while the tram ( with cheaper fares ) was for the lower class.
With the formation of the London County Council in 1889 began the idea of electrification and the LCC began the process of taking control of the Horse Tramways in 1896 and by 1899 had taken over all the principal tramways in South London. So began the massive task of introducing the electric powered condiut lines.
The first began running on the 15 May 1903 and between 1903 and 1914 a large intergrated newtwork had been developed in London and the suburbs - a forerunner of today's bus network
Today we look at the tram as part of our bygone history like the leather trade, but what of the relics of this bygone era? What is left for us to see and what can we still find? Alas the relics are few and far between but they are there, so do you know of any?
Trams were inroduced to the aea in about 1861 and were horse drawn and each vehicle was serviced by some 11 horses throughout the working day and together they covered some 60 miles a day. There was class distinction between the horse drawn bus and tram - the bus being for the middle class while the tram ( with cheaper fares ) was for the lower class.
With the formation of the London County Council in 1889 began the idea of electrification and the LCC began the process of taking control of the Horse Tramways in 1896 and by 1899 had taken over all the principal tramways in South London. So began the massive task of introducing the electric powered condiut lines.
The first began running on the 15 May 1903 and between 1903 and 1914 a large intergrated newtwork had been developed in London and the suburbs - a forerunner of today's bus network