The Wantage Tramway Company was a two-mile tramway that carried passengers and freight between the Oxfordshire town of Wantage and Wantage Road Station on the Great Western Main Line in England. Formed in 1873 to link Wantage Road station with its terminus at Mill Street, Wantage the line was cheaply built [ 1 ] parallel to what was then the ...

2014年6月8日 · The Wantage Tramway Company was a two mile tramway that carried passengers and freight between the Oxfordshire town of Wantage and Wantage Road Station on the Great Western Main Line. Formed in 1873 to link Wantage Road station with its terminus at Mill Street, Wantage the line was cheaply built parallel to what was then the Besselsleigh ...

2017年9月25日 · FOR more than 70 years it steamed through Wantage transporting passengers and goods, before the service finally made its final journey just before Christmas 1945. Now the history of the Wantage...

The Wantage Tramway was opened in October 1875 to carry passengers and goods between Wantage and Wantage Road Station on the Great Western Railway, and, except for a short break during the 1939-45 war, was in operation for 70 years.

The Wantage Tramway Company was a two-mile tramway that carried passengers and freight between the Oxfordshire town of Wantage and Wantage Road Station on the Great Western Main Line in England. Formed in 1873 to link Wantage Road station with its terminus at Mill Street, Wantage the line was cheaply built [ 1 ] parallel to what was then the ...

The Wantage Tramway was built as a horse tramway under the 1870 Tramways Act to connect the Great Western Railway's (GWR) station at Wantage Road on their route to Swindon with the town of Wantage, two and a half miles away.

2024年10月13日 · The Wantage Tramway Company was a twomile tramway that carried passengers and freight between the Oxfordshire town of Wantage and Wantage Road Station on the Great Western Main Line. Formed in 1873 to link Wantage Road station with its terminus at Mill Street, Wantage the line was cheaply built par

This 2.5 mile tramway ran from the town to the Great Western Railway. 1875 Tramway opened. Initially it was horse-drawn but was converted to steam operation soon afterward. 1876 Grantham's steam tramcar was used for several years.

The Wantage Tramway was built as a standard gauge horse tramway to connect the Great Western Railway's (GWR) station at Wantage Road with the town of Wantage, two and a half miles away. It opened for passenger service on 11th October 1875.