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Size of network

Largest tram networks in UK

There seems to be some inconsistency on wikipedia & elsewhere about the true size of of Britains heritage tram systems.

Does anyone here know the true size of the Glasgow Corporation network at its fullest extent?

It is claimed Glasgow had the second most extensive system in the UK. I'm now challenging this figure.

100 route miles of double track was recorded in Glasgow during 1900 (http://www.semple.biz/glasgow/jubilee1922.shtml) by 1906 this is noted as 144 route miles in the New York Times (http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C04E2DC103EE733A25753C2A9679C946797D6CF).

A post here claims Glasgow had 258 miles of track (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=250791) however the same figure is repeated elsewhere as route miles - but track miles and route miles are different beasts.

On another heritage tram page I posted that Glasgow had 170 route miles, but I cannot find the source to that reference and therefore I cannot find a completely accurate figure for Glasgow.

My supposition is that there were in fact more route miles run by Manchester Corporation Tramways than in Glasgow, though at present I cannot back this up either. Any facts and figures and research on these points greatly appreciated.

When I first wrote that article the perceived wisdom was that after amalgamating the figures for the various tram operators in the capital, London had over 400 miles of tram routes.

It would certainly be worthwhile knowing what the official figures for both track miles and route miles were in Glasgow at it peak. Any help available???--Mapmark (talk) 10:19, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have one reference. So I'll try to do some work on this article over the weekend. Pyrotec (talk) 22:30, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Come on wikipedians! Does anyone know the answer yet? There must some official figure somewhere of the number of double track route miles in Glasgow??? If we can't top the English figures which are well documented we may need to downgrade the leading position of Glasgow!!!--Mapmark (talk) 11:26, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Still no answer on this? Does no-one know the real figure of track or route miles in Glasgow??? Really need to question the claim about the systm being so large if no-one can back it up!!! --Mapmark (talk) 11:08, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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"Last city tramway"

The system closed in 1962 and was the last city tramway in Great Britain

except Blackpool's? Marnanel (talk) 14:17, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Women Drivers and Conductors

The article repeats the often-made claim that after WW1 women could continue to work as drivers and conductors. For a book about Glasgow in 1919 I've been trying to find reliable contemporary evidence for this claim but have found none. The city's own history of the tram system, published in 1962 on the closure of the tram system, says that the female tram staff were dismissed after the war. It also records that women were once again employed in WW2, but that they were once again dismissed. Because of labour shortages conductresses were once again employed from 1947, and women drivers from 1950. I'd be very grateful if someone could point me to any reliable evidence. Thanks. Gjbarclay (talk) 08:05, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]