Jump to content

Leeds Corporation Tramways: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
note into hatnote
dab
Line 3: Line 3:
[[Image:OldTram 700.jpg|thumb|left|A 1925 Leeds tram at the National Tramway Museum in [[Crich]], [[Derbyshire]]]]
[[Image:OldTram 700.jpg|thumb|left|A 1925 Leeds tram at the National Tramway Museum in [[Crich]], [[Derbyshire]]]]


The Leeds tramway was the original tram system in [[Leeds]], withdrawn in [[1959]]. Its proposed replacement the [[Leeds Supertram]] was axed as well, after a funding shortfall from central government. There were several lines running from the [[Leeds City Centre|city centre]] out towards [[Cross Gates]], [[Chapel Allerton]], [[Moortown]], [[Roundhay]], [[Middleton]], [[Beeston]], [[Armley]], [[Hunslet]] and [[Kirkstall]]. The network was far more extensive then that of the [[Leeds Supertram]].
The Leeds tramway was the original tram system in [[Leeds]], withdrawn in [[1959]]. Its proposed replacement the [[Leeds Supertram]] was axed as well, after a funding shortfall from central government. There were several lines running from the [[Leeds City Centre|city centre]] out towards [[Cross Gates]], [[Chapel Allerton]], [[Moortown]], [[Roundhay]], [[Middleton]], [[Beeston, Leeds|Beeston]], [[Armley]], [[Hunslet]] and [[Kirkstall]]. The network was far more extensive then that of the [[Leeds Supertram]].

Revision as of 18:21, 3 June 2008

A 1925 Leeds tram at the National Tramway Museum in Crich, Derbyshire

The Leeds tramway was the original tram system in Leeds, withdrawn in 1959. Its proposed replacement the Leeds Supertram was axed as well, after a funding shortfall from central government. There were several lines running from the city centre out towards Cross Gates, Chapel Allerton, Moortown, Roundhay, Middleton, Beeston, Armley, Hunslet and Kirkstall. The network was far more extensive then that of the Leeds Supertram.