Dudley, Stourbridge and District Electric Traction Company
Preserved tramcar No 5 at the Black Country Living Museum
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| Operation | |
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| Locale | Dudley, Stourbridge |
| Open | 26 July 1899 |
| Close | 1 March 1930 |
| Status | Closed |
| Infrastructure | |
| Track gauge | 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) |
| Propulsion system(s) | Electric |
| Depot(s) | Stourbridge Road, Amblecote |
| Statistics | |
| Route length | 21.24 miles (34.18 km) |
The Dudley, Stourbridge and District Electric Tramways Company operated an electric tramway service between Dudley and Stourbridge and also other lines in the neighbourhood between 1899 and 1930.
On 2 April 1898 the Dudley and Stourbridge Steam Tramways Company was purchased by British Electric Traction
A programme of modernisation was undertaken and the service was converted for electric traction. The first electric service ran on 26 July 1899.
Extensions were opened as follows:
On 29 September 1902, the company took over ownership of the Kinver Light Railway for the sum of £60,000 (equivalent to £5,977,900 in 2016).
On 1 July 1904 ownership was transferred to the Birmingham and Midland Tramways Joint Committee, a subsidiary of British Electric Traction.
On 1 April 1924 the company took over some of the routes of the South Staffordshire Tramways Company.
The depot was situated in Amblecote on corner of Stourbridge Road and Collis Street. It was 4 track shed opened in October 1905. It was expanded with an additional 2 tracks in 1908, and a further track was added around 1914. It closed in May 1926 and used as a tram store until 1930.
Route closures occurred on the following dates:
Four vehicles are known to have survived:
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