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Trams In London - This article is a general one on trams in London. For a specific article on the organisation responsible for running the current generation of trams in London, see London Trams.
There have been two separate generations of Trams in London, one running from 1861 to 1952 and the second starting in 2000. Between 1952 and 2000 no trams ran in London. History The first generation of trams in London started in December 1861 when a Horse tramway began operating along Victoria Street in Westminster. This was operated by an American, George Train. Horse trams operated all over London and were replaced by electric vehicles as from 1901, the last being withdrawn during the First world war. During their heyday tram services covered much of inner London and reached out to the suburbs, assisted by facilities like the Kingsway tramway subway which enabled the longest tram route ever to be operated entirely within the County of London to operate: a weekend service between Highgate and Downham via Brockley — a total route distance of 16 miles. From the late nineteen twenties onwards, trams were considered to be out-dated and the phasing out and replacement by Diesel or Trolleybuses began in earnest around 1935. Replacement continued apace until hostilities stopped the conversion programme in June 1940. Tram replacement, this time by Diesel bus, started again in October 1950 and London's last trams ran in the early hours of the morning of 6 July 1952. The second generation of trams started with the opening of Croydon Tramlink in 2000. This operates modern low floor articulated tramcars (based on a design originally built for Cologne (Kln) in Germany) on three routes in South London. Future Both new tram systems, and extensions to the existing Tramlink, are being discussed or planned:
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