Halifax Corporation Tramways - Wikipedia
Halifax Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England between 1898 and 1939. [1] After considering lifts and inclined planes to assist trams in negotiating the steep hills to the south of the town, they obtained permission to build a conventional system in 1897, and the first three routes opened in 1898.
In 1911, Halifax Corporation obtained the consent of Parliament to operate motorbuses as an extension to the tramways and as a result a single motorbus was obtained for trials. The bus (a Daimler CC from the London firm of Commercial Car Hirers) created such an impression that the Tramways Committee recommended the
Halifax Corporation and Joint Omnibus Committee 1898-1974
The Halifax Corporation Act of 1915 granted the Corporation powers to run motorbuses anywhere within the borough and into adjacent districts, however, at this time there was no thought of tramway replacement and the bus fleet still consisted of the original three vehicles.
halifaxcorporationtransport photos on Flickr | Flickr
One of the buses inherited from Halifax Corporation was 3085 (RCP275K), photographed at Burnley bus station in February 1975 by which time it had been painted in Metro Calderdale livery. It was one of five Daimler Fleetlines with Northern Counties 74 seat bodywork that were new to Halifax in May 1972 and was originally numbered 85.
Halifax tramways opened in June 1898, to coincide with the golden jubilee of the town’s incorporation as a municipal borough in 1848. Vast crowds gathered to watch the top-hatted gentry riding on the highly decorated first trams to leave Commercial Street.
Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion : Photograph
A photograph to mark the occasion when the trams gave way to buses in Halifax. David Nortcliffe points out that in the book Halifax Passenger Transport , Geoffrey Hilditch says that the driver of the last tram – Number 109 – was Whiteley Lumb as …
Halifax Corporation Transport Bus Fleet List 1912-1974
The Halifax CT bodies on these vehicles (4-6) are thought to have been removed from Nos. 1-3, and rebuilt. Halifax CT modified them to B26F in 1922.
Halifax Transit - CPTDB Wiki
Halifax Transit's conventional system operates fifty-six bus routes in the metropolitan Halifax area, including peninsular and mainland Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford and Lower Sackville. Conventional routes also service areas such as North Preston, Eastern Passage and Purcell's Cove.
Halifax Corporation – Old bus photos
During the mid-1960’s with the recent arrival of Geoffrey Hilditch as General Manager at Halifax Corporation, the Joint Omnibus Committee had begun to develop its tour and private hire operations, acquiring a number of secondhand coaches to that end.
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