The Wirral Tramway, which opened in 1995 [1] runs between the Woodside Ferry Terminal (near
Hamilton Square) and the Wirral Transport Museum. Along with heritage trams there were two newly built trams for the line, although built to a 1950s doubledecker style. These were built by Hong Kong Tramways to the same design as their own 1950s fleet which they had been rebuilding in the 1980s and early 1990s [2]. The trams were built to run on standard gauge, the HK system uses 1, 067mm gauge) [3].
| Information |
| Number built: |
2 |
| Built: |
1992 |
| Builder: |
HK Tramways |
The two trams arrived in 1993 and were tested out on the Blackpool tram network (Blackpool Transport Services ran the Wirral Tramway until the Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society took over in 2014). The two trams are numbered 69 and 70 following on from the number scheme of the original Birkenhead Corporation Tramways.
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| The trolley pole on Number 70 is turned around |
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| Cab of Number 70 |
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| Number 69 in the museum shed |
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| Number 70 at Woodside Ferry Terminal |
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| Ready for another trip |
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| Number 69 amid considerably older trams |
[1] Keith Mitchell & Keith Smith, Birkenhead to West Kirby (Middleton Press, 2014) Fig. 116
[2] Peter Waller, The Tramways of Hong Kong (Blacksmith Books, 2018) p. 87
[3] Mitchell & Smith, Fig. 117
