The Wakefield and District Light Railway was a tram network which opened in 1904 [1] and was taken over by Yorkshire (West Riding) Electric Tramways soon after. The Wakefield tram network was centred the Bull Ring and had three lines. It also linked to other tram networks covering a wide area of the West Ridings. Together with it's sister network, the Yorkshire (West Riding) Electric Tramway based in Castleford, the tramway eventually comprised nearly forty kilometres of track. The network was closed down in 1932, the services taken over by motor buses [2].
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| Standard car [1] |
| Information |
| Number built: |
55 |
| Built: |
1904 |
| Builder: |
Electric Railway Carriage & Wagon Company |
| Motor: |
2 Dick, Kerr electric motors (550v DC OHLE) |
Fifty five double decker trams were built by the Electric Railway Carriage & Wagon Company of Preston. The trams had a single Brill 21E truck and had oak and pine floors for strength. The trams had Dick, Kerr electrical equipment.
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| Tram shed [1] |
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| Bull Ring [1] |
[1] "The Leeds, Wakefield & West Riding Tramways", Street Railway Journal (Vol. XXIV No. 23) Dec 3 1904, p. 986
[2] Charles Knapper, The Golden Age of Tramways (David & Charles, 1974) p. 307
