| "What ever happened to Bristol's trams?" BBC video news article, 15 August 2025 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 14:20, 15th August 2025 |     |
From the BBC, see https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cz93jkj7nq9o
It has been 150 years since Bristol got its first trams, but the network which once ran 200 vehicles across the city is now just a memory.
Sir George White, from Cotham, founded the Bristol Tramways Company in 1875 and it initially ran a horse-drawn service.
By 1895, the company was operating its first electric trams and the first part of the 20th Century was the network's heyday - so what happened?
Sir George White, from Cotham, founded the Bristol Tramways Company in 1875 and it initially ran a horse-drawn service.
By 1895, the company was operating its first electric trams and the first part of the 20th Century was the network's heyday - so what happened?
