City of Oxford and District Tramways
Owner City of Oxford and District Tramways Company
Opened 1st December 1881 (horse)
Operator City of Oxford and District Tramways Company
Taken over March 1908 (City of Oxford Electric Tramways Limited - a subsidiary of the National Electric Construction Company Limited [NECCo])
Operator City of Oxford Electric Tramways Limited
Closed August 1914
Length 5.25 miles
Gauge 4ft 0ins
Button description Uniforms not worn
Comment Tramcar crews wore informal attire for most, if not all of the tramway's existence (see link). Although smarter jackets were being worn during the mid-Edwardian era, these did not bear metal buttons, strongly suggesting that they were not issued by the company.
The relationship between Oxford Corporation and the City of Oxford Electric Tramways Limited was a complex one, the corporation exercising its right to buy the tramway, but not actually taking possession, instead promoting an act that would vest the tramway in the new company, the latter then paying the corporation an annual rent.
The NECCo also owned and/or operated the following systems: Dewsbury, Ossett and Soothill Nether Tramways (1908-1931); Mexborough and Swinton Tramways (1907-1929); Musselburgh and District Tramways (1904-1928); Rhondda Tramways (1908-1934); and Torquay Tramways (1907-1934).