Sunderland Tramways Company
Owner Sunderland Tramways Company
Opened 28th April 1879 (horse)
Operator Sunderland Tramways Company
Took over (operation) June 1880 to January 1881 (Sunderland Corporation) - newly constructed, corporation-owned lines
Experimental steam services introduced circa October 1880
Steam services withdrawn Summer 1881
Taken over 26th March 1900 (Sunderland Corporation)
Length circa 7.2 miles
Gauge 4ft 8½ins
Button description Uniforms probably not worn
Comments Although photographs clearly show tramcar staff wearing kepi-style caps during the 1890s, it is likely that the jackets were self-purchased rather than company-issued (see link). Uniform buttons almost certainly therefore never existed.