Yarmouth and Gorleston Tramways
Owner East Anglian Tramway Company
Opened 25th March 1875 (horse)
Operator East Anglian Tramway Company
Taken over circa April 1876 (Great Yarmouth Tramways Company)
Taken over April 1878 (Yarmouth and Gorleston Tramways Company)
Taken over 1881 (old company dissolved and a new one formed of the same name)
Taken over 1900 (British Electric Traction Company gains a controlling interest)
Taken over (ownership) 12th March 1905 (Great Yarmouth Corporation)
Last horse service 4th July 1905 (probably operated under contract by BETCo)
Length 2.75 miles
Gauge 4ft 8½ins to 1882, thereafter regauged to 3ft 6ins
Button description (1875-1900) Uniforms not worn
Button description (c1900-1905) Wheel, magnet and electrical flashes
Materials known Brass; nickel; chrome; bakelite
Button Line reference [113/16]
Comment Uniforms only appear to have been issued in the last few years of operation, when the owner (at that time the BETCo) had given up its attempts to electrify the system.