Birmingham Central Tramways
Owner Birmingham Central Tramways Company Ltd (formerly the Birmingham Suburban Tramways Company)
First horse service 11th November 1884 - Birmingham Corporation-owned Nechells route
First steam service 25th November 1884 - Birmingham Corporation-owned Perry Barr route
Took over (operation) 29th December 1884 to 16th January 1886 - Birmingham Corporation-owned Moseley Rd, Sparkbrook, Lozells, Saltley Rd and Small Heath routes [steam]
Took over (operation) 1st January 1886 - Birmingham Corporation-owned lines formerly worked by Birmingham and District Tramways and its successor, the Birmingham Tramways and Omnibus Co Ltd (horse)
Took over (company) 1st January 1886 (Birmingham Tramways and Omnibus Company Ltd) - assets and lines (outside the corporation boundary)
Took over (operation) 25th October 1886 - Birmingham Corporation-owned lines in Wheeler St and Great Hampton Row
First cable service 24th March 1888 - newly converted and regauged, Birmingham Corporation-owned Colmore Row to Hockley Brook line
First battery-electric service 24th July 1890 - regauged, Birmingham Corporation-owned Bristol Rd line
Taken over 29th September 1896 (City of Birmingham Tramways Co Ltd)
Length circa 26 miles
Gauge 3ft 6ins; 4ft 8½ins (lines originally operated by the BT&OCoLtd)
Button description Uniforms not worn
Comment Photographs (see link) suggest that senior staff (only) were issued with uniforms; these appear to have had hook and eye fasteners, so in all likelihood, marked uniform buttons ever existed.