Middlesbrough Corporation Tramways



Owner Middlesbrough Corporation
Took over
3rd April 1921 (Middlesbrough, Stockton and Thornaby Electric Tramways [electric] - a subsidiary of the Imperial Tramways Company Limited) - lines within the corporation boundary
Operator Middlesbrough Corporation
Name changed 1933 (to Middlesbrough Corporation Transport)
Closed 9th June 1934
Length 5.49 miles
Gauge 3ft 7ins

Button description Diagonally hatched block letters, ‘M.C.T’, within a raised rim
Materials known Brass; chrome
Button Line reference [None]

Comment I have no firm evidence that this pattern of button was an issue of Middlesbrough Corporation Tramways, though it is frequently identified as such. Note that the remainder of the MS&TET system, i.e., that outside the Middlesbrough Corporation boundary, was taken over - at the same time - and run as a joint concern by the corporations of Stockon-on-Tees and Thornaby (see link)