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The City of Oxford Tramways Company and its successor the City of Oxford Electric Tramways Company operated a horse-drawn passenger tramway service in Oxford between 1881 and 1914.〔The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.〕 ==History== The City of Oxford Tramways Company was incorporated in 1879〔The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908〕 under the provisions of the Oxford Tramways Act of 1870.〔The Horse-Trams of Oxford, 1881-1914, Harold W Hart〕 Major General Charles Scrope Hutchinson from the Board of Trade inspected the works on 28 November 1881 and the first line opened to the public on 1 December 1881. The first route of 1881 was from the railway station to Cowley Road, Carfax. On 28 January 1882 a route was opened from Carfax to Rachham’s Lane along Cornmarket Street, Magdalen Street and St. Giles Street. On 15 July 1884 a route opened to Kingston Road via Beaumont Street and Walton Street. On 15 March 1887 a route was opened from Carfax to Lake Street, New Hinksey via St. Aldates. By 1895 the company had a fleet of 16 single-decker trams. By 1910 this had expanded to 19 double-decker cars. The depot was located off Leopold Street at . The Oxford Corporation had the option to purchase the company after 26 years, but political consensus could not be achieved, and the company made a new agreement to extend the system and continue operation until 1907. On 5 November 1898 the Banbury Road route was extended to Summertown. The company did not get its full term and in 1906 the corporation bought it out. A newly formed City of Oxford Electric Tramways Company took over in 1907. This was a subsidiary of the National Electric Construction Company. The method of electrification could not be agreed upon, and the concession of this new company expired in 1912. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「City of Oxford Tramways Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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