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Title: otd 4th August 1883 - Electric rail traction starts in Brighton Post by: grahame on August 04, 2023, 07:02:26 140 years today since the first electric railway in Brighton (http://volkselectricrailway.co.uk/history/the-volks-electric-railway/1883-1900/). Main line electric trains started on 1st January 1933 ((here) (http://extra.southernelectric.org.uk/features/historical-features/everyhour.html)) and continue to this day 90 year later.
In Bristol, trams operated electrically from 1895 (link) (https://wpehs.org.uk/bristol-tramways) until 11th April 1941 but we still we await electric trains. They have got as close as South Gloucestershire, with electric trains calling at Bristol Parkway and passing through but not calling at Patchway and Pilning. Title: Re: otd 4th August 1883 - Electric rail traction starts in Brighton Post by: Electric train on August 04, 2023, 08:27:11 140 years today since the first electric railway in Brighton (http://volkselectricrailway.co.uk/history/the-volks-electric-railway/1883-1900/). Main line electric trains started on 1st January 1933 ((here) (http://extra.southernelectric.org.uk/features/historical-features/everyhour.html)) and continue to this day 90 year later. I would like to add that the Mainline Electric trains to Brighton are not the same trains or electrical supply equipment as 90 years ago ;D In Bristol, trams operated electrically from 1895 (link) (https://wpehs.org.uk/bristol-tramways) until 11th April 1941 but we still we await electric trains. They have got as close as South Gloucestershire, with electric trains calling at Bristol Parkway and passing through but not calling at Patchway and Pilning. One day the wire will extend from Parkway to Temple Meads .............. Wooton Basset to Temple Meads I would say has less certainty This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |