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Metropolitan Borough of Trafford

 

 

Local authority Public transport from 1824 Bus services until 1969 Vehicles in the collection

 

 

Area map

 

Map of Trafford area

Reproduced from Ordnance Survey map data by permission of Ordnance Survey, © Crown copyright.

Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.

 

 

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Public Transport from 1824

 

Road Transport

 

Public road transport for the main municipal and private operators in what is now the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford is summarised below:

 

 

Operator Horse Buses Horse Trams Gas Trams Electric Tramways Trolley Buses Motor Buses SELNEC GMT
Manchester 1865-1901 1877-1903 1897-1908* 1901-1949 1938-1966 1923-1969 1969-1974 1974-1986
NWRCC None None None None None 1913-1972 1972-1974 1974-1986

GMT = Greater Manchester Transport
*Gas trams were operated by The Trafford Park Estate Company

 

Public transport from 1824 in Greater Manchester

 

 

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Bus services until 1969

 

Bus service operation until the formation of SELNEC in 1969 is shown by town below:

 

Altrincham

North Western / Manchester Corporation Transport

 

Bowdon

North Western

 

Hale

North Western

 

Sale

North Western / Manchester Corporation Transport

 

Stretford

North Western / Manchester Corporation Transport / Salford Corporation Transport

 

Urmston

Manchester Corporation Transport / North Western

 

 

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Local Authority

 

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council

 

 

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Vehicles in the Collection

 

Find all vehicles in our Collection which formerly operated in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford by operator:  

 

North Western

Manchester Corporation Transport

Salford Corporation Transport

 

 

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