Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway

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Open19 October 1907
Close24 March 1956
StatusClosed
Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway
A car body rebuilt by the preservation society
Operation
LocaleLlandudno Colwyn Bay
Open19 October 1907
Close24 March 1956
StatusClosed
Infrastructure
Track gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Propulsion systemElectric
Statistics
Route length8 miles (13 km)

The Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway operated an electric tramway service between Llandudno and Rhos-on-Sea from 1907 and extended to Colwyn Bay in 1908. The service closed in 1956.[1]

Map of the route of the Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway

The Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Light Railway Order 1898 authorised the construction of a tramway from Colwyn Bay to Deganwy. There were substantial delays in construction and only a short section of line had been built by 1904. The original company was taken over in July 1906 by the Llandudno and District Electric Construction Company.

Work restarted in 1907 and the line from Llandudno to Rhos-on-Sea was soon ready. On 26 September 1907 the company got permission for services to start, and it opened on 19 October 1907. The section of line to Colwyn Bay, top of Station Road was completed by 7 June 1908 and the final extension to Old Colwyn was opened in 1915. In 1913 the Gloddaeth Avenue (West Shore) to Dale Road was abandoned and the Colwyn Bay - Old Colwyn section was closed in September 1930, being cut back to Abergele Road/Greenfield Road corner on the (then) A55.

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