vision for trams connecting north London from east to west so that commuters are no longer forced to travel into London and out again. But he's not making any manifesto commitments at this stage.
Chris Barker, transport spokesman for the Haringey Federation of Residents Associations, told the Journal: “When it comes down to discussing where it would go there would be problems, because fitting in the infrastructure would be difficult.
“But I would hope residents would respond very positively to having a tram system - as residents have in Croydon, where it is very popular and has revived the town centre. We’d like to be able to replicate that. I’m delighted that Ken has taken this up.”
If you're a tram fan, before you get too excited, it should also be borne in mind that a full eco-housing estate has been built with unused copies of previous grand London tram schemes. Ken's 2002 scheme is one such example.
Perhaps you can satisfy yourself for the time being with some of the tram stuff we have here on HoL and our own Harringay-born tram expert can give us something of the history of trams in the borough. Stephen?…
utes were single deck trams.
After the trams were withdrawn in February 1938, buses (only those via Westbury Avenue) continued to use the island stops for another thirty years. As can be seen by the bus stop arrangements, the 41 never used the loading islands.…
required by the high number of interchange passengers Tube/Tram. The middle track was worked in the direction of the peak traffic.. Route 31 (Euston Road - Palmers Green) was a short working of the 29 tram (Euston Road - Enfield).
A L.G.O.C. K-type bus (built at Walthamstow) on route 78, which in 1922 worked Dulwich- Finsbury Park. The 78 was cut back to today's northern terminus at Shoreditch more than eighty years ago.
Thanks to StephenBln for this picture who posted it here in another discussion.
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e the Wightman Road issue with a tram service end to end! And while we are at it, take out the parking on Green Lanes and restore the tram service, with the green verge to run on like the one Stephen shows in Munchen, then it will really will be "Green" Lanes.…
e trolleybuses used overhead wiring, but the trams used the under the road so-called 'conduit current collection'. E/3 trams could work from both systems, but were only allowed to use the overhead here in cases of emergency.
Trolleybuses on route 641 had replaced tram route 41 in 1938. The outbreak of WWII in 1939 gave route 33 a ten year reprieve, and it was withdrawn in April 1952 and replaced by the 171 bus. E/3 Tram 1946 worked until the last day of the first generation trams in London on 5 July 1952 and was scrapped at Charlton in August of that year.…
with a pole with a plough attached, waiting for the next tram. Trams short-working to Finsbury Park would continue on the overhead and would reverse at Blackstock Road.
Trams from the South would shoot out the ploughs as they crossed this point and the conductor would attach the trolley to the overhead wire here.…