West Ham Corporation Tramways
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West Ham Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in the County Borough of West Ham between 1901 and 1933.{{cite book|last=Klapper |first=Charles Frederick |title=The Golden Age of Tramways |year=1961 |publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kA9rJ3cGiJgC |oclc=752791132}}{{Page needed|date=February 2020}}
History
File:West Ham (WH) bus garage, 26 September 1992 (2).jpg
File:Date stone on the former West Ham Tram Depot - geograph.org.uk - 1003577.jpg
West Ham Corporation took over the North Metropolitan Tramways horse drawn services in stages starting on 1 July 1903. A programme of modernisation and electrification was undertaken, and the first electric services ran on 27 February 1904.
The company built up a fleet of 134 tramcars in a chocolate and cream livery.
The company experimented with trolley buses as early as 1912. At the annual conference of the Municipal Tramways Association from 25 to 27 September 1912, an Austrian Cédès-Stoll was the first trolleybus to carry passengers in London, along Greengate Street.
Closure
The services were taken over by London Passenger Transport Board on 1 July 1933.