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The Chatham and District Light Railways Company was the originator and first operator of the electric tramway system that served Chatham and Gillingham, and was later extended into Rochester, Strood and Rainham. The system was in operation from 17 June 1902 to 30 September 1930, when it was superseded by the motorbuses of the Chatham and District Traction Company. ==Principal routes== At its inauguration the tramway had the following routes: * Luton to the Dockyard via Chatham Town Hall. * Chatham Cemetery to Gillingham Victoria Bridge via Chatham Town Hall and Brompton. * Chatham Town Hall to Gillingham Pier Road via Chatham Hill, Gillingham and James Street. * Chatham Railway station to the dockyard via Chatham Town Hall. The network expanded for several years, and by 1908 there were eight operational routes:〔 * Luton to the Dockyard via Chatham Town Hall. * Frindsbury to Gillingham Green via Rochester, Chatham Town Hall and Brompton. * Strood Hill to Gillingham Green via Rochester, Chatham Town Hall and Brompton. * Borstal to Gillingham Victoria Bridge via the Delce, Rochester, Chatham Town Hall and Brompton. * Chatham Town Hall to Gillingham Shalders Arms via Chatham Hill and Canterbury Street. * Chatham Cemetery to Gillingham Victoria Bridge via Chatham Town Hall and Brompton. * Chatham Town Hall to Rainham High Street via Chatham Hill, Jezreels and Rainham Mark. * Chatham Railway Station to Brompton via Chatham Town Hall. (Note that "the Delce" referred to the area at the junction of Priestfields and Maidstone Road where Upper Delce Farm and Delce Grange were located. It did not refer to Delce Road which is locally known as the Delce.) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chatham and District Light Railways Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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