Edmund Street with old tram track, Birmingham
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Edmund Street with old tram track, Birmingham
Image: © P L Chadwick Taken: 1 Sep 2019
A short length of history is preserved in this stretch of track from Birmingham's first generation tramway. The last three routes closed on the 4th July 1953. The block paving is modern. The system used the narrow gauge of 3 ft 6 inches (1067 mm). This was quite common in the past for Midlands systems, and for many small systems elsewhere. The Birmingham system was the most extensive narrow gauge system in the UK. At its maximum extent its route length was just over 80 miles (129 km approx.) The second generation tramway opened in 1999 using the national standard railway gauge and recently extended further into the city centre. Ambitious further extensions are due to open over the next few years.
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Image Location
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52.480526
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-1.903659