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The Tram53 project
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A regular member of our team, Guy Hall, has found the last tram ever to run on Brighton Corporation's tram lines! ABOVE: The top deck, with handrails and decking in surprisingly good condition. ABOVE: The nearside of the car offers a tantalising glimpse of the past - the Brighton Corporation Tramways coachwork and crest are just visible in this photo. Wonderful! Do you like what you have seen here? Sign the Guestbook or leave a comment below. Use the scroll bar on the right to scroll through the comments...
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Brighton Tram 53 Society - Home
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BCT Trams and infrastructure. Works Car No.1. The last Brighton Tramcar needs you! Brighton Corporation Tramways ran for 38 years from 1901 until 1939, of the 116 tram cars built by the Corporation at their Lewes Road Depot, only 1, number 53, still survives. Number 53 was built in 1937 and after only 2 years of running, was sold to a West Sussex farm where she remained until the 1970s. For the next 3 decades she sat in a shed, untouched, until now. You can make a difference! Or follow us on our blog.
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Brighton Tram 53 Society - Tram 53 Images
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BCT Trams and infrastructure. Works Car No.1. Tram 53 Historical Images. Tram 53 in 2010. Tram 53 in 2011.
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Brighton Tram 53 Society - BCT History
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BCT Trams and infrastructure. Works Car No.1. History of Brighton Corporation Tramways. E - Elm Grove. N - New England. Q - Queen's Park. Special services were operated on race days, and also to Dyke Road when Brighton and Hove Albion played at home. Frequencies of four to five minutes were operated, and typical journey times from the Old Steine were: Brighton Station (8 minutes); Fiveways (18); Preston Barracks (15); Race Hill (18); Rock Gardens (27); and Tivoli Crescent (20).
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Brighton Tram 53 Society - News
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BCT Trams and infrastructure. Works Car No.1. August 15th, 2016 09:56 AM. WE raised  114.05 at two shows over the weekend, big thanks to Brian Cooper for his solo show on the Sat and the open day crew on the Sunday! August 6th, 2016 05:45 PM. July 28th, 2016 05:19 PM. July 6th, 2016 05:02 PM. June 25th, 2016 04:35 PM. For older news, please visit our blog.
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Brighton Tram 53 Society - Links
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BCT Trams and infrastructure. Works Car No.1. The home of the National Tramway Museum, founded in the 1950s, it nestles above the Derwent Valley in the Derbyshire Hills. Tramway and Light Railway Society. The Tramway and Light Railway Society is a registered National Charity and is the UK society for everyone interested in tramways and especially tramway modelling. Founded in 1938, the TLRS now has around a thousand members. Black Country Museum Transport Group. Based at the Black Country Living Museum.
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Brighton Tram 53 Society - Tram 53 History
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BCT Trams and infrastructure. Works Car No.1. History of Tram 53. 53 was fitted with glass screens above the decency panels of the upper deck, and if Brighton had kept her trams, they would all have been fitted with this feature. Most of the Brighton tram-cars were scrapped for the war effort, but 53, along with 2 others, was coverted to a shed at Lewes Road. She was then sold to a Partridge Green pig farm where she remained until the 1970s, by which time she was the only survivor.
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Brighton Tram 53 Society - Brighton Corporation Tramways Images
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BCT Trams and infrastructure. Works Car No.1. Tram lines in Lewes Road Depot, where 53 was built. More of Lewes Road tram lines. Old and the new - Trams and Brighton's 1st trolleybus at Aquarium terminus, 1939. E class tram, 75, seen at Lewes Road Depot. 3 new E class trams outside Lewes Road Depot. E class tram, 71, at Upper Rock Gardens termnius in 1939. Painting of 53's class-mate, 49 seen at Aquarium terminus. Lewes Road Depot building today.
