Tram, destination Accrington

[Royboy39]

Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

What actually happened to the old tram lines, did they get lifted or were new road surfaces just laid over them ?

Yep.....it would have been too expensive to dig them up.

[Bonnyboy]

Originally Posted by Royboy39

Yep.....it would have been too expensive to dig them up.

It was your mention of Pikeys that made me ask, the buggers might start diggin the streets up to weigh in the iron

Guessin most of the streets were cobbled back then, it doesn't seem a particularly big job to have dug the lines up.

[Royboy39]

Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

It was your mention of Pikeys that made me ask, the buggers might start diggin the streets up to weigh in the iron

Guessin most of the streets were cobbled back then, it doesn't seem a particularly big job to have dug the lines up.

If you look at the link on transport history chapter 15 you will see what the cost of the lines were in those days...peanuts.
So why dig them up?

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Royboy39

And in Eliison Street going into the depot.....No Pickey's about then Cashy.

actually i think there was, used to camp up on "Nelson Square" in church, they put me n me mate up mid 60s when our landlady had evicted us, we stayed wi em a few weeks n moved a couple of times until 1 day oer doncaster way camped up n said we will get the " Lead Flashing" off doncaster race coarse in the morning, so me n me mate went out fer a " pint" n did one rapid. that brought to a close cashys chapter wi the pikeys.

[Bonnyboy]

Originally Posted by Royboy39

If you look at the link on transport history chapter 15 you will see what the cost of the lines were in those days...peanuts.
So why dig them up?

Read that a few times Royboy, I must have missed the track costing part. Noticed that the return per mile was just over 21 shillings per mile total. Quite a tidy sum back then I imagine. I assume that it was down to higher volumes of users back then, plus tram efficiency.