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Description: | The Provincial Tramways Co began operations in Portsmouth in 1873 and extended across to Gosport in 1878. Thus Gosport had a horse drawn tram service and when this was electrified in 1906 the line was extended to Fareham, terminating at the railway station. The Fareham route was officially opened for passenger use in January 1906, the fare to Gosport being 4d. The service ran every 15 minutes and ran along the Gosport Road and through Brockhurst. The trams were open topped and there was also very little protection from the weather for the driver. A power station was built at Hoeford to generate the electricity needed for running the tramways. The old trams had cow catchers on the front like the trains of the Wild West. The last tram ran on 31 December 1929 to be replaced by motor buses.
Although Gosport and Fareham Tramways was adopted as a trading name, there was never a company of this title.
References:
1. Brown, Ron. 1983. Fareham of yesteryear, p. 52-53.
2. Moore, Pamela. 1990. Bygone Fareham, p. 60-64.
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