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TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Cardiff Corporation Tramways
Weekday services.
| 1 | Mynachdy Rd. - Whitchurch Road - St Andrew’s Pl. - Queen St. - General Station |
| 1A | Mynachdy Rd. - Whitchurch Road - City Rd. - Queen St. - Castle St. - Cathedral Rd. - Penhill Rd. |
| 2 | Roath Depot - Newport Rd. - Queen St. - Bute St. - Pier Head |
| 2A | Roath Depot - Newport Rd. - Queen St. - Castle St. - Cowbridge Rd. - Victoria Park |
| 3 | Roath Park - Ninian Rd. - City Rd. - Queen St. - Bute St. - Pier Head |
| 4 | Roath Park - Ninian Rd. - City Rd. - Queen St. - General Station |
| 4A | Pen-y-Lan Rd. - City Rd. - Queen St. - General Station |
| 5 | Victoria Park - Cowbridge Rd. - Castle St. - General Station - Bute St. - Pier Head |
| 5A | Victoria Park - Cowbridge Rd. - Castle St. - General Station |
| 6 | Penhill Rd. - Cathedral Rd. - Castle St. - Tudor St. - Clare Rd. - Corporation Rd. - Clarence Rd. |
| 7 | Roath Dock - Portmanmoor Rd. - Constellation St. - Adam St. - General Station - Penarth Rd. - Clive St. - Ferry Rd. |
| 8 | Victoria Park - Cowbridge Rd. - Castle St. - Queen St. - Constellation St. - Portmanmoor Rd. - Roath Dock |
| 12 | The Hayes - Queen St. - Constellation St. - Portmanmoor Rd. - Roath Dock |
| 13 | Penhill Rd. - Cathedral Rd. - Clare Rd. - Corporation Rd. - Clarence Rd. |
| 14 | Victoria Park - Cowbridge Rd. - Clare Rd. - Corporation Rd. - Clarence Rd. |
| 16 | St. Athan’s Rd - Whitchurch Road - St Andrew’s Pl. - Queen St. - Tudor St. - Clare Rd. - Corporation Rd. - Clarence Rd. |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramways: 31 km.
HISTORY
Tramways
- Horse tramways: 1872 - 26 July 1902.
- Electric tramway: 1 May 1902 - 20 Feb. 1950.
GAUGE
- Tramways: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- "Cardiff Corporation tramway services", The Modern Tramway, Dec. 1942 (5: 60), p.115.
- Gould, D. Cardiff's electric tramways. Oxford: Oakwood Press, 1996 (2nd ed.).
- Priestley, H.B. "Cardiff's electric tramways: Part 2 - 1921-1940" The Modern Tramway, July 1940 (3: 31), p.71-72, 75.
- Priestley, H.B. "Cardiff's electric tramways" (suppl.) The Modern Tramway, Aug. 1940 (3: 32), p.89, 96.
- "South Wales Metro: The transformation begins", Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2019 (82: 982), p.369-373.
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