Cambridge Street Tramways



Owner Cambridge Street Tramways Company
Opened 28th October 1880 (horse)
Operator Cambridge Street Tramways Company
Taken over (operation) 1st January 1881 (J F Meston - lessee)
Took over (operation) 1st January 1884 (following conclusion of the lease)
Ownership 1900 (significant shareholding acquired by the British Electric Traction Company)
Ownership 12th January 1904 (BETCo shareholding sold to the Cambridge Electric Traction Syndicate)
Closed
18th February 1914
Length 2.69 miles
Gauge 4ft 0ins

Button description Uniforms not worn

Comment Photographs indicate that staff wore a variety of informal attire (see link), including bowler hats and flat caps, strongly suggesting that the company did not issue uniforms, and that marked buttons therefore never existed. However, a single photograph seems to suggest that conductors may have been issued with uniforms for a short period, though this is hardly conclusive.