| Re: otd 4th August 1883 - Electric rail traction starts in Brighton Posted by Electric train at 08:27, 4th August 2023 |      |
140 years today since the first electric railway in Brighton. Main line electric trains started on 1st January 1933 ((here)) and continue to this day 90 year later.
I would like to add that the Mainline Electric trains to Brighton are not the same trains or electrical supply equipment as 90 years ago
In Bristol, trams operated electrically from 1895 (link) until 11th April 1941 but we still we await electric trains. They have got as close as South Gloucestershire, with electric trains calling at Bristol Parkway and passing through but not calling at Patchway and Pilning.
One day the wire will extend from Parkway to Temple Meads .............. Wooton Basset to Temple Meads I would say has less certainty
| otd 4th August 1883 - Electric rail traction starts in Brighton Posted by grahame at 07:02, 4th August 2023 | |
140 years today since the first electric railway in Brighton. Main line electric trains started on 1st January 1933 ((here)) and continue to this day 90 year later.
In Bristol, trams operated electrically from 1895 (link) until 11th April 1941 but we still we await electric trains. They have got as close as South Gloucestershire, with electric trains calling at Bristol Parkway and passing through but not calling at Patchway and Pilning.
