Poole and District Electric Tramways
# Poole and District Electric Tramways

The Poole and District Electric Tramways operated an electric tramway service in Poole between 1901 and 1905.

## History

The Poole and District Electric Traction Company was a subsidiary of British Electric Traction. A single line was built from Poole railway station through Upper Parkstone to County Gates. The fare for the journey was 3d.

The company operated a fleet of 17 tramcars from a depot at Ashley Road in Upper Parkstone.

## Closure

The system was bought by Poole Corporation in 1905 and leased for thirty years to Bournemouth Corporation Tramways from June 1905, and this line was subsumed into their system.

