Lost Tramways of Ireland: Belfast

Hardback | 64 pages | 150 x 200mm
Publication July 2021 | ISBN 9781914079504

The first volume in the ‘Lost Tramways of Ireland’ series features the history of the Belfast system, including its origins as a horse tramway in the 1870s, its conversion to electric traction in the early 20th century, its role in two World Wars, the conversion of the network to bus and trolleybus operation from the late 1940s and the system’s eventual demise in 1954. Amongst the locations featured are Glengormley, Greencastle and Bloomfield as well as York Road and Queen’s Quay railway stations.

Books in the Lost Tramways series:

• Leeds West
  
• Leeds East
• Edinburgh
  
• Aberdeen
• Dundee
• Glasgow North
• Glasgow South
• Brighton
• Bradford
• Birmingham South
• Birmingham North
• Bristol
• Coventry
• Nottingham
• Southampton
• Cardiff
• North Wales
• South Wales and Valleys
• Swansea and Mumbles
• Belfast