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... re-printed This describes how the services in the two areas grew from the horse-drawn tram service inaugurated by American George Francis Train in August 1860 until buses took over in the 1930s Mr Maund has a long association with transport having run buses in ...
... the borough’s news-stands the first tram service in Europe rattled into action in Birkenhead American tramway pioneer George Francis Train set up a “street railway” line in 1860 after his plans to start one in Liverpool were turned down A horse-drawn service ...
... reference library RAILWAY On August 30 1860 Europe’s first “street railway” was inaugurated by an American the aptly-named George Francis Train who had visited several European cities only Birkenhead had the vision to take up the idea The early trams were horse-drawn ...
... pioneering trams in Birkenhead By chance the man who takes the credit for bringing the idea the town went by the name of George Francis Train! He based his plans on US “street railways” particularly in Harlem and wrote to the Birkenhead Commissioners (forerunners ...
... same time also have some suggestions for names for the proposed Blue Plaque scheme They include Sir William Jackson George Francis Train Canon Knox Edward Kemp (who supervised the laying out of Birkenhead Park) Joseph Paxton Nathaniel Hawthorne John Aspinall ...