Dublin United Tramways Company



Owner Dublin United Tramways Company
Amalgamation 1st January 1882 (City of Dublin Tramways Company [horse]; North Dublin Street Tramways Company Ltd [horse]; Dublin Central Tramways Company [horse])
Operator Dublin United Tramways Company
Amalgamated 28th September 1896 (Dublin Southern District Tramways [electric] - a subsidiary of the Imperial Tramways Group) to form the Dublin United Tramways Company (1896) Limited
First electric route 11th November 1897 (excluding DSDT lines)
Took over 1907 (Clontarf and Hill of Howth Tramroad [electric])
Took over 1925 (defunct Dublin and Lucan Electric Railway)
Amalgamated 1st January 1945 (Great Southern Railways) to form Coras Iompair Eireann
Closed 9th July 1949
Length 61.15 miles
Gauge 5ft 3ins / 5ft 2¼ins

Button description Elaborate script initials (‘DUT’) in scalloped rim

Materials known Nickel; brass; chrome

Button Line reference [113/26]