Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway
Owner Llandudno and District Electric Tramway Construction Co Ltd
Opened 19th October 1907 (electric)
Operator Llandudno and District Electric Tramway Construction Co Ltd
Reregistered 21st April 1909 (Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway Ltd)
Closed 24th March 1956
Length 8.38 miles
Gauge 3ft 6ins
Button description Plain with scalloped rim
Materials known Nickel; chrome
Button Line reference [None]
Comment My thanks to Bob Barnsdale and Geoff Price for confirming that L&CBER staff wore standard, unmarked buttons with scalloped rims.
Balfour Beatty, who owned, operated or controlled several other tramway companies was a major shareholder in this company from 1910 onwards. In addition to the Llandudno system, BB also owned, operated or controlled the following systems: Cheltenham and District Light Railway, Dartford and District Light Railway, Leamington and Warwick Electric Tramway, Llanelly Tramways, Luton Corporation Tramways, Mansfield and District Light Railway, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways, Dunfermline and District Tramways, Falkirk and District Tramways and Wemyss and District Tramways.