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1901 Wigan Corporation starts an electric tram service, using narrow gauge tracks (27 January).
1901 Manchester Corporation opens Queens Road Tram Depot and its first electric tram service on 7th June, operating between Albert Square and Cheetham Hill. It uses Bell Punch tickets and machines.
1901 Manchester Corporation appoints a General Manager with an annual salary of £400.
1901 A dispute between Manchester and Salford corporations results in passengers having to change trams in the middle of Blackfriars Bridge.
1901 Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield Tramways and Electricity Board (SHMD) created.
1901 First electric tram services run by Stockport Corporation commence (26 August).
1901 First Salford Corporation electric tram runs and Frederick Road depot opens (20 November).
1902 Rochdale Corporation starts its first electric tram service, to Bamford (22 May).
1902 Farnworth UDC takes over operation of electric trams within its borough (2 June).
1902 Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation operates its first electric trams (August).
1902 SLT trials electric trams in Leigh (25 September).
1902 SLT starts operating electric trams (20 October).
1902 Wigan Corporation purchases the Wigan and District Tramways Company (30 September) and work starts on the electrification of steam tram routes (October).
1903 Last horse trams are operated by Salford Corporation (March).
1903 Electrification of Manchester's tramway system now completed and the last horse tram operates in Manchester (31 March) but they continue to run between the City boundary and Barton Road, Stretford until 12th April.
1903 Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company goes into liquidation (31 March), assets passing to various corporations at a cost of £335,000 (May).
1903 Bury Corporation operates electric trams for the first time, to Jericho (3 June).
1903 Electric trams start running in Trafford Park (14 July).
1903 Steam tramways in Bury, Rochdale and Oldham are taken over by the respective corporations.
1903 Manchester Corporation’s Hyde Road Car Shed with accommodation for 265 tramcars opens.
1903 Manchester Corporation Social and Athletic Society formed for employees and weekly working hours reduced to 54.
1903 Manchester Corporation introduces closed top double deck tramcars.
1903 Salford Corporation trams begin to run down Deansgate, Manchester.
1903 Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation takes over, rebuilds and operates electric trams on the Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company routes in Ashton (October).
1903 Ramsbottom Tramways Order confirmed, but high costs prevent the building of any tramway system.
