Plymouth, Plymouth Devonport and District Tramways Company

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PLYMOUTH, DEVONPORT AND DISTRICT TRAMWAYS COMPANY

SPEEDS AND STOPS

Major-General C S Hutchinson RE, the Board of Trade's inspector, made his inspection of the Plymouth, Devonport and District Tramways on Friday July 11th 1884. A week later he issued his Report and as usual made recommendations as to the speed of trams and the places at which they were to be compelled to stop for safety reasons rather than picking up or setting down passengers.

The overall speed was fixed at 10mph. A lower speed of 4mph was imposed on line 1 in Russell Street and to descending Townsend Hill. The speed in Bedford Street and in the narrow part of Millbay Road immediately outside Millbay Station was also fixed at 4mph. No lower limits were applied to route 4.

Trams were to be compelled to stop:-

On line 1 at the junction of Russell Street with Cornwall Street; at the junction of Houndiscombe Road and Mutley Plain and at the top and bottom of Townsend Hill.

On line 3 at the junction of Bedford Street and Westwell Street; at the intersection of Westwell Street with Princess Square; at the junction of George Street with Athenaeum Place; at the corner by the Royal Hotel; at the intersection of Millbay Road with Athenaeum Street; before entering the north end of the passing loop near Millbay Barracks, and finally at the entrance to the West Hoe Estate.

There was only one compulsory stop on line 4, at the junction of Princess Square and Princess Place.