• Cable Trams
    • Birmingham Central Tramways
  • Electric Trams
    • Amsterdam
    • Berlin
    • Birkenhead
    • Blackpool and Fleetwood
    • Blackpool Tramways Co.
    • Blackpool
    • Bolton
    • Bournemouth
    • Brighton Corporation
    • Chesterfield
    • Derby
    • Douglas Head Marine Drive
    • Dundee and District
    • Edinburgh Corportation Tramways
    • Gateshead and District
    • Gateshead
    • Glasgow Corporation
    • Graz
    • Grimsby and Immingham Light Railway
    • Hale
    • Hill of Howth
    • Hong Kong
    • Hull City Tramways
    • Johannesburg
    • Kingston-upon-Hull
    • Krefeld
    • Leamington and Warwick
    • Leeds City Tramways
    • Leicester Corporation Tramways
    • Lisbon
    • Liverpool
    • London County Council
    • London Transport
    • London United Tramways
    • Lowestoft
    • Lytham St Annes
    • Manchester Corporation
    • MBRO
    • Metropolitan Electric
    • New York 3rd Avenue Transit
    • Newcastle Corporation Tramways
    • Nottingham
    • NSW Govt
    • Oldham
    • Oporto
    • Paisley District Tramways
    • Portsdown and Horndean
    • Portsmouth
    • Prague
    • Rawtenstall
    • Ryde Pier
    • Sheffield Corporation
    • Southampton Corporation Tramways
    • Stockport Corporation Tramways
    • Sunderland
    • The Hague
    • Wallasey
  • Gas Powered Trams
    • Neath
  • Horse Trams
    • Cardiff
    • Chesterfield Corporation Tramways
    • Leeds Tramways
    • Liverpool
    • Manchester Carriage and Tramways Co
    • Newcastle and Gosforth
    • North Metropolitan Horse Tramways
    • Ryde Pier
    • Shefffield Tramways
  • Petrol Trams
    • Ryde Pier
  • Works Cars
    • Blackpool
    • Brussels
    • Cardiff

    UKPTR: Gas Powered Trams Neath

    Historic Tram

    Gas Powered Tram

    Neath Corporation took over the tramway services previously provided by the Neath and District Tramways Company. Unlike other local authority tramway modernisation programmes, Neath Corporation opted for town gas powered tramcars, The British Gas Traction Company supplied the tramcars, which stored town gas under compression in cylinders.

    Said to be the world's only surviving gas powered tram. Used in Neath until the 1920s

    Introduced 1896
    Withdrawn 1920
    Transmission Gas powered
    Number Status Note Depot Base Owner
    1 Neath Tramway, Briton Ferry PR Cefn Coed Colliery Museum PRE