{"id":13466,"date":"2025-12-11T10:18:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=13466"},"modified":"2025-12-15T14:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:00:34","slug":"exeter-corporation-tramways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/exeter-corporation-tramways\/","title":{"rendered":"Exeter Corporation Tramways"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The scout remembers that, until the early 1970s, tram track was exposed beside the Clock Tower and the impressions of it could be seen along Queen Street, where the rails lay just beneath the surface.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


The depot in Heavitree Road was still used by Devon General. Buses could be seen straddling the inspection pits between the tram rails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just before the electric trams started in 1905, two essential elements were built: a replacement bridge across the Exe and a new power station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The station ceased generating in 1955 and the building today houses Quay Climbing Centre. This tour<\/a> has glimpses of the frontage and features of the turbine hall, with its white glazed bricks and travelling crane still in situ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All that remains of the river bridge are two lamp standards, which now stand on the quay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the 37 tramcars bought by Exeter Corporation, the bodies of five could still be found many years after their withdrawal. Two in a reduced and decayed state<\/a> languished in a field outside Exeter and another two<\/a> were used as a store in Stoke Canon. Car No. 19 was very much more fortunate: it was rescued and now runs as a single decker on the two-foot-nine gauge Seaton Tramway<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n