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Rothesay Tramways

Introduction

Rothesay Tramways Company Ltd operated this double track electrified tramway from Rothesay Esplanade to Ettrick Bay, on the west side of the island of Bute, via Port Bannatyne. It was originally a horse operated tramway between Rothesay and Port Bannatyne.

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Rothesay Esplanade [Tram]

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Three trams at Rothesay's Esplanade. The pier is off to the right. The Temperance Hotel is now the Esplanade Hotel. ...
Ewan Crawford Collection //

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Pointhouse Tram Depot

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The 3'6' gauge Rothesay Tramway closed in 1936, but the Pointhouse depot survives in commercial use. Looking across the yard with the offices to the ...
Bill Roberton /10/1996

The former depot of the Rothesay Tramways Company seen in 1989. Founded in 1902, the tramway once carried passengers to Port Bannatyne, thence across ...
Colin Miller //1989

The 3'6' gauge Rothesay Tramway closed in 1936, but the Pointhouse depot survives in commercial use. Looking into the depot with rails in situ. ...
Bill Roberton /10/1996

The Rothesay Tramways depot in Port Bannatyne used to house twenty electric tramcars, and is still in use as a bus depot. The trams ceased operating ...
Mark Bartlett 28/12/2010

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Greenwood Crossing [Tram]

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The start of the public footpath section of the old tramway to Ettrick Bay photographed in December 2010. This electrified extension of the former ...
Mark Bartlett 28/12/2010

Discover Bute Tramway information board at the start of the trackbed path to Ettrick Bay. It details points of interest on the 1.6 mile route ...
Mark Bartlett 28/12/2010

Although a long section of the old Rothesay Tramway, down to Ettrick Bay, has been turned into a foot/cycle path other parts of the trackbed have not ...
Mark Bartlett 28/12/2010

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St Colmac [Tram]

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A south easterly view along the former double track electric tramway that ran across the middle of the Island of Bute from Ettrick Bay to Rothesay but ...
Mark Bartlett 28/12/2010

The old tramway from Port Bannatyne parralels the road for most of its length on what was a reserved trackbed. Ettrick Bay, on the west coast of Bute, ...
Mark Bartlett 28/12/2010

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Ettrick Bay [Tram]

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Ettrick Bay with the western terminus of Rothesay Tramways. The terminus was in the upper centre of the photo and the course of the Tramway still lies ...
John McIntyre 22/11/2021

The Rothesay to Port Bannatyne horse tramway was regauged (4' to 3'6'), electrified and extended to Ettrick Bay in 1906 where the tramway company ...
Mark Bartlett 28/12/2010

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Rothesay Tramways

Introduction

Locations along the line

Rothesay Esplanade [Tram]

Pointhouse Tram Depot

Greenwood Crossing [Tram]

St Colmac [Tram]

Ettrick Bay [Tram]

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