1900
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| Timelines: | 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 |
| Births: | 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 |
| Deaths: | 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 |
| Establishments: | 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 |
| Disestablishments: | 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 |
| Introductions: | 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 |
| Accidents: | 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 |
| Images: | 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 |
Contents |
[edit] By month
[edit] January
- 22 January - The first electrified tram route in Southampton opens, running from Junction to Shirley.
[edit] March
- 8 March - The Dublin & Lucan Electric Railway opens.
[edit] May
- 29 May - Southampton Corporation Tramways open the Stag Gates - Prospect Place - Holy Rood route.
[edit] September
- 12 September - Southampton Corporation Tramways open the Holy Rood - Bridge Street - Docks route.
[edit] October
- 4 October - Southampton Corporation Tramways open the Stag Gates - Portswood route.
[edit] December
- 17 December - The Board of Trade approve Nottingham Corporation Tramways Sherwood route.
[edit] Unknown date
- The Isle of Man Tramways & Electric Power Co. Ltd., owners of the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway and the Manx Electric Railway go in liquidation.
- The London County Council Tramways get permission from Parliament to electrify the system.
- Electric services commence on the Nottingham Corporation Tramways.
- An outbreak of "Pink-eye" in horses curtails the Nottingham and District Tramways Company Limited's horse tram operations.
- The Blackpool tramway extends north to Gynn Square and links up with the Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramroad.
