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The Great Orme Tramway is Britain's only remaining cable operated street tramway and one of only three surviving in the world. The line is in two sections and passengers change cars at the Halfway Station. The lower section has a maximum grade of 1 in 4 and climbs 400 feet in about half-a-mile. It was opened for passengers on July 31st 1902. The upper section, opened in 1903, is less steep and climbs 150 feet in about the same distance to its terminus near the Summit Complex.

The tramway is situated on the Great Orme, a mountain by the town of Llandudno in the County of Conwy in Wales.

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Resources in This Category

• BBC: Inquiry into tram crash

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/uk/wales/newsid_731000/732015.stm
  Report and discussion about the accident in which two trams collided on April 30th 2000 injuring 17 people.

• Great Orme Tramway

  http://www.greatormetramway.co.uk/
  Official site of the United Kingdom's longest cable hauled funicular tramway and one of only three cable hauled street tramways in the world. Included are a brief tramway history, details of how the tramway works and information for visitors. A comprehensive information pack for school teachers and pupils is available for download.

• Great Orme Tramway

  http://www.galenfrysinger.com/wales_great_orm_tramway.htm
  Collection of photographs taken from the trams

• Great Orme Tramway

  http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Great_Orme_Tramway
  Pictures of the trams on July 9th 2000.

• Great Orme Tramway : The Cable Car of Wales

  http://www.cable-car-guy.com/html/ccgreatorme.html
  One of three systems in the world in which "cable cars" operate on city streets. The others are in San Francisco and Lisbon. A notable American view by Walter Rice.

• Great Orme Tramway: Tramshots

  http://www.wakefieldpinball.com/trams/great-orme.php
  Photographic slide show.

• The Great Orme Railway

  http://www.dewi.ca/trains/gt_orme/index.html
  Archive photographs of the tramway in 1952 by Dewi Williams. Detailed coverage of stations, winding house, trackwork and cars.

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