Tag: Keith Easton

Keith Easton Sutton (Via Holderness Road) Road Service Licence No’s: BH101/29, /36, /45, /46, /57, /132, /133, /142. Sutton-in-Holderness was a village some few miles north east of the centre of Hull and due to it being situated outside the city boundary; it was not served by vehicles of the Corporation. Consequently, the first bus…

Keith Easton Stoneferry Road Road Service Licence No’s: BH101/30,/31,/37,/129,/130,/131,/137,/139,/143,/144,/157. The village of Stoneferry was the northernmost outpost of the town boundary at the turn of the century, as Sutton-in-Holderness had not yet been incorporated into the town. The Corporation had applied for Parliamentary Authority to build a tramway along Cleveland Street and Stoneferry Road, and…

Keith Easton Spring Bank West Trams: SW, SWCTrolleybuses: 61, 61ARoad Service Licence No’s: BH101/2, /3, /4, /11, /12, /23, /24, /47, /48, /49, /54, /83, /84, /95,/121, /124 Municipal public transport arrived along Spring Bank West when a branch of the Prince’s Avenue tramway service ‘S’ was extended from Botanic Gardens Station to the railway…

Keith Easton Prince’s Avenue and Newland Avenue Trams: S, SB, SC, QSTrolleybuses: 62, 62ARoad Service Licence No’s: BH101/5, /50, /70, /77, /93, /113, /114 The fourth electric tramway in Hull travelled westwards along Spring Bank and terminated at the Botanic Gardens railway crossing. Operation had commenced in June 1900, but by October further tracks had…

Keith Easton Holderness Road Trams: H, TH, IRH, IRTHTrolleybuses: 64, 64ARoad Service Licence No’s: BH101/6, /7, /41, /42, /52, /53, /64 /66, /67, /68, /69, /78, /85, /90,/101, /102, /103, /112, /134. Public transport along Holderness Road commenced under Corporation auspice on April, 1099. This was in the form of an electric tramway service from…

Keith Easton Hessle Road Trams: D, DPTrolleybuses: 70Road Service Licence No’s: BH101/17, /56, /87, /92, /108, /150, /151, /159, /160. It was Hessle Road long with Anlaby Road which, as already stated earlier, lay claim to the first municipal public transport in Hull, when the service from St John Street to Dairycoates commenced operation by…

Keith Easton Hedon Road Trams: M, MARoad Service Licence No’s: BH101/16, /19, /65, /71, /72, /73, /89, /91, /97, /98, /99, /100, /106/, 107, /119, /122, /123, /120. From a public transport point of view, Hedon Road has always been an industrial area, rather than a residential one. The first trams operated by the Corporation…

Keith Easton Dansom Lane Road Service Licence No’s: BH101/8, /25, /26, /34, /35, /38, /39, /40, BH101/55, /82, /138, /152, Services along Dansom Lane commenced in March 1923, when the Corporation purchased the business of the Kingston-upon-Hull Passenger and Goods Company. The company traded as ‘Blue Bus Company’ and the route ran from the city…

Keith Easton Beverley Road Trams: B, BC, BS, BH, BN, QB.Trolleybuses: 63, 63A, 67Road Service Licence No’s: BH101/18, /32, /33, /58, /63, /74, /75, /76, BH101/81, /86, /88, /115, /117, /118, /145, /146, /147, /148, /149, /158 Beverley Road is one of Hull’s more important trunk routes and this fact is reflected in the number…

Keith Easton Anlaby Road Trams: A, APTrolleybuses: 69, 71Road Service Licence No’s: BH1/9, /10, /21, /22, /51, /61, /80, /109, /110, /111 Anlaby Road and Hessle Road have the distinction of seeing the first municipally operated public transport services in the city of Hull. This commenced in July 1899, when the Corporation opened the first…