The Hastings Tramways Company was founded in early 1904, and construction of the Hastings tramways began soon after. July 31st,1905 – The town’s first tram service started, with 19,000 people using them on the first day. Initially there was just a circular route from the Silverhill depot, via Sedlescombe Road North, the Ridge, Ore, Mount Pleasant, Blacklands, Queens Road, the town centre and Bohemia Road to Silverhill, with a branch line from Silverhill up Battle Road. A branch from Ore to the bottom of Harold Road opened August 24 1905. Another branch from Silverhill down London Road opened on July 28 1906, and the separate Bopeep-Bexhill line opened April 9 1906. The final section from Bopeep to the Memorial, along the seafront, did not open until January 12 1907.
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