Dundee's Trams and Buses

The Dundee & District Tramways Company began operating a service using a horse tram on 30 August 1877. In 1885, steam traction was introduced and between 1900 and 1902 the system was electrified, reaching at its height as far as Broughty Ferry and Monifeith. In 1899 the company had become Dundee City Tramways and in October 1956 the tram system was closed, all the services now run using the motor buses which had been originally introduced in 1922. Dundee Corporation Transport and its successors have run the buses in the city ever since. In this book, transport historian Walter Burt looks at the trams and buses used by these companies and tells the story of transport in Dundee through the vehicles that used to work its streets in a collection of images which will bring back memories of Dundee from times past.