The Dearne District Light Railway was a street tramway in the United Kingdom linking Barnsley with Wombwell, Wath, Bolton on Dearne and Thurnscoe. Authorised by the Dearne District Light Railways Order 1915 under the Light Railways Act 1896, its opening was delayed by the First World War until 14 July 1924. It was the last street tramway built in the United Kingdom before the modern revival and one of the first to close. Single-deck cars ran from a car barn at Wombwell on laid-over single track with passing loops, which made the trams slower than competing motor buses. The last tram ran on 30 September 1933.
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it was the last street tramway to be built in the UK before the modern era
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Opened on 14 July 1924
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the last tram journey reached the end of the line on 30 September 1933
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it was the last street tramway to be built in the UK before the modern era
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