Editing Bath, Somerset (section)

===Trams===
The [[Bath Tramways Company]] began operations on 24 December 1880. The {{RailGauge|48in}} gauge cars were horse-drawn along a route from London Road to the railway station. The system closed in 1902 and was replaced by electric tramcars on a greatly expanded {{RailGauge|ussg}} gauge system that opened in 1904. This eventually extended to {{convert|18|mi|km}} with routes to Combe Down, Oldfield Park, Twerton, [[Newton St Loe]], Weston and [[Bathford]]. There was a fleet of 40 cars, all but six being double deck. The first line to close was replaced by a bus service in 1938, and the last went on 6 May 1939.<ref name=tramways>{{cite book |last=Oppitz |first=Leslie |title=Tramways Remembered: West and South West England |year=1990 |publisher=Countryside Books |isbn=978-1-85306-095-3 |page=74 }}</ref>

In 2005, a detailed plan was presented to the council to reintroduce trams to Bath, but the plan did not proceed, reportedly due to the focus by the council on the government-supported busway planned to run from the Newbridge park and ride into the city centre. Part of the justification for the plan was pollution from vehicles in the city, which was twice the legal levels, and heavy traffic congestion due to high car usage. In 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/trams-work-bath/story-26246819-detail/story.html |title=Could trams work in Bath city centre? |date=28 March 2015 |last=Connolly |first=Nancy |work=Bath Chronicle |access-date=6 April 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015195452/http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/trams-work-Bath/story-26246819-detail/story.html |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> another group, Bath Trams, building on the earlier tram group proposals, created interest in the idea of reintroducing trams with several public meetings and meetings with the council.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bathtrams.uk |title=Trams for Bath – the Pros and Cons – Bath Trams |website=Bath Trams |access-date=28 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411060328/https://bathtrams.uk/ |archive-date=11 April 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, [[Bath and North East Somerset Council]] announced a feasibility study{{update inline|date=April 2023}} into implementing a light rail or tram system in the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/news/bath-news/council-look-whether-light-rail-127910 |title=Council to look at whether light rail tram system 'feasible' for Bath – Bath Chronicle |date=21 June 2017 |access-date=28 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623215930/http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/news/bath-news/council-look-whether-light-rail-127910 |archive-date=23 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2016, the [[Local enterprise partnership|West of England Local Enterprise Partnership]] began a consultation process on their Transport Vision Summary Document, outlining potential [[light rail]] or tram routes in the region, one of them a route from [[Bristol city centre]] along the [[A4 road (England)|A4 road]] to Bath to relieve pressure on bus and rail services between the two cities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jointplanningwofe.org.uk/gf2.ti/-/757442/23234053.1/PDF/-/Joint_Transport_Study__Transport_Vision.pdf |title=West of England Joint Transport Study – Transport Vision Summary Document |access-date=16 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117144458/https://www.jointplanningwofe.org.uk/gf2.ti/-/757442/23234053.1/PDF/-/Joint_Transport_Study__Transport_Vision.pdf |archive-date=17 November 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>