page_title: Galway and Salthill Tramway
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Galway and Salthill Tramway / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the Galway and Salthill Tramway
context_page_description: The Galway and Salthill Tramway Company operated a 3 ft narrow gauge passenger tramway service in Galway between 1879 and 1918.
context_section_description: The tramway linked the city of Galway and the seaside resort of Salthill. The route ran from the depot on Forster Street, Galway near to Galway railway station south west to a terminus on the seafront at Salthill. The cost of construction was £13,000.
  The initial six tramcars were double-deck cars by the Starbuck Car and Wagon Company, requiring two horses each. The tramway relied heavily on the tourist trade, which was drawn by the possibility of excursions to the Aran Islands by the Galway Bay Steamboat Company.
caption: Route of the Galway and Salthill Tramway
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