page_title: Brighton Corporation Tramways
section_title: Closure
hierarchical_section_title: Brighton Corporation Tramways / Closure
caption_attribution_description: Gossip in the Steine Café, Old Steine, Brighton, City of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex. Built in 1935 to replace a previous tram shelter (Transport Committee Minutes The Keep DB/ B243/3.). Built to include underground public toilets; then became a café in 1998. Listed at Grade II by English Heritage (IoE Code 481007)
context_page_description: Brighton Corporation Tramways operated an electric tramway service in Brighton between 1901 and 1939.
context_section_description: Improvements in motor bus and trolleybus technology meant that by the 1930s, the tram system found it difficult to compete, and most of the network was replaced by the Brighton trolleybus system or motor bus routes in 1939. The last tram arrived at Lewes Road depot in the early hours of 1 September 1939 – at about the same time Germany invaded Poland, and ignited the conflict that became World War II.
  Distinctive timber shelters were built at many stops in the early years of the network. Some of these are still standing today at Ditchling Road (Florence Place), Queen's Park Road (Pepperpot), and Dyke Road (reservoir). Another found reuse as the Aquarium Station of the Volk's Electric Railway. One is preserved at the Stanmer Rural Museum, and two at the Chalkpits Museum at Amberley.
  The depot was in Lewes Road at TQ 3227 0602, and is now used as the Brighton Buses depot. The windows are still etched with 'Brighton Corporation Tramways'.
caption: Former tram shelter, Old Steine
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