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Birmingham City Transport was the local authority-owned undertaking that provided road-based public transport in Birmingham, England, between 1899 and 1969. It was locally known as the Corporation Bus
A Bundy Clock used by Birmingham City Transport to ensure that bus drivers did not depart from outlying termini before the due time; now preserved at Walsall Arboretum.
Guide to Birmingham's 'Outer Circle' bus route, issued by the "Birmingham Corporation Tramways & Omnibus Department"
A preserved Daimler Fleetline CRG6LX bought new by Birmingham City Transport
A preserved bus heads along the A38 Bristol Road near the Gun Barrels pub, Birmingham
Birmingham Corporation Tramways operated a network of tramways in Birmingham from 1904 until 1953. It was the largest narrow-gauge tramway network in the UK, and was built to a gauge of 3 ft 6 in. It
Birmingham City Transport
…and Rubery, so the Corporation decided to replace the two motor bus routes with tramways routes. In 1937 Birmingham City Transport was created out of Birmingham Corporation Tramways. The name reflected the fact that there was now a mixture of trams, trolleybuses and motorbuses operated in Birmingham. In 1945, to celebrate VE Day…
Birmingham Corporation Tram in 1953, shortly before the service was scrapped.
Trams and buses on Corporation Street in 1931.
The last tram to run in 1953.
Model of a BCT tram, at the National Tramway Museum