Learning how to drive the trams of their days ....
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I believe these ladies are undergoing training in WW1, their attire suggests that.
This is more comprehensive list of Birmingham tram routes provided from this web site which I am sure many are familiar with.
https://www.robertdarlaston.co.uk/Trams.htm
A SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL BIRMINGHAM TRAM ROUTES
In clockwise order around the city, starting in the north.
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[TR]
[TD]
No.[/TD]
[TD]
Destination (from City Centre)[/TD]
[TD]
City centre terminus[/TD]
[TD]
Main road taken out of city[/TD]
[TD]
Mileage[/TD]
[TD]
Journey Time (min)[/TD]
[TD]
Closed[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
6[/TD]
[TD]Perry Barr[/TD]
[TD]Martineau St[/TD]
[TD]Newtown Row[/TD]
[TD]2.64[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]1949[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
3[/TD]
[TD]Witton via Six Ways[/TD]
[TD]Martineau St[/TD]
[TD]Newtown Row[/TD]
[TD]2.50[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]1939[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
3X[/TD]
[TD]Witton via Aston Cross[/TD]
[TD]Martineau St[/TD]
[TD]Aston Road[/TD]
[TD]2.37[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]1949[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
1 #[/TD]
[TD]Stockland Green[/TD]
[TD]Steelhouse Lane[/TD]
[TD]Lichfield Road[/TD]
[TD]3.64[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]1953[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
78[/TD]
[TD]Short Heath[/TD]
[TD]Steelhouse Lane[/TD]
[TD]Lichfield Road[/TD]
[TD]4.09[/TD]
[TD]25[/TD]
[TD]1953[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
2[/TD]
[TD]Erdington[/TD]
[TD]Steelhouse Lane[/TD]
[TD]Lichfield Road[/TD]
[TD]4.89[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD]1953[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
79[/TD]
[TD]Pype Hayes Park[/TD]
[TD]Steelhouse Lane[/TD]
[TD]Lichfield Road[/TD]
[TD]5.15[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD]1953[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
63[/TD]
[TD]Tyburn Road
(i.e., Fort Dunlop)[/TD]
[TD]Steelhouse Lane[/TD]
[TD]Lichfield Road[/TD]
[TD]4.38[/TD]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]1953[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
7[/TD]
[TD]Nechells[/TD]
[TD]Martineau St[/TD]
[TD]Great Lister Street[/TD]
[TD]2.3 (est)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1922[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
10[/TD]
[TD]Washwood Heath
(i.e., Fox & Goose)[/TD]
[TD]Martineau St[/TD]
[TD]Ashted Row[/TD]
[TD]3.87[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]1950[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
8[/TD]
[TD]Alum Rock[/TD]
[TD]Martineau St[/TD]
[TD]Ashted Row[/TD]
[TD]3.22[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]1950[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
11 #[/TD]
[TD]Bordesley Green via Fazeley St[/TD]
[TD]Albert Street[/TD]
[TD]Bordesley Green[/TD]
[TD]2.54[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]1948[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
12 #[/TD]
[TD]Bordesley Green via Deritend[/TD]
[TD]Albert Street[/TD]
[TD]Bordesley Green[/TD]
[TD]2.4 (est)[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]1948[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
90[/TD]
[TD]Stechford via Fazeley Street[/TD]
[TD]Albert Street[/TD]
[TD]Bordesley Green[/TD]
[TD]3.86[/TD]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]1948[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
84[/TD]
[TD]Stechford via Deritend[/TD]
[TD]Albert Street[/TD]
[TD]Bordesley Green[/TD]
[TD]3.60[/TD]
[TD]25[/TD]
[TD]1948[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
15[/TD]
[TD]Yardley and Albert Street[/TD]
[TD]Albert Street[/TD]
[TD]Coventry Road[/TD]
[TD]3.8 (est)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1934[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
16[/TD]
[TD]Yardley and Station Street[/TD]
[TD]Station St[/TD]
[TD]Coventry Road[/TD]
[TD]3.9 (est)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1934[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
22[/TD]
[TD]Bolton Road[/TD]
[TD]Hill Street[/TD]
[TD]Coventry Road[/TD]
[TD]2.1 (est)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1930[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
44[/TD]
[TD]Acocks Green[/TD]
[TD]Albert Street[/TD]
[TD]Warwick Road[/TD]
[TD]4.2 (est)[/TD]
[TD]29[/TD]
[TD]1937[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
17[/TD]
[TD]Hall Green and Albert Street[/TD]
[TD]Albert Street[/TD]
[TD]Stratford Road[/TD]
[TD]5.43[/TD]
[TD]32[/TD]
[TD]1937[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
18[/TD]
[TD]Hall Green and Hill Street[/TD]
[TD]Hill Street[/TD]
[TD]Stratford Road[/TD]
[TD]5.45[/TD]
[TD]32[/TD]
[TD]1937[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
4[/TD]
[TD]Stoney Lane[/TD]
[TD]Hill Street[/TD]
[TD]Stratford Road[/TD]
[TD]2.76[/TD]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]1937[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
42[/TD]
[TD]Alcester Lanes End and Albert St[/TD]
[TD]Albert Street[/TD]
[TD]Moseley Road[/TD]
[TD]4.9 (est)[/TD]
[TD]32[/TD]
[TD]1949[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
39[/TD]
[TD]Alcester Lanes End via Balsall Heath[/TD]
[TD]Hill Street[/TD]
[TD]out via St Lukes Rd, in via Gooch St[/TD]
[TD]4.8 (est)[/TD]
[TD]31[/TD]
[TD]1949[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
51[/TD]
[TD]Alcester Lanes End via Leopold St[/TD]
[TD]Hill Street[/TD]
[TD]Moseley Road[/TD]
[TD]5.0 (est)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1949[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
37[/TD]
[TD]Cannon Hill[/TD]
[TD]Navigation St[/TD]
[TD]circular route via Balsall Heath[/TD]
[TD]2.01[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]1949[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
36[/TD]
[TD]Pershore Rd
(i.e., Cotteridge)[/TD]
[TD]Navigation St[/TD]
[TD]Pershore Road[/TD]
[TD]4.82[/TD]
[TD]28[/TD]
[TD]1952[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
35 #[/TD]
[TD]Selly Oak[/TD]
[TD]Navigation St[/TD]
[TD]Bristol Road[/TD]
[TD]3.39[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]1952[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
69 #[/TD]
[TD]Northfield[/TD]
[TD]Navigation St[/TD]
[TD]Bristol Road[/TD]
[TD]5.56[/TD]
[TD]29[/TD]
[TD]1952[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
70[/TD]
[TD]Rednal[/TD]
[TD]Navigation St[/TD]
[TD]Bristol Road[/TD]
[TD]8.19[/TD]
[TD]43[/TD]
[TD]1952[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
71[/TD]
[TD]Rubery[/TD]
[TD]Navigation St[/TD]
[TD]Bristol Road[/TD]
[TD]8.00[/TD]
[TD]43[/TD]
[TD]1952[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
34[/TD]
[TD]Hagley Road
(i.e., The King's Head)[/TD]
[TD]Navigation St[/TD]
[TD]Hagley Road[/TD]
[TD]3.5 (est)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1930[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
33[/TD]
[TD]Ladywood[/TD]
[TD]Navigation St[/TD]
[TD]Ladywood Road[/TD]
[TD]2.38[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]1947[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
29[/TD]
[TD]Bearwood[/TD]
[TD]Edmund Street[/TD]
[TD]Dudley Road[/TD]
[TD]3.63[/TD]
[TD]25[/TD]
[TD]1939[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
87[/TD]
[TD]Oldbury and Dudley[/TD]
[TD]Edmund Street[/TD]
[TD]Dudley Road[/TD]
[TD]8.26[/TD]
[TD]52[/TD]
[TD]1939[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
31[/TD]
[TD]Soho[/TD]
[TD]Edmund Street[/TD]
[TD]Dudley Road[/TD]
[TD]2.58[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]1939[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
32[/TD]
[TD]Lodge Road[/TD]
[TD]Edmund Street[/TD]
[TD]Frederick Street[/TD]
[TD]2.44[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]1947[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
74[/TD]
[TD]Dudley[/TD]
[TD]Snow Hill station[/TD]
[TD]Soho Road[/TD]
[TD]8.97[/TD]
[TD]54[/TD]
[TD]1939[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
75[/TD]
[TD]Wednesbury[/TD]
[TD]Snow Hill station[/TD]
[TD]Soho Road[/TD]
[TD]7.25[/TD]
[TD]47[/TD]
[TD]1939[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
26[/TD]
[TD]Oxhill Road[/TD]
[TD]Snow Hill station[/TD]
[TD]Soho Road[/TD]
[TD]3.15[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]1939[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
24[/TD]
[TD]Lozells via Wheeler Street[/TD]
[TD]Snow Hill station[/TD]
[TD]Gt Hampton Row[/TD]
[TD]2.06[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]1939[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
25[/TD]
[TD]Lozells via Hamstead Road[/TD]
[TD]Snow Hill station[/TD]
[TD]Gt Hampton St[/TD]
[TD]2.06[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]1933[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]
Notes:[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[/TR]
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[TD="colspan: 4"]There was one inter-suburban route: 5 - Lozells to Gravelly Hill (closed 1950): 2.9 miles, 20 minutes[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="colspan: 4"][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 4"]# - Route 1 became a short working of the 78 in 1926 on extension of the line to Short Heath.[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 4"] Route 35 became a short working of the 69 in 1923 on extension of the line to Northfield.[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="colspan: 5"] Routes 35 and 69 became short workings of the 70 and 71 in 1924/26 on extension to Rednal and Rubery.[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="colspan: 5"] Routes 11 and 12 became shortworkings of 90 and 84 in 1928 on extension of the line to Stechford.[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="colspan: 5"] Routes 24 and 25 were operated as one continuous circular route until withdrawal of the 25 in 1933.[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="colspan: 6"][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 6"]All numbers 1-91 were used for routes: those not listed above were mostly short workings turning back before the final terminus.[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Notes:
Route 7 and the 15 and 16 were converted to trolley-bus operation in 1922 and 1934 respectively. The 7 was converted to motor-bus operation in 1940 and the remaining trolley-bus services ceased in 1951.
Except for those distances marked “est”, I am indebted to Geoffrey Skelsey for the mileage and timing details which he extracted from official Birmingham Corporation Tramways & Omnibus Department records published in the 1930s.
Route numbers in the list above may appear to have been allocated at random, but there was, in fact, a geographical pattern to the earlier numbers with one exception:
Routes
1 - 6 ran to the north and northeast of the city
(with the exception of route 4 which ran due south!)
Routes
7 - 12 ran to the east of the city
Routes
13 – 22 ran to the southeast of the city
Routes
23 – 28 ran to the north and northwest of the city
Routes
29 – 34 ran to the west of the city
Routes
35 – 54 ran to the south and southwest of the city
Routes numbered from 55 upwards were largely short workings introduced after 1915, with these exceptions:
73-77 and
80/85-88 were Black Country routes taken over by Birmingham Corporation in 1924 and 1928 respectively.
70-71, 78 and 84/90 were extensions of existing routes as shewn in the table above.
79 was a new route partially opened as the 63 in 1920 on construction of Tyburn Road and numbered 79 on completion of the route to Pype Hayes Park in 1927.
Actually many routes have other service numbers related to the route number they followed. They were used for short workings at rush periods. e.g. 19 was a part journey of route 17 and 20 part of route 18.