[1] When railways reached Cambridge in the 1840s, the main station was built around 1 mile (1.6 km) from the city centre, as a result of sustained opposition from the university authorities.

[2] The tramways were built with a rail gauge of 4 ft (1,219 mm), and the first section to open linked Cambridge railway station to Cambridge Post Office, then located next to St Andrew the Great's Church in Sidney Street, running along Station Road, Hills Road, and Regent Street.

[6] The assets of the company were put up for sale and included 24 active draught horses, 6 double-deck tramcars and 2 single-deck cars and equipment and machinery from the stables.

It survived long enough to be acquired for preservation by the Ipswich Transport Museum in 2003 and has been restored aided by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

It was then purchased by the Bradford and Shelf Tramway Company, where it was probably used as a trailer to a steam tram, although details are sketchy, before moving to the Cambridge system in 1894.