During construction two employees, Mr. Jackson and Mr. Wells, were killed on a test run when the brakes failed on Cleeve Hill.

[5] The extension works to Charlton Kings and Leckhampton started on 28 September 1904[6] and were completed in April 1905 when they were inspected by Major J.W.

It was built by English Electric in Preston in 1921 but withdrawn from service in 1931 when the tram system was abandoned.

Routes were operated from Cheltenham Spa railway station to Cleeve Hill, Prestbury, Charlton Kings and Leckhampton.

As part of a programme of replacing the tramway services with buses, the final trams ran on 31 December 1930.